For a company’s physical security officials, making sure their protocols are up to date is a necessity. Protecting digital and physical assets, a company headquarters or storage facility, and employees’ and visitors’ safety means adopting the most advanced and updated security systems.
This doesn’t mean dispensing with the old. Fences, security employees who are stationed onsite, and fortified locks and gates will always be needed. That being said, today’s ever evolving technology is needed to work in concert with these tried and true methods.
Space Coast Daily recently published an overview of some of the main emerging trends in the physical security industry today. Here’s a look at the technology they say should be on the radar of every company’s security personnel:
Cloud technology is key
All experts agree that cloud-based security solutions should be front and center.
With cloud systems, businesses can collect and retrieve necessary data without having to deal with the large, cumbersome servers of the past. This is a low-maintenance solution that cuts down costs and boosts efficiency.
Cloud systems enable security officials to scale up operations considerably. The sky is literally the limit with cloud computing. A firm can increase or decrease cloud capabilities depending on its shifting needs, with information available anywhere — ideal for remote and mobile access.
“Thus, cloud technology ushers in a proactive, real-time approach to physical security,” the website reads.
Biometric ID will keep a facility safe
Like the cloud, biometric security is something that was once relegated to science fiction films, but is now ubiquitous in modern life. Fingerprint and facial recognition is something that many use just to access their smartphones, for instance.
For any company hoping to stay as secure as possible, biometric identification is needed, especially to secure physical premises.
This involves fingerprint recognition, iris recognition, facial recognition, and voice recognition.
The AI revolution in physical security is here
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a major player in physical security in recent years. Space Coast Daily reports that AI technology has been a key part of advanced behavior analytics tools, which analyzes movements and patterns in real time, assessing a threat before it can strike.
AI has also been leveraged in predictive analytics. This means that AI algorithms have been applied to take in huge sets of data to pinpoint patterns and predict future security breaches.
IoT is the trend to watch
Internet of Things (IoT) devices are needed for any modern physical security approach. They can be used for access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and environmental monitoring.
In their conclusion to the piece, Space Coast Daily writes that the merger of physical security and this modern technology “has created a transformative trend within the security landscape.”
Any company hoping to remain competitive — and keep its data and assets safe — in the 21st century needs to embrace these modern tools.
The future of security depends on it.