Identity Management
The 5 Most Important Factors that will Shape Future Strategies in the Security Business
March 12th, 2018IAM Ready or IAM Not Ready?
March 8th, 2018Growth Opportunities Lost in Physical Security Business through Limitations in Supply Chain
The demand for integrating all 3 physical security functions has slowly but surely gown over the last decade and this is now being enhanced through integrating other Building Automation Services which together with IT Convergence has further contributed to reducing the Total Cost of Ownership of such systems. Now we are entering the era of […]
Building the Physical Security Business Through Merger & Acquisition
Based on M&A data collected over the last 17 years on the Physical Security industry, our annual report shows a general upward trend in consolidation of the industry over this period with 4 cycles of rise and fall sometimes exaggerated by a number of billion dollar mega deals. In 2017 mergers and acquisitions at $6.213Bn […]
Market Size & Major Trends in the Access Control Market 2017 to 2022
Access Control has over the last 5 years become a much more attractive business. It has realized the highest rate of growth of all physical security sectors over the last 2 years, partly because of moving into IP technology and improving product and management performance. It now has come to a crossroads. Will it now […]
Software is Playing a Major Role in the Growth of Physical Security
Software packages across the Physical Security industry are numerous covering many different functions; Many overlapping each other causing confusion for end users and resulting in a fragmented business. There is a need to rationalize this business in order to meet the needs of clients, and fit into the World of the Internet of Things (IoT) […]
The Global Market for Physical Security Products Will Reach $41Bn by 2022
Our New 2017 Physical Security Report shows that products at factory gate prices in 2017 were valued at $29.2Bn, an increase of approximately 5% on 2016. The report delivers market sizing data on 3 major product groupings; Access Control, Video Surveillance and Intruder Alarms. Of these 3, still largely independent businesses, Access Control has maintained […]
Good Buy for HID. Good Sale for ACRE. But will this Hold Back Open Systems?
During the last six months we have published a number of articles relating to the growing connection between Physical Access Control, ONVIF and Identity Management. The announcement last week that HID Global will buy Mercury Security, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions, could have very significant implications; Bringing forward integration & total solutions […]
Trusted Identities Are An Essential Part Of The Access Control Evolution, But Who Governs Privacy?
“It’s not about tracking or monitoring people, it’s about keeping the bad people out and preventing insider attacks with the right risk management,” says Serra Luck, HID Global’s VP End User and Consultant Business – Physical Access Control Solutions, on the issue of privacy in our increasingly connected built environment. While this may sound good […]
Should a Smarter Building Mean a More Secure Building?
Since its recent resurgence, the access control sector has been constantly evolving to enable better security processes in the next generation of smart buildings. Moving from the physical key, to the radio frequency identification (RFID) card, to passwords, smartphones, video, fingerprints and other biometric identification. As access control goes digital so does its vulnerabilities. The […]