John Patriquin/Staff Photographer

A Press Herald news photograph from July 30, 1996, shows Jim Coyle (right), the central station supervisor at Eastern Security Systems on Congress St. in Portland, using a computer terminal to monitor alarm systems from around the country.

The Associated Press

In this Sept. 9, 2014 Associated Press photograph, a contemporary security specialist works at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Va.