SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) has identified its top eight technology advancements to watch at ISC West ahead of this year’s show.
Held April 9-12 at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, ISC West draws over 30,000 security professionals and over 1,000 exhibitors and brands.
Presented with ISC Security Events, SIA says the following eight trends represent key technology advancements impacting the converged security and public safety landscape:
- Cloud
- Artificial intelligence
- Robotics/autonomous systems
- Mobile credentials
- Security audio
- Facial biometrics
- 5G LTE
- Voice control
“As physical and cybersecurity continue to converge within the broader security industry, SIA and ISC West are regularly keeping a close pulse on the trends driving this industry transformation. Together, they present what SIA has identified as the most significant technology-first issues impacting the industry and made recommendations for security professionals looking to further their education at the show,” SIA says in the announcement.
Below is an in-depth look at each trend, as well as related education sessions and product categories for each one, courtesy of SIA.
1. Cloud
Video surveillance as a service (VSaaS) is a growth area this year, as more companies deliver solutions that move recording, storage, management, analytics and monitoring solutions to the cloud. As SIA director of standards Joseph Gittens notes, this is especially common in residential video solutions, which often have low camera counts.
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- “Managed Video Services Are Saving TD Bank $500k Annually”
- “IT 4.0 and Video Surveillance: A Guide to New Terminology and What It Means to You and Your Customers”
Find Products:
- Categories: Access Control; Video Surveillance; IT & Internet of Things (IoT) Security
2. Artificial intelligence (AI)
AI is permeating many security product categories but is most visible at ISC West in video security systems. Attendees will see analytics applications for automated motion detection and trespassing detection, advanced algorithms performing identification and categorization of persons and objects within scenes and systems that can even analyze human behavior within scenes such as long line queues and crowded situations.
AI is also being used more extensively in the intrusion and alarm systems categories, with the promise of AI being able to leverage combined data from multiple sensors to help reduce false alarms and enhance home automation. Other firms are even offering AI solutions to identify cyber threats and network intrusions.
Get Educated:
- “Beyond Data Capture: Enhancing Security With AI”
- “The Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Physical Security”
- “Deep Learning Demystified: Next-Generation AI Applied to Video”
- “Neural Processing and Smart Cameras”
- “Analytics in the Video Central Station: Proper Deployment, Programming and Configuration to Optimize Operational and Cost Efficiencies”
Find Products:
- Show Floor: Connected Security Expo
- Categories: Access Control; Video Surveillance; IT & IoT Security
3. Robotics/autonomous devices
Driven primarily by advancements in AI, power storage and mobility, steady improvements are being made in robot and drone security solutions. SIA notes that many of the companies are taking a managed service approach, allowing users to “rent” the services that these robots and drones provide.
Get Educated:
- “Robotic Aerial Security – Growth Trends & Best Practices”
- “How to Adapt to Address Drone Security”
- “Next Generation Threat: Racing Drones”
- “Establishing a Corporate Drone Program”
- “The Rise of Intelligence in Physical Security”
Find Products:
- Show Floor: Unmanned Security Expo
- Categories: Drones and Robots
4. Mobile credentials
While a true mobile credentialing explosion may be a few years away, SIA expects the public to become more comfortable using mobile devices to complete transactions outside of access control. Mobile credentialing may expand into more commercial security installations, and industries will increasingly migrate to systems that incorporate all facets of identity management into unified systems capable of granting and managing access rights.
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- “How Biometrics Are Enabling the Convergence of Physical and Information Security”
- “Driving the Future: How Interoperability Standards in Access Control Can Enable Smart Building Success”
Find Products:
- Category: Access Control
5. Security audio
Audio has long been a component of security systems, particularly with intercoms, emergency notification platforms and public address systems, but the industry is now delivering specialized solutions which can actively monitor audio and apply analytics to the audio –enabling functions like automated alerts on possible aggression. SIA adds that audio is proving to be a value-added augmentation to video security systems.
Get Educated:
- “Beyond Data Capture: Enhancing Security With AI”
- “Smart Cities, Smart Buildings and the Evolution of the Converged Security Approach”
Find Products:
- Category: Access Control
6. Facial Biometrics
Thanks to popular consumer efforts like Apple’s Face ID and Windows Hello for Microsoft Windows 10, facial recognition has become less of the curiosity from futurist movies and more of a common place logical and physical access solution. As facial biometrics have proliferated in consumer technology, so has the technology advanced in professional solutions. SIA expects to find more presence of this solution on the show floor, particularly as verification accuracy increases and competition makes solutions more affordable.
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- “How Biometrics Are Enabling the Convergence of Physical and Information Security”
- “The Great Biometric Debate”
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- Category: Access Control
7. 5G LTE
With the major telecommunications firms in the process of planning their networks to support 5G LTE, which could deliver nearly 10 gigabits of data per second to a cellular phone, IoT solutions that use cellular connectivity will no longer be limited to the throughput of today’s 4G speeds. Expect to see early glimpses of technology solutions, particularly mobile video security solutions with applications primarily in public safety and smart cities –even though full 5G LTE networks are still in development and are not widely available from most carriers.
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- “IT 4.0 and Video Surveillance: A Guide to New Terminology and What it Means to You and Your Customers”
- “Safe, Secure & Smart: Case Study of the City of Vicente López, Argentina”
Find Products:
- Category: Video Surveillance; Wireless Equipment/Technology; Public Security & Safety
8. Voice control
With smart speaker adoption growing dramatically in 2018 (up 24 percent in Q2 2018 according to Nielsen), these solutions are being integrated into residential technology ecosystems. Look for new products in the areas of home security and home automation to have existing or available integration with common voice control/smart speaker providers like Amazon and Google. Voice control and natural language processing will also likely augment video analytics. According to SIA, in today’s analytics, users still need operators with a level of database/querying skills to find a particular event or scene, but the ability to say “Show me all persons in red shirts carrying an object who entered through door three” will prove much faster than waiting on an operator to input that analytic query manually.
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Find Products:
- Show Floor: Connected Home Pavilion
- Categories: Alarms; Video Surveillance
