For decades, the basic architecture of physical security remained largely unchanged. Cameras recorded footage, operators watched screens and incidents were investigated after the fact. Even in large security operations centers supervising hundreds or thousands of cameras, most systems still relied on motion alerts and manual review to determine whether something meaningful was happening. Artificial intelligence is beginning to change that model. Across enterprise security env

Updated: March 10, 08:52 The global video management systems VMS market is undergoing structural change. After years of consolidation around a relatively small group of dominant vendors, competitive differentiation is increasingly defined by openness, ecosystem breadth, cloud readiness and analytics integration. In this evolving landscape, long standing leaders are being reassessed as procurement priorities shift. Genetec built its reputation on unified security management. B

As enterprise security teams expand camera coverage across corporate campuses, healthcare facilities, schools, and critical infrastructure sites, the operational challenge is no longer raw detection. Motion flags, object recognition, and rule-based tripwires have been available for years. The constraint is signal quality. Excessive false positives, ambiguous alerts, and fragmented system handoffs continue to burden control rooms, inflate response costs, and erode operator tru

Suffolk Constabulary has doubled down on live facial recognition (LFR) deployments, testing the surveillance technology in both Ipswich and Lowestoft this year. The trials, supported by equipment borrowed from Essex Police, led to eight arrests across the two towns but also sparked ongoing debate about privacy, compliance, and public accountability. In Ipswich, cameras set up at the Cornhill scanned roughly 47,000 faces in six hours, identifying suspects wanted for shop theft

Homeland security agencies across Europe are accelerating the rollout of biometric screening systems as the EU prepares to implement its Entry/Exit System (EES) in 2026. Leading vendors Thales  and Idemia  are supplying facial-recognition e-gates now being installed at airports in Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Germany, part of a continent-wide effort to automate border checks. The systems capture a live facial image and cross-match it against passport and visa data, rep

With Windows 10 approaching end-of-life, organizations running legacy NVR and DVR systems face a practical dilemma: patch, replace, or redesign. Many centralized video environments still depend on Windows-based servers, creating mounting security and maintenance risks tied to aging infrastructure and manual patch cycles. In a written response to Security Guys , Abraham Alvarez, VP of Product at Verkada, said the transition is accelerating a broader architectural shift away fr

Axon, once best known for introducing the Taser to police forces in the 1990s, has steadily rebranded itself as a broader public-safety technology company. The name change in 2017 signaled a pivot: moving away from being defined by a single controversial weapon and toward building what it calls a connected ecosystem of body cameras, evidence management systems, and now artificial intelligence. In its latest announcement, the company unveiled fixed automatic license plate reco

UK supermarket chain Iceland  has begun piloting facial-recognition technology in two stores as part of a wider crackdown on theft and violent incidents. The rollout, first reported in trade outlets, uses systems from British vendor Facewatch  to identify repeat offenders at the point of entry. The trial is underway at stores in Bradford  and Salford , with plans to expand to six locations by October 2025. Under the system, faces of shoppers are scanned and compared against a

In Connecticut, a SIM-swap fraud case took a surprising turn—thanks to facial recognition tech. Victims often never see their stolen banking funds again, especially when fraudsters hit multiple states. But in this instance, technology helped close the loop. Late last year, a resident in Greenwich was locked out of her bank account after a SIM swap—a type of scam where the perpetrator hijacks your phone number to reset passwords and drain funds. Over $37,000 vanished in Housto

Across airport checkpoints and municipal CCTV pilots, NEC, SAFR and Thales are pitching upgraded facial recognition to speed lines and harden access, a push that matters now because compliance clocks are tightening while peak travel and event seasons strain watchlists and staffing. Buyers and operators will live with the results long after the ribbon cutting. Why this matters now Holiday traffic planning overlaps with new policy guidance and procurement cycles, which means sy