Dealing with the additional layers of complexity created by hybrid, multi-system and multi-site physical security projects, as well as the expanded role of integrators, requires a transition to a professional services approach.

When surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, communications, licence plate recognition and analytics work together cohesively through a unified platform, they not only secure a business, but yield actionable business intelligence.

The cloud, despite inherent bandwidth limitations in Africa and mistrust by some, has become an integral part of the surveillance industry.

As residential estates invest heavily in perimeter surveillance, automated access control, and smart management apps, the industry faces an uncomfortable paradox: security breaches keep happening, and they rarely stem from a lack of technology.

Modern warehouses are more than simple storage spaces; they are complex ecosystems built on multiple technologies and devices. Kaspersky discovered a new cyberattack vector in a widely used barcode scanner that could expose supply chains.

The average business interruption claim exceeds €850 000, about 70% higher than the average associated property damage claim, while fire and explosion account for more than 40% of the total value of claims analysed.

Organisations face a fundamental change in supply chain risk. Opportunistic attacks are becoming increasingly systematic, with threat actors deliberately targeting trusted technologies and relationships that can give them access to multiple organisations at once.

Attackers compromised a company’s Microsoft 365, quietly took control of the conversation and let the firm authorise fake payments itself. By the time anyone realised, a US$ 1,5 million cryptocurrency investment had already disappeared.

Most private security companies already have plenty of technology in place. The problem is that those systems often produce separate records, making it harder to piece together what happened across a shift or incident.