Big Data and Smart Technologies are Security Industry's Top Priorities

LONDON, November 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Sharing data securely and integrating smart technologies with legacy systems across multiple agencies form the central themes to IFSEC Global.com's latest security industry trend report. 

Safe Cities: The Industry View, canvassed the views of CEOs, CIOs, sales directors, government officials and other industry stakeholders on the subject of urban security in the information age.

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Forty-four percent of people involved in the security sector think that 'safe cities' projects should be the industry's foremost priority, the survey revealed. And a majority of respondents - 90% - consider safe cities to be at the very least an "important industry issue".

Ranging from manufacturers and consultants to integrators and facilities managers, more than half (52%) of respondents said they expected to be involved in a 'safe cities' project over the next 18 months. But although 72% saw such projects as an opportunity for their business, 43% professed to have only a low level of expertise in the area.

With everything from trains to buildings increasingly interpreting the environment via cameras and sensors, "safe cities" - which lent its name to an entire dedicated zone at IFSEC & OSH Arabia (2 - 4 November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - is fundamentally about how government and the security industry harness IP-based technologies to improve urban security.

IFSEC and FIREX event director Gerry Dunphy said: "Our safe cities report reveals an industry that recognises the importance of using IP-based technologies to adopt a holistic, data-driven approach to urban security.

"It also revealed an industry keen to acquire the knowledge necessary to meet the challenges such approaches pose - such as integrating IP and analogue technologies, fostering inter-agency communication and keeping data secure in an IP-based environment.

"This more than vindicates our decision to ensure the 'safe cities' concept is an integral part of every IFSEC event around the world."

IFSEC Global.com 

IFSEC Global.com is the online community for the Security and Fire industries.

The live events, website and database of customers span the global security and fire industry, with more than 40 years of experience in connecting decision-makers, installers and end-users.

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