Like many areas of the security industry, enterprise access control saw many changes in 2020. Now in 2021, the needs and expectations of what access control systems can provide are continuing to evolve, says James Segil, vice president of access control at Motorola Solutions, Chicago.

An updated look at the convergence of physical and cyber security.

A month ago, most companies were planning on full returns to the workplace in the fall. But now that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is taking the world a few steps back, it’s unclear whether this return to the workplace will happen as planned.

For more than 20 years, Creative Security has provided security solutions for organizations across California, ensuring their staff and premises stay protected. However, the business also needed to ensure its internal IT tools and services were helping, not hindering, its core business objectives. 

Alarm Lock, a division of NAPCO Security Technologies, introduced AirAccess, a unique access control system as a service (ACaaS) designed to help locksmiths, security dealers and integrators build business and RMR-generating accounts faster than ever, purposefully sized for small and medium-sized businesses.

Security professionals examine the evolution of analytics in security applications.

After a virtual conference in 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic, ISC West made a triumphant hybrid return July 19-21. For many, it was the first in-person trade show since 2019.