We continue series revealing our 2025 Year-End Trend-Setting Technologies honorees with five more products and services that everyone in the security industry should know. These are the solutions and innovations that are shaking up the physical and electronic security space.
For the second straight year, we consulted directly with our industry’s suppliers and distributors as we assessed which technologies belong on this prestigious list. We’re sharing this year’s honorees in three parts, starting with the first five 2025 SSI Year-End Trend-Setting Technologies Monday and continuing with the final five products on this year’s list on Friday.
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How the 2025 SSI Year-End Trend-Setting Technologies Were Selected
In selecting this year’s Trend-Setting Technologies list, we sought products and technologies that align with the latest upswings and ascendant trends in the security industry, including an increasing focus on access control and visitor management, the steady growth of cloud-based deployments, the rise of artificial intelligence for streamlining processes and boosting analytics, and products that combat the growing threat of gun violence.
You’ll find our editors’ selections for the 2025 SSI Year-End Trend-Setting Technologies initiative in the following pages. All product details, specifications and claims come from this year’s honorees. Selected companies and products are listed in alphabetical order by company name.
Click here to check out five more honorees on this year’s list!
Did we miss an important technology that integrators, installers and dealers have benefited from over the past 12 months? If so, email group editor of content and editorial Dan Ferrisi at [email protected]. We’ll keep it in mind when we unveil our 2026 list.
