Press and media
Official news, press coverage, and media resources from Sirix.
The latest from Sirix
Find Sirix at the Toronto Congress Centre on 21 and 22 October to talk B2B video monitoring and see how we help businesses across North America stay secure. To book a meeting ahead, use the contact us button at the top of this site.
Press releases
Quick, factual updates from Sirix: product releases, partnerships, events, awards, and company milestones, most recent first.
Find Sirix at the Toronto Congress Centre on 21 and 22 October to talk B2B video monitoring and see how we help businesses across North America stay secure. To book a meeting ahead, use the contact us button at the top of this site.
On 21 October in Toronto, business development director Chris Cullen presents how remote video monitoring reduces crime, accelerates response times, and opens new business for integrators, covering the Sirix response flow from detection to resolution, continuous monitoring and remote concierge capabilities, and autonomous box camera technology.
Sirix in the news
Television segments, trade press, and case studies published by partners and industry media. Links open the original source.
Certifications and recognition
Licenses, platform certifications, and industry roles held by Sirix and its leadership, each traceable to the body that issued it.
Genetec
Sirix strengthens its technical expertise through Genetec-certified administration capabilities, supporting enterprise video surveillance and incident management systems beyond day-to-day monitoring.
Bureau de la sécurité privée
Government issued permit to operate as a private security agency, listed in the public registry.
CANASA
Sirix leadership sits on the national and regional boards of the Canadian Security Association, contributing to monitoring standards and industry policy.
Events
Trade shows and industry events with Sirix on the floor. To meet Sirix at an event, use the contact us button in the top menu of this site. For press access, write to media@sirixmonitoring.com.
October 21th 2026
Chris Cullen presents how integrators put remote video monitoring to work.
October 21st-22nd 2026
Sirix booth 913 at the Toronto Congress Centre, with live command center demonstrations for integrators.
Milestones
2003
Security work begins, installing and integrating systems for commercial sites.
2007
First client connected to a video monitoring center, with analytics and perimeter protection.
2016
Sirix is founded, serving security integrators exclusively and never selling to end-users.
2021
A second, fully redundant command center comes online, so monitoring continues without interruption.
2023
The first Sirix autonomous security boxes go into the field, hardware designed and built by Sirix.
Company snapshot
"I'd rather earn a partner's trust slowly and keep it for twenty years than win it quickly on a promise we can't back up."
Daniel Cyr, president and CEO
Sirix is a North American remote video monitoring and site management command center, founded in 2016 on security expertise dating back to 2003. Sirix operates exclusively through security integrators and installers, and does not sell to end-users.
Its command centers pair AI video analytics with trained bilingual operators who verify every event, act on each site’s protocol, and document the outcome in a time-stamped report. Sirix monitors more than 25,000 connected devices across the United States and Canada, 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Boilerplate approved for verbatim use. Please credit Sirix.
Licensed private security agency, permit SE 20030247, publicly verifiable.
Leadership
Bios and headshots for the Sirix leaders who speak publicly. Other members of the team are available for specific topics; for any interview request, write to media@sirixmonitoring.com.
President and CEO
Daniel Cyr, co-owner of Sirix, has worked in physical security since the early 2000s, starting with installation and integration work for commercial sites. He founded Sirix in 2016 to serve security integrators exclusively, a model the company has not deviated from since. He serves on the boards of the Canadian Security Association. He speaks on wholesale monitoring economics, the operational standards a monitoring center owes its partners, the technology behind the command center, and how the Sirix autonomous security boxes work.
Executive vice president
Jonathan Potvin, co-owner of Sirix, has worked in physical security since 2010, including a decade representing Genetec and Avigilon solutions to end-users before joining Sirix. He leads partner growth strategy across North America and oversees marketing. He speaks on integrator partnerships, security plan design, and camera coverage for reliable detection.
VP of business development
Jean-Simon Leduc leads Sirix growth across North America. He was named to the SP&T News Top 10 Under 40 for his work on video-verified monitoring. He speaks on business development, partner collaboration, and growing the Sirix partner network across North America and into the United States.
Media kit
Logos, photography, and a one-page fact sheet. Please use the files as provided, without recoloring or altering the logo.
Logo in black and white, and logo with tagline in English and French, as SVG and PNG.
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High-resolution command center and operator images. Please credit Sirix when publishing.
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One-page PDF combining the boilerplate, current statistics, and leadership.
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