Genetec, a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today shared its top predictions for the physical security industry in 2022.
Occupancy and space utilisation
Early on in the pandemic, businesses began tracking occupancy in their buildings and controlling social distancing. Beyond health concerns, organisations will use spatial analytics data to reduce wait times, optimise staff scheduling, and enhance business operations.
As businesses give employees the flexibility to divide their work time between the office and home, organisations will seek ways to optimise the workspace. By using space utilisation intelligence, they will analyse employee office attendance, monitor meeting room demands, and make floor plan changes such as adding more desk-sharing options.
Video analytics
In recent years, demand for video analytics solutions has been strong. As AI continues to improve the power of analytics, more companies are investing in this space.
However, because complex video analytics still require very powerful servers for adequate data processing, deploying analytics at an enterprise level is not always practical. Moving into 2022, Genetec believes that video analytics applications will mature to make them easier and less costly to deploy at scale. This evolution will be made possible by vendors who focus on hardware resource efficiency and offer more granular controls for running analytics at certain intervals or schedules.
Cybercrime
Cybersecurity Ventures predict that global crime will reach $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025. With a growth rate of 15% per year, this cost is said to represent the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history.
As more devices come online and data processing becomes central to operations, businesses will need to respond to the evolving threat. Customers will demand greater transparency regarding data storage. This will usher in an entirely new model for cybersecurity that relies on continuous verification. Decision makers will need to implement offensive cybersecurity strategies and choose partners who offer higher levels of automation to stay on top of potential threats.
Supply chain risks
Businesses will be less dependent on single-source, proprietary supply chain solutions. Forward-thinking organisations will instead seek open architecture solutions that offer increased choice and flexibility based on requirements and current availability.
However, as cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations are under greater pressure to scrutinise the cybersecurity measures, standards, and certifications of their entire supply chain ecosystem, Genetec stated.
The company anticipates that more businesses and government agencies will broaden the scope of their cybersecurity policies to establish baseline security standards for the solutions they purchase and the vendors they partner with.
Cloud and hybrid deployments
Businesses could implement a digital evidence management system to speed up video and data sharing between different departments, deploy a cloud video management system to secure a high-risk remote location, or install a physical identity access management (PIAM) solution to better manage access rights for all employees.
Gentec’s past predictions for 2021 can be seen here.
