A new free downloadable eBook, "Future-Ready Network Design for Physical Security Systems," explains in detail how physical security system network design has gone wrong and how we can fix it. In 2018 ...

The convergence of physical and digital security is driving a shift toward software-driven, open-architecture edge computing. Access control has typically ...

As more businesses move surveillance systems to the cloud, IT and physical security teams must collaborate to ensure the ...

In recent years it has become more obvious that physical security systems are dependent on IT and vulnerable to cyberattacks. In 2007, the movie Live Free or Die Hard showed how a group of criminals ...

Genetec releases 2026 global State of Physical Security Report Physical security has evolved into a strategic business ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) includes the Energy & Utilities sector on its list of 16 critical infrastructure sectors that are so vital that any incapacitation or ...

Done well, the IT takeover of physical security isn’t a turf war, it’s a maturity curve. Segmentation, shared access with ...

FORT WORTH, Texas—For Rosalie McGee, the skills she developed in the military served as the impetus for a career managing and designing physical security systems. McGee, project management office (PMO ...

As physical security systems in K–12 schools grow more sophisticated, the lines between IT and facilities management departments continue to blur. Increasingly, IT professionals — traditionally tasked ...

Editor’s Note: With so many healthcare and educational facilities experiencing cyberattacks, we are re-publishing an article that was recently featured in our sister publication, Security Sales & ...

As the use of social media grows and technologies like cloud computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence continue to advance, the demarcation point between physical security and ...

Matt Tourney is the team lead for CDW's physical security practice. Matt has more than 20 years of experience in various pre-sales and post-sales consulting service roles in the data center and ...