High Level Executive Details Top Wireless Security Trends for 2011
LOUISVILLE, Colo. — In releasing a list of major wireless security trends for 2011, Inovonics President Mark Jarman predicts that mobile security, integrated IP-based solutions and wireless systems will lead market next year. Inovonics is a provider of wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications.
Jarman states that today’s security needs are different than they were a decade ago. “People and assets are mobile so security needs to be as well. People are ‘connected’ thanks to mobile devices so they can stay linked to their security and data systems in real time,” he says. “When security is mobile, you need to be able to track it. People and assets are increasingly mobile so Real Time Location Solutions (RTLS) will become increasingly important.”
Jarman’s top predictions for 2011 include:
- Integration of access control panels, video management systems and alarm sensors with IP-based security solutions will increase substantially. There is a convergence that’s been taking place in the security world with manufacturers of access control panels and video management systems integrating their systems into a cohesive IP-based solution, according to Inovonics President Mark Jarman. In the coming year, development of IP-based specifications to achieve system-wide interoperability of IP security devices will accelerate, forcing vendors to shift their product strategies to comply with the new requirements.
- Location and situational awareness in conjunction with mobile security capabilities will become a key requirement of campus-wide security systems. With an increasing number of security personnel and human assets using mobile devices, such as smart phones and two-way radios, knowing where they are within a building or campus setting when they activate a duress alarm is important, says Jarman. Notifying others within that same environment via an integrated, easy-to-deploy and use mass notification system ensures they will get out of harm’s way quickly and safely.
- Wireless sensor networks vs. hard-wired solutions. Wireless sensor networks in commercial settings will continue to gain traction against traditional hard-wired solutions due to their ease in extending monitored sensor types, speed of installation, cost savings and mobility, as well as overall reliability. Altogether, this will improve the tangible ROI property owners expect,” according to Jarman. Increasingly, security dealers and directors are leveraging wireless throughout their organizations for these reasons — especially when a security breach occurs and the weaknesses of wired solutions are exposed.
“Wireless security systems are poised to take advantage of a number of market factors in 2011,” says Jeff Kessler, managing director of Imperial Capital, a security market research and advisory firm. “In the coming years ahead, we will see security directors and integrators asking vendors to better integrate access control, video analytics and external sensors into a single view to achieve true Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) capabilities. Wireless systems will play an important part in this evolution.”
Even with advances in technology, an integrated security solution needs to be simple and not over-featured, Jarman says.
“As elegant as many integrated solutions can be, their sheer complexity can make them fall short of expectations for usability, and therefore performance, reliability and in realizing a return on investment,” Jarman says. “That is why simple to install, easy-to-use, reliable and cost-effective wireless systems will gain growing acceptance among security directors and integrators across many markets in the years ahead.”
For more technology trends for 2011, be sure to check SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION‘s upcoming January 2011 Industry Forecast Issue.
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