Reports & Publications

Guide your organization with special reports and publications relevant to the security industry through analyses and audits.

Face Facts: Dispelling Common Myths Associated With Facial Recognition Technology

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Spring 2019 SIA Technology Insights

SIA Technology Insights – Spring 2019

In every issue of SIA Technology Insights, we try to look to the cutting edge (and sometimes even to the bleeding edge) of security technology, to ensure you stay current with the steady whir of technology change. This edition examines the new world of security, where everything is online, machines are learning to perform tasks and threats can come from anywhere in the world.

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Industry Fundamentals, Part 1

Industry Fundamentals: Current State, Defects, Gaps and Journey (Member-Created Resource)

SIA member company Securicon, in partnership with D6 Research, commissioned the first installment in a three-part white paper series, Industry Fundamentals: Current State, Defects, Gaps and Journey.

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Security Megatrends 2019

Security Megatrends: The 2019 Vision for the Security Industry

Security Megatrends, an annual publication of the Security Industry Association, analyzes and forecasts the major trends affecting security industry businesses. The publication captures a vision of the industry’s future and distills key trends that will impact your organization in the coming year.

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Future of Physical Security

Future of Physical Security (Member Resource)

SIA member company Microsoft, in partnership with Accenture, commissioned a white paper, Future of Physical Security: Extending Converged Digital Capabilities Across Logical & Physical Environments, based on a 2018 survey of 200 senior physical security leaders across multiple industries.

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artificial intelligence in physical security resource

Artificial Intelligence in Physical Security

This white paper produced for SIA in partnership with IHS Markit provides an introduction to artificial intelligence (AI) and how it could be applied to the physical security market; it discusses examples of real deployments and potential market opportunities to highlight how the industry will evolve as AI becomes a more prominent technology.

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