One of the interesting things about emerging technology discussions (new platforms) is that the physical security industry has a habit of being late. Caulk it up to a culture of conservatism. A case in point is the cell phone. One aspect of the digital revolution, or “evolution” if you will, is how quickly it changes our behavior on a personal level, yet simultaneously many people believe that same technology adoption into the business cycle will take much longer. Why?
I recently had the pleasure of attending the fifth annual IT Security Entrepreneurs’ Forum at Stanford University. Robert Rodriguez, chairman and managing principal of The Security Innovation Network, (SINET), summed up the organization’s goal as “being a catalyst between federal agencies, private industry, system integrators, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investment bankers, academics and scientists within the global security community.”
After attending the 2011 RSA Security conference in San Francisco recently I was struck by how much momentum that cloud computing and cyber security are generating.
The future of cloud-based technologies is pretty clear to forward-thinking security integrators. Cloud computing is really about freedom and location independence. The cloud model and its impact on the future of business are established. Software as a service is one of three major cloud architectures (platform and infrastructure being the other two) that are being embraced for both cost savings and security considerations. Surveillance as a service is a starting point.