Commercial & Facilities
Large enterprises distributed over vast distances face considerable security challenges when it comes to protecting their assets through access control, video surveillance and alarms. SIA membership consists of the world’s leading manufacturers and integrators of commercial security solutions to provide assurance to these organizations.
SIA Proptech Report
The SIA Proptech Report evaluates proptech trends, market size, and buying interests affiliated with security solutions in commercial real estate, including office environments and multi-family housing.
Keep Reading »The Added Value of Security Data for Proptech
According to Snowflake Inc., a data warehouse usually consists of data sources from operational and transactional systems. But wait, doesn’t that describe an access control system? And if so, why is it taking companies so long to consider security systems as one of the fundamental data sources for any data warehousing solution? I mean, the data has always been there – right? There are in fact…
Keep Reading »SIA’s Proptech Advisory Board at Blueprint 2022
Fresh off of GSX in Atlanta, Georgia, and Blueprint in Las Vegas, Nevada, I can tell you two things: First, the desire to be in real life is no joke. Second, conferences have definitely changed (an obvious statement, but purposefully done, as I don’t think we can say it enough) with a focus on networking over technology showcase (and…
Keep Reading »Coming Soon: Security Trends Research on the Commercial Real Estate Sector From SIA’s Proptech Advisory Board
The Security Industry Association (SIA) Proptech Advisory Board (PTAB) is excited to announce that we will be introducing a first-of-its-kind report focused on security solutions trends in the proptech and commercial real estate sector. We’ve enlisted CREtech – a company with extensive experience in proptech and commercial real estate that offers research, events and the largest international…
Keep Reading »The Security Industry ROI Story From a Proptech Perspective
Evan Nardone asked a great question as part of a recent LinkedIn conversation. He asked: “How do you envision the [security industry ROI] story from a more PropTech perspective and less services? Short answer: It depends on who in proptech you are presenting the information to. Flexing your answer based on metrics driving their decision-making process…
Keep Reading »Making the Case for a Systems Approach to Ballistic Security
In Bullet-Resistant Systems, Key Components Come Together to Build Something Greater For those unfamiliar with ballistic security, it would be easy to assume the process is as simple as a single piece of bullet-resistant glass. The terms themselves – “ballistic”, “bulletproof” and “bullet-resistant” – tend to inspire confidence, and the average person may not be…
Keep Reading »SIA Practitioner Insights: Stadium Security Report
In this special report, get end user perspectives from the stadium and venue operations industry on security technologies, plus analysis of current and emerging risks.
Keep Reading »SIA GovSummit Tackles Top Issues in Perimeter Security and Combating New and Enhanced Threats
The Security Industry Association put together an excellent industry/government/researcher event in the form of the 2022 SIA GovSummit, held May 25-26 in Washington, D.C. Pulling together more than 50 speakers on dozens of topics, this year’s GovSummit featured presentations on standards, budget trends, new initiatives and all manner of topics covering everything from how SIA can…
Keep Reading »Physical Security Vertical Market Assessment: U.S. Cannabis
This 2022 vertical market report, produced by Omdia exclusively for SIA, provides research and statistics on the market for physical security equipment and solutions in the United States cannabis sector. It examines key market drivers and barriers for the cannabis security vertical, key state regulations on recreational and medicinal cannabis use and how to win business with cannabis end users.
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When I Say Security Tech, Proptech Says…What?
Here is my thesis: The security industry is way off on what it thinks the proptech value creation story is. It has changed dramatically in the past three years, and we need to reset how we collectively position our industry. We believe we are telling a complete and compelling value story around safety and it…
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