Brivo’s new strategic guide to aligning security investments with business priorities shows how AI-driven video technology can promote safety, compliance, operational performance and revenue growth.
The findings reveal a clear inflection point: while security remains foundational, organizations are rapidly adopting intelligent video as a powerful business sensor, unlocking insights that improve performance, reduce costs and enable automation at scale.
Trends related to privacy, government regulations, AI and public safety present new opportunities for business owners, according to this year’s findings.
In this week's Security News Roundup, Pye-Barker acquires Coastal Sprinkler, Security 101 acquires AV-Worx, Minuteman acquires AIC Security and Pro-Vigil releases its sixth annual The State of Physical Security report.
Pro-Vigil, celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2026, released its sixth annual report, finding that 88% of businesses say physical security incidents are not decreasing; AI adoption inches forward.
According to the report, 85% of homeowners rely on at least one smart home device, 61% of homeowners have purchased one to three smart devices in the past 12 months and more than half (55%) plan to purchase new smart devices over the next 12 months. Additionally, one in five homeowners specifically intend to purchase an outdoor security camera (20%) and/or a smart doorbell (19%) in the next 12 months.
The survey of more than 7,300 professionals reveals that physical security has evolved into a strategic business function, interest in adopting AI more than doubled among end users since last year and organizations want flexibility to deploy workloads on premises, in the cloud or in a hybrid model.
