Genetec’s 2025 Physical Security Industry Outlook

Keypoints

• The typical structure of annual cybersecurity vendor reports includes sections such as executive summaries, global key findings, detailed analysis of threats, technology adoption trends, and future outlooks, offering insights into threat landscapes and strategic priorities.
• Major statistics reveal that project delays in 2024 were predominantly caused by economic uncertainties (54%), overtaking supply chain issues from previous years.
• Persistent recruiting challenges, especially in roles like installation technicians, impact over 70% of providers, indicating ongoing talent shortages in critical security roles.
• Cyber resilience remains a top priority, with increased adoption of cybersecurity practices such as user education, permission controls, and data protection, driven by stricter industry regulations (affected 67% of organizations in 2024).
• Cloud adoption is growing but decelerated in 2024, with 38% reporting over 25% of their security environment in cloud or hybrid setups, mostly favoring hybrid deployments, especially among smaller organizations.
• Organizations are incrementally moving towards hybrid cloud models due to concerns about costs, data control, and data loss risks, with a majority of consultants and channel partners forecasting increased cloud deployments in the next year.
• Focus on core system improvements, particularly access control and video surveillance, continues in 2025, with investments in new technology like AI, enhanced analytics, and integrated data sharing to improve operational efficiency.
• Organizations actively leverage security data across departments, integrating it into broader operational and strategic decision-making while embracing more advanced analytics and real-time insights.
• The adoption of AI is rising, with 37% planning to implement AI tools by 2025 to automate responses and forecast threats, but concerns around ethical design and responsible deployment remain prevalent among end users.
• IT’s involvement in physical security decision-making has increased, with over half of purchasing decisions involving IT departments, promoting greater collaboration for a holistic security approach.