This month’s cover story, “It Takes a Village,” continues SDM’s coverage of the complex issue of cyber security overlaid onto physical electronic security. Managing Editor Karyn Hodgson describes that when it comes to who is responsible for the security industry’s cyber security preparation, the correct answer is everyone: manufacturers, security integrators and dealers, consultants and end users.
One security integrator described feeling overwhelmed because of the perception that the security industry is lagging behind the IT industry. “There are no shortage of vectors in which the industry is being braced with messaging on risks, best practices, technologies and services. While the larger IT industry had years to gradually absorb increasingly sophisticated technologies and adapt a cultural shift in information security, the physical security industry has found itself trying to navigate a rapidly evolving landscape,” said Brad Hedgepeth of G4S Secure Integration, in the article that begins on page 56.