March/April 2026

  • Automated Safe Deposit Systems in Casinos to Prioritize Privacy and Security
  • Optimizing Surveillance Through Multi-Streaming
  • Modernizing Perimeter Protection
  • From Video to Metadata


Features

Person scanning cellphone

The Future of Access Control In 2026

By KeShia Thomas

Explore the five key trends as physical security and digital infrastructure converge to create more connected, user-centric, and open ecosystems.


AI scanning security footage

Why The Future of Security Starts at the Edge

By Adam Lowenstein

Discover how a metadata-led approach and Edge AI are replacing traditional video streaming to slash cloud costs and improve real-time response.


Electronic access gate in building

The First Line of Defense

By Brach Bengtzen

Modern perimeter protection is evolving beyond simple fences, combining physical barriers with smart sensors to create welcoming yet secure environments.


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The Fast Pace of AI Innovation

By David Antar

From Vision Language Models to Agentic AI, discover how the next generation of multimodal systems is transforming threat detection and response.


Surveillance cameras on building

Community Driven Video Technology

By Sam Phillips

How Lancaster, PA transformed from a crime-ridden "tipping point" to a thriving downtown using a unique, nonprofit-led 4K video surveillance network.


Person scanning into airport

Identity has Become Core Infrastructure

By Rob Sutton

As global travel volumes soar, airports are ditching siloed manual checks for integrated biometric systems to eliminate identity bottlenecks.


Person scanning their fingerprint

Automated Safe Deposit Systems in Casinos to Prioritize Privacy and Security

By Emmanuel Harir-Forouch

Automated safe deposit systems integrate with casino infrastructure to provide 24/7 private asset storage without the need for staff intervention.


Person sitting in front of multiple screens

Optimizing Surveillance Through Multi-Streaming

By Eddie Acosta

Critical infrastructure demands smarter stream management to balance high-res forensic recording with low-bandwidth live monitoring.


Aerial view of electrical substation

Modernizing Perimeter Protection with the Defense in Depth Method

By Alex Reichard

As US utilities face 60 new vulnerabilities daily, a defense-in-depth strategy is essential to protect aging infrastructure from physical attacks.


New Products

  • Luma x20

    Luma x20

    Snap One has announced its popular Luma x20 family of surveillance products now offers even greater security and privacy for home and business owners across the globe by giving them full control over integrators’ system access to view live and recorded video. According to Snap One Product Manager Derek Webb, the new “customer handoff” feature provides enhanced user control after initial installation, allowing the owners to have total privacy while also making it easy to reinstate integrator access when maintenance or assistance is required. This new feature is now available to all Luma x20 users globally. “The Luma x20 family of surveillance solutions provides excellent image and audio capture, and with the new customer handoff feature, it now offers absolute privacy for camera feeds and recordings,” Webb said. “With notifications and integrator access controlled through the powerful OvrC remote system management platform, it’s easy for integrators to give their clients full control of their footage and then to get temporary access from the client for any troubleshooting needs.”

  • ResponderLink

    ResponderLink

    Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), an Alarm.com company and a global leader in gunshot detection solutions, has introduced ResponderLink, a groundbreaking new 911 notification service for gunshot events. ResponderLink completes the circle from detection to 911 notification to first responder awareness, giving law enforcement enhanced situational intelligence they urgently need to save lives. Integrating SDS’s proven gunshot detection system with Noonlight’s SendPolice platform, ResponderLink is the first solution to automatically deliver real-time gunshot detection data to 911 call centers and first responders. When shots are detected, the 911 dispatching center, also known as the Public Safety Answering Point or PSAP, is contacted based on the gunfire location, enabling faster initiation of life-saving emergency protocols.

  • A8V MIND

    A8V MIND

    Hexagon’s Geosystems presents a portable version of its Accur8vision detection system. A rugged all-in-one solution, the A8V MIND (Mobile Intrusion Detection) is designed to provide flexible protection of critical outdoor infrastructure and objects. Hexagon’s Accur8vision is a volumetric detection system that employs LiDAR technology to safeguard entire areas. Whenever it detects movement in a specified zone, it automatically differentiates a threat from a nonthreat, and immediately notifies security staff if necessary. Person detection is carried out within a radius of 80 meters from this device. Connected remotely via a portable computer device, it enables remote surveillance and does not depend on security staff patrolling the area.