Security Industry
Denis Hebert, President, Feenics; Chairman, Security Industry Association (SIA)
The security industry will remain robust over the coming years, yet the focus will be on business continuity and convergence of security services across the enterprise. That said, the influence of IT over the physical security domain will increase, driving standards, imposing cybersecurity considerations, manage compliance and further commoditize hardware devices.
Ronald Hawkins, Director of Industry Relations, SIA
For enterprises and critical infrastructure sites, national security has become a local concern, and they will look to enhance their security against potential terrorist threats. Integrators will likely continue to move toward becoming total solution and service providers.
Driven largely by technological advances related to the Cloud, mobility and IoT, maintenance and service is a growing part of integrators’ businesses.
Regulations & Compliance
Per Björkdahl, Chair, Steering Committee, ONVIF
The demand for integrations, interoperability and open systems and standards will continue to increase in 2017. The demand for interoperability will only go up as end users expect IoT-like control and management of their security and nonsecurity data.
Standards, of course, can standardize communication to make that interoperability a reality. As the demand for interoperability continues to grow, the expectation that integrators and security operators are able to handle components from multiple vendors will also increase. Larger and more complex systems keep on winning ground and are now more or less a commodity in the market.
Brian Grainger, Chief Sales Officer, Spectra Logic
Schools, government and healthcare especially are tied very closely to legislation and standards. In the state of Texas, for example, elementary, middle and high schools in every Independent School District that have rooms or areas where special needs children are taught, must install video cameras and retain the footage for a period of time.
This is an instance where legislation and retention requirements can have a huge impact, and the cost of managing this new stream of data can be difficult for many organizations. From a U.S. standpoint, we expect to see a lot more of these types of regulations.
Outside of the U.S., depending on the country, we also expect to see an unprecedented amount of rules and regulations at both a federal and local level, because of heightened concern over terrorism and general “bad people, doing bad things.”
These bills will be introduced, but may hit roadblocks depending on a country’s privacy rules; in some countries, the government can only keep video footage for a short period of time without violating privacy laws, etc.
Some are realizing DIY security comes through a variety of channels. What may surprise some in the coming years is the expansion of some traditional dealers into the DIY space.
Scott Goldfine is Editor-in-Chief and Associate Publisher of Security Sales & Integration.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on SecuritySales.com.
