2026 Security Industry Predictions: Industry Leaders Look to the Future

Security industry leaders shared their 2026 predictions with us throughout December and January. We've gathered them all in one place.
Published: February 2, 2026

We were blessed to have a veritable honor roll of security industry heavyweights share their predictions on what changes could be coming to the sector in 2026 and beyond. Thanks to all of these industry leaders for their willingness to put themselves and their thoughts on the line by breaking out their crystal balls for us this year.

Many of this year’s prognostications included references to topics covered in the Security Industry Association’s 2026 Security Megatrends, while others gave us new things to consider about the next 12 months or more

If you missed any of the entries in this year’s series, or if you just want to keep track of whose predictions turn out to be the most accurate, we’ve gathered them all here for you. You’ll notice in the links below that our participants also shared their 2025 security industry reflections, either with their 2026 predictions or in a previous post.

2026 Security Industry Predictions

Whitney A. Doll, TMA CEO: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

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Cameron Javdani, AtlasIED: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Tom LeBlanc, Exec. Dir., NSCA: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Tia Eskandari, Allied Universal: 2025 Reflections & 2026 Predictions

Abraham Alvarez, Verkada: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Peter Giacalone: 2025 Security Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Devin Love, VP, Allegion: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Sal Mani, VOLT AI: 2025 Security Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Vinny Peone, Co-Founder, Ignite Strategic Partners: 2026 Predictions

Eric Yunag, Executive VP, Convergint: 2026 Predictions

Manish Dalal, ZKTeco: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Satish Raj, Pro-Vigil: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Andrew Elvish, Genetec: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Mary Gates, GMR Security: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Dallan Labrum, ProdataKey, 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Barry Norton, Fellow, Milestone Systems: 2026 Security Predictions

Matt Barnette, President and CEO, PSA Network, 2026 Predictions

Maureen Carlson, President, System Surveyor: 2026 Predictions

Sean Foley, Interface Systems: 2025 Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Christine Lanning, President, IST: 2026 Security Industry Predictions

Brandon Niles, VP, Acadian Total Security: 2026 Predictions

Merlin Guilbeau, Electronic Security Association (ESA): 2026 Predictions

Scott Goldfine, Elite Interactive Solutions: 2026 Predictions

John Nemerofsky, COO, SAGE Integration: 2026 Predictions

Steve Van Till, Brivo: 2025 Security Reflections and 2026 Predictions

Gerard Figols, Chief Operating Officer, i-PRO: 2026 Predictions

Freddy Kuo, Chairman, Luminys: 2026 Security Industry Predictions

Stephenie Haldane, VP, HID: 2026 Security Industry Predictions

Paul Boucherle, Matterhorn Consulting: 2026 Predictions

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