With many of this year’s SDM 100 companies expressing concerns about inflation, rising costs and price increases from their suppliers, Mike Barnes, president of Barnes Associates, addresses the need to consider raising installation AND monitoring prices.

Like the rest of the economy, the security industry is facing down a number of challenges during the second quarter of 2023.

There is still value to leveraging existing NVRs and VMS even as one migrates toward VSaaS offerings and the benefits they bring to overall security performance.

Endpoint security software on OT equipment is becoming the new norm among top-tier manufacturers, for dramatically reducing the oppressive threat of general malware attacks.

Founded by Tony Diodato, Cypress has served the security industry for four decades, specializing in secure communication solutions for physical and logical access control. 

Many organizations today are aggressively adopting cloud-first initiatives that are pulling security systems — and especially video management — into their operations policies.

Security dealers and integrators are well positioned to extend their role as trusted advisor by providing end users with advice and guidance on cyber-hardening office printers, especially in hybrid workplaces. 

When it comes to product availability problems, integrators need to focus on what they can control by leveraging risk mitigation strategies.

Biometric identity solutions are powerful tools with immense potential to improve security. However, before integrating facial recognition with VMS platforms, you should discuss with clients how they intend to use the technology.

Over the years, IT has realized outsized gains from adopting SaaS. Now it is high time for physical security to reap the many benefits of adopting a SaaS model.