Founded in 1988, Protection One, Inc. merged with IASG in April 2007 to create one of the leading security monitoring companies in the United States. The company is a vertically integrated national provider of sales, installation, monitoring, and maintenance of electronic security systems. Its wholly owned subsidiary, Network Multifamily, is the largest security provider to the multifamily housing market. The company also owns the nation’s largest provider of wholesale monitoring. Protection One’s security professionals serve its customers from more than 66 offices and six state-of-the-art monitoring facilities. The company’s corporate offices are in Lawrence, Kan., and it operates monitoring facilities in Wichita, Kan.; Irving, Tex,; Orlando, Fla.; Manasquan, N.J.; Cypress, Calif., and St. Paul, Minn.