It may not have been a full double-dip, but confidence in the security industry appears to be pulling out of its second significant downturn of the past few years.
After bottoming out amid the global economic recession in 2008, the SIA Business Confidence Index, which reflects the views of executives from 100 members of the Security Industry Association (SIA), climbed steadily over the next two years, increasing from just above 40 — on a 100-point scale — to around 80.