Nexkey, a provider in mobile access control technology, released the second annual Access Control Trends Review, which reveals most people are happily returning to the office in the next few months, and there is a shift toward smartphone based access control.

Ava Security found that U.S. firms are avidly repurposing their existing video monitoring systems to support the “COVID safe” return to offices and workplaces across North America.

The global smoke alarms market was valued at $1.8 million in 2019 and is expected to surpass $3.3 million by 2027, according to a report by Coherent Market Insights. 

A new U.S. and Northern European market study by Ava Security reveals that COVID-19 has accelerated the demand for cloud-based services, including Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS).

Eight trends represent business, market and technology dynamics are expected to have broad industry impact and significant potential for disruption.

Pro-Vigil polled 124 business operations leaders across a variety of commercial vertical markets to gain an understanding of how the pandemic has impacted their security strategies, including the use of security guards and video monitoring systems. 

Internet users in the United States vastly underestimate how often their home networks are targeted by cyber threats. That’s one of the key findings of the first ever “Xfinity Cyber Health Report,” which combines data from a new consumer survey with actual threat data collected by the xFi Advanced Security platform.

The survey found that overall concerns around internet security (including computer viruses and hacking) have plunged in the last year.

Brivo surveyed 159 security professionals in August 2020 and compared its findings to the same survey conducted in December 2019 to find out how needs have changed in 2020.

While access control is a fundamental element of security in higher education, many aging access control systems urgently need to be upgraded, according to a survey of 1,800 higher education security and IT professionals conducted by Genetec and HID Global.