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.
The fifth annual report found that while 36 percent of respondents agree that artificial intelligence (AI) can improve physical security, only 7 percent have actually adopted it in their physical security strategy.
Pro-Vigil, a provider of AI-enabled remote video monitoring, management and crime deterrence solutions, has received the prestigious “TMA Five Diamond Monitoring Center” designation from The Monitoring Association (TMA).
To better understand the physical security threats businesses are facing today, and what they’re doing to combat them, Pro-Vigil polled operations leaders across a range of industries including construction, dealerships (car/truck/boat/RV), retail, and manufacturing, among others.
UL is well known for its testing of electrical products, but the organization also does testing of facilities like the Pro-Vigil SOC to ensure they meet all applicable safety, security and redundancy standards.
When it comes to crime in the coming year, 29 percent of survey respondents believe security incidents will continue to increase in 2023, up from about 27 percent entering 2022.
The survey revealed that, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, companies continued to experience a rise in physical security incidents in 2021, with these incidents to grow in 2022.
Pro-Vigil surveyed 100 users of digital video surveillance across a variety of commercial vertical markets to gain an understanding of people’s knowledge of AI and how it’s being used in their video surveillance systems, as well as their opinions around AI bias.
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.
