Security professionals examine the evolution of analytics in security applications.

dormakaba has released a free ebook. Titled “7 Steps to Creating a Safe & Secure Building,” it shows office leaders, business owners and property managers access technology options that can help guide the re-entry of their employees, tenants and guests back to their buildings.

I am not a big baseball fan, but it seems to me that in almost any sport, flexibility is important — both for the athlete, physically, and in the game itself. Baseball is after all famous for its “seventh inning stretch” — a chance to stand and limber up those muscles, whether you are a player or a spectator.

Security integrators faced no shortage of curveballs in 2020, but many in the top 100 managed to stay ahead in the count and find successes.

Last summer, we were already a few months into a pandemic-induced lockdown. Businesses everywhere were closing their doors, employees were working from home, and, luckily, most security professionals were considered to be ‘essential.’

LIKE THE ACCESS CONTROL MARKET as a whole, intercoms and entry control products are facing many changes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Controlling who enters your building is more important than ever, and the proper entry control system is what keeps employees, visitors and tenants safe, secure and healthy.

Security professionals reveal their thoughts on the security, monitoring and smart home markets.

If there is one word that could describe 2020, both in life and for the top 100 security dealers, it is unpredictable. Following several years of growth — and a very strong 2019 — SDM 100 companies found themselves on slippery ground beginning in March 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

For integrators willing to shake things up, opportunity awaits in managed access control.

It’s amazing how much can change in a year. Last year’s state of the market report on access control was released at the beginning of April, just as the coronavirus started to spread throughout the U.S., and much of the research that went into the report was done before COVID-19 was a real concern.