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Workplace changes wrought by the COVID-19 crisis and a never-ending barrage of new threats are causing more organizations and their IT departments to get serious about cybersecurity — and security manufacturers are responding with tighter standards and secure practices for their video surveillance devices and systems.

SDM 100 companies reported a wide variety of experiences in 2022, very much depending on the path, location and unique set of challenges that made up their business conditions last year. As a group, however, they continue to rise to the challenges put before them and find their individual path to success.

Access Control as a Service offers a wide range of advantages over on-premises systems that help dealers and integrators close deals by providing end customers significant cost-savings, convenience and expanded security capabilities.

No longer a static product category, today’s high-tech power supply products are interactive and essential to ensuring the reliability of complex security systems.

Here’s how some of the security industry’s most well-known software companies are continuing to match the needs of security integrators and dealers.

When NYC developer Macklowe Properties undertook the city’s largest-ever office-to-residential conversion, its time-tested relationship with ESCC made the integrator a natural fit for the project, which won the 2023 SDM Project of the Year Award.  

Fire-related services, a traditional market segment ruled by code, still provides plenty of opportunities for integrators to help end users update and enhance their systems — which translates to increased RMR and customer loyalty.

More businesses are becoming aware of biometrics for identification and access control — and security professionals who help educate them will reap the benefits..

Industry professionals from the integration and manufacturing communities help explain top considerations when choosing a VMS for your end customer. 

Supply chain conditions are expected to improve in 2023. And while pandemic-era disruption has ushered in positive changes to their businesses, executives say they will focus on resiliency as conditions remain fragile.