Anyone who attended last month’s ISC West show in Las Vegas probably noticed a few key trends. Cloud was more prevalent than ever, both for access control and video, with several vendors introducing new cloud-based solutions, new ways of deploying and using cloud and a variety of options to help security dealers and integrators transition to this model.

But perhaps the biggest talking point this year was artificial intelligence, or AI. Of all the booths I visited, perhaps two didn’t mention AI at all. Many led with it. Some cautioned about it. But nearly everyone acknowledged its meteoric impact on the security industry.