Physical security
What Keeps Security Business Owners Up At Night, Ed. 16
Running a business demands both courage and consistency. It requires leaders to balance continual challenges with hard-earned achievements. Within the security industry, where operations never pause and every decision carries significant weight, these challenges are often amplified. Business owners must constantly manage competing priorities: attracting and retaining skilled talent, adapting to rapid technological advancements, meeting evolving customer expectations, and maintaining profitability in a highly competitive market.
Rebalancing The Future: Why Physical Security Systems Are Migrating Back On-Prem
Over the past decade, physical security technology has undergone a dramatic architectural shift. For years, the trend line seemed clear: access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and identity management were all being pulled steadily into the cloud. Cloud-native and cloud-managed platforms promised simplified deployments, streamlined administration, evergreen updates, and attractive subscription-based economics.
VIVOTEK Powers Smart Security At UNESCO Heritage Resort
VIVOTEK delivered a unified, intelligent video surveillance solution for Kitakobushi Resort, a multi-property hospitality destination within Japan’s Shiretoko World Natural Heritage area. The initiative focused on strengthening safety, improving operational efficiency, and enabling centralized visibility while preserving the resort’s natural aesthetics and guest experience.
PSIA Announces Release Of PKOC Explainer Video
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) has announced the release of a new PKOC Explainer Video, designed to provide a clear, visual overview of the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) specification and how it compares with traditional symmetric credential technologies.
Crossroads Church Upgrades Campus Security With EnGenius AI
Crossroads Church Upgrades Campus Security With EnGenius AI EnGenius Technologies has helped Crossroads Church in Rowlett, Texas modernize campus safety and connectivity with an AI-powered surveillance and cloud-managed network upgrade. […]
HID Advances School Safety With National Training Initiative
HID is strengthening school safety nationwide through a new initiative that removes financial barriers to professional security education while supporting safer, smarter learning environments. HID has partnered with the National Council of School Safety Directors (NCSSD) to fund 1,000 scholarships for the Foundations of School Security Leadership Certificate course.
SDS Outdoor Gunshot Detection Wins Threat Detection Award
SDS Outdoor extends the company’s proven indoor gunshot detection capabilities into exterior spaces using dual-mode acoustic and infrared flash detection. Each sensor provides coverage of up to 15,700 square feet and can identify shooter location and firearm type with an industry-leading 99.9% accuracy rate.
Vivotek Protects Taiwan River Biodiversity With Safety Map
VIVOTEK has expanded its long-running “Safety Map” corporate sustainability initiative into the natural environment for the first time. In partnership with National Chung Hsing University’s (NCHU) University Social Responsibility (USR) team and AI agriculture partner DATAYOO, the company launched the Zhonggua River Ecological Restoration Safety Map project in Nantou, Taiwan.
Security Industry Association Launches Data Center Advisory Board
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has launched its new Data Center Advisory Board, an expert-led group that will provide guidance to the SIA Board of Directors and resources to members […]
Alarm.Com Partners With Everon For Unified Security
Alarm.com partners with Everon to deliver a full-stack commercial security solution that unifies intrusion detection, video surveillance, access control, and business management functions.
Reach Capital Leads Seed Round To Scale CurvePoint’s Wi-AI
CurvePoint, a Carnegie Mellon spinout, has secured a seed round led by Reach Capital to scale its privacy-first Wi-AI platform, a Wi-Fi-based threat detection system designed to strengthen school safety. Wi-AI uses artificial intelligence to interpret how Wi-Fi signals interact with the physical environment, identifying subtle disruptions caused by people and objects to deliver real-time insight into weapons, occupancy, and movement.
ASIS Launches Call for Proposals and Reviewers GSX 2026
ASIS International announce the opening of its Call for Proposals for the Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2026, inviting industry experts, thought leaders, and practitioners to submit cutting-edge presentations across critical security domains. Additionally, the association is seeking distinguished security professionals to serve as proposal reviewers, furthering the conference’s commitment to delivering exceptional educational content.
Axon Vision Partners With Leonardo DRS For AI C-UAS Solutions
Axon Vision announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Leonardo DRS to pursue opportunities in advanced situational awareness, lethality, and survivability, with a focus on Counter-UAS (C-UAS) solutions for the U.S. defense market. The partnership responds to growing demand for on-platform AI capabilities supporting force protection and platform modernization.
Salto DLok: Universal Smart Home Lock Built For Every Door
Salto announces the launch of Salto DLok, a next-generation, universal, motorized smart lock for residential doors. Built for seamless connection with the Salto Homelok ecosystem, DLok delivers secure, keyless access, automation, and broad compatibility for smart homes and apartments. Designed for modern, connected living, DLok ensures doors are locked or opened automatically without physical keys, using a resident Digital Key app.
Axis Signs CISA Secure By Design Pledge For Cybersecurity
Axis Communications has signed the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Secure by Design pledge, affirming its commitment to transparently communicate the cybersecurity posture of its products and services. The pledge reinforces the importance of embedding cybersecurity as a core business requirement and advancing greater accountability in the physical security industry.
Genetec Cloudrunner Mobile For Field Vehicle Investigations
Genetec Inc. announced the launch of Genetec Cloudrunner™ Mobile, a companion app for its vehicle-centric investigation system, Genetec Cloudrunner. Designed for law enforcement and security professionals, the app extends Cloudrunner’s investigative capabilities to the field, giving users faster access to critical vehicle data and alerts wherever they are.
Smarter Spaces With AI Cameras And Samurai Count
In a world where video is everywhere, the challenge isn’t just capturing footage — it’s extracting real-time, useful data from it. Samurai Count, part of Art of Logic’s AI-powered Samurai Suite, transforms your existing cameras into powerful, edge-based sensors that track people, objects, and vehicles with accuracy, speed, and privacy in mind.
How To Futureproof Your Security Investment In Modern Environments
A forward-looking perspective on how integrated, scalable, and biometric-driven security systems help organisations futureproof their investments while delivering smarter, safer, and fully connected environments.
The Hidden Drone Danger We’re Still Ignoring
An in-depth exploration of how drone parts are bypassing traditional security screening, exposing critical infrastructure to new forms of disruption and underscoring the need for AI-powered detection solutions.
Start Secure, Stay Secure: Why Cloud Leads Security
An expert-driven perspective on why cloud-native physical security is the smartest investment for resilient, adaptive, and intelligent protection systems.