Video Trends In 2016: Reaching For The Cloud(s)

By Steve Carney, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Video and Integration Platforms, for Tyco Security Products

The video surveillance market has evolved considerably in recent years, thanks to the introduction of high-definition, high-megapixel cameras and their network video recorder counterparts. With the ability to produce better video data, at a higher speed, the market has made a concerted effort of late to address bandwidth consumption and data throughput. With 2016, the evolution continues, with cybersecurity, business intelligence, service-based solutions, and the cloud, becoming top-of-mind issues for integrators and manufacturers to address.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity will continue as a growing trend in the security industry and beyond. In 2015, we saw governments and private entities investing heavily in security measures, encompassing infrastructure security for transportation and buildings that included physical and logical/cybersecurity. Concern over cyberattacks via physical security networks also grew this past year, as more and more networks are accessible via mobile apps, IP cameras, controllers, NVRs and other network devices.

The pace and intensity of addressing cybersecurity is far beyond anything else the industry has previously encountered and its prominence in the physical industry will continue in 2016. Cybersecurity is a major concern for everyone, and it’s important for the security industry to ensure it is doing everything it can to keep our security solutions secure and give customers peace of mind. As many know, network vulnerabilities have to be managed at the highest levels, especially since so many systems are now networked. No one wants to be a vulnerable point on a network or the cause of a security breach. In the network world, if a manufacturer can’t stay ahead of cybersecurity concerns, which are the fastest evolving issues in the market, it will fall behind.

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