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Michelle Miller Apr 12, 2021 Company News ### [Defencify Training Announces New Board Member](https://blog.defencifytraining.com/blogs/news/defencify-training-announces-new-board-member) Defencify is proud to announce a new appointment to our Board of Directors, Don Weakley, President of Peak Alarm Company, Inc. Donald Weakley was... Michelle Miller Dec 10, 2020 Company News ### [Defencify and TrackTik Announce a Strategic Partnership to Help Security Companies Quickly Ramp Up Guard Training and Licensing](https://blog.defencifytraining.com/blogs/news/defencify-and-tracktik-announce-a-strategic-partnership-to-help-security-companies-quickly-ramp-up-guard-training-and-licensing) SALT LAKE CITY, Utah., July 9, 2020 --- Defencify Training is proud to announce its recent partnership with TrackTik, the leading cloud-based... 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