The Five Technological Forces Disrupting Security: How Cloud, Social, Mobile, Big Data and IoT are Transforming Physical Security in the Digital Age

The Five Technological Forces Disrupting Security: How Cloud, Social, Mobile, Big Data and IoT are Transforming Physical Security in the Digital Age explores the major technological forces currently driving digital disruption in the security industry, and what they foretell for the future. The book provides a high-level perspective on how the industry is changing as a whole, as well as practical guidance on how to incorporate these new technologies to create better security solutions. It also examines key questions on how these new technologies have lowered barriers for new entrants in the field and how they are likely to change market dynamics and affect customer choices. Set in the context of one of the early dot.com companies to enter physical security, the narrative is written for professionals from Chief Security Officers and systems integrators to product managers and investors.

Explores the five major technological forces driving digital change in commercial security Shows practitioners how to align security strategies with these inevitable changesExamines how the consumerization of security will change the vendor playing fieldIllustrates how security professionals can leverage these changes in their own careersProvides an adoption scorecard that ranks trends and timeline for impact

1. From Packages to People

THE CLOUD 2. The Run-Up to Cloud 3. The Tipping Point

MOBILE 4. Going Mobile 5. Security Ecosystems 6. Altered Presence 7. What Can Mobile Do for Me?

THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) 8. Why IoT Matters in Security 9. All Security is Now Cybersecurity 10. IoT Technology and Standards 11. The New Playing Field

DATA: BIGGER, SMARTER, FASTER 12. Bigger 13. Smarter 14. Faster 15. Data-Driven Security

SOCIAL + IDENTITY 16. Who Are You? 17. Social Saves Lives 18. On the Internet, No One Knows You're a Dog 19. Social Spaces

THE FUTURE 20. The Secrets of the Universe