Recessions Encourage Security Technologies To Converge

There has been a lot of interest in converged security over the past few years and as the technology has advanced and matured, businesses are starting to show more interest in streamlining their security processes. 

Organisations are starting to realise that physical and IT security convergence can offer some great benefits across many departments. 

IT and security managers have found they can save money with a system that is tailored to their users' physical and electronic security needs and so creates a more productive and efficient work environment. 

There are still businesses that see converged security as a ‘nice to have’– as the security systems most companies have in place seem to ‘work well enough’.

Market demand continues to grow for more effective solutions to secure buildings, information and people. There is increasing identity theft, financial data fraud, network attacks and regulatory compliance pressures that businesses must be protected against. 

There have been many stories of physical and technology security breaches, such as employees leaving laptops on trains or leaving postit-notes with passwords on the device the password is supposed to be protecting. 

There have also been cases of employees revealing valuable information, both business and personal, via a social network they believed to be private. 

No matter how up to date and secure a business thinks its technology and physical assets are, it must assess the business risks on a ‘worst case’ scenario with particular focus on the immeasurable ‘human factor’.