In January 2020, when news of the novel coronavirus in China began to circulate across the globe, the design and manufacture of touchless access devices was already well underway in the United States and elsewhere. 

After a “frothy” period when growth was king, buyers today have different ideas about how to value a company.

The security industry continues to innovate with new and improved offerings, enhanced user interface and improved operating efficiencies.

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) has commissioned a study to verify the success of its model alarm ordinance, examining data from six cities with more than seven years of strictly implementing the ordinance.

Artificial intelligence, or A.I.; deep learning; CV or computer vision; analytics; new hardware terms like CPUs and GPUs; neural networks; cloud versus edge processing. 

Everyone hoped things would be “back to normal” by now. While security companies in 2021 continued to feel the impacts of the coronavirus, the 2022 SDM Industry Forecast shows both slow but steady improvement and optimism.

The pandemic has shown the importance of being prepared for unexpected emergencies, and has given emergency communications systems a new role in helping people in the commercial and educational worlds.