With every passing second, technology improves and new trends emerge. However, some extraordinary situations or events can affect these trends as much as possible. Few could have predicted, for example, the enormous impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have across the world throughout 2020. In a short time, our lifestyle, ways of working and business operations were turned upside down. Travel restrictions, social distancing rules, increasing hygiene requirements and pressure on healthcare have led to change in the security sector, like other industries.
Technological advances will come a long way this year, just like every year. But it is more valuable to understand how and why these technologies emerged than to praise new technologies. With the pandemic, I have examined 6 technologies that can affect the security sector in 2021;
Trust is at the Top
In the technology industry, many factors play a role in maintaining trust and protecting information. The tech industry will be under more scrutiny than ever before. Customers and end users are demanding transparency in how technology is used and how their data is protected, with the effect of increasing monitoring. On the growing debate about the trust issue, companies must demonstrate and demonstrate why they are trustworthy. The security sector, by its very nature, will be under even more pressure to double its work in this area.
Transition to Horizontal Integration
In recent years, applications and services designed for specific environments have emerged. These services and applications are divided into three categories: server-based, in the cloud, and edge. In addition to the desire to achieve the best performance and flexibility, the trend is expected to accelerate towards horizontal integration in the coming years to provide access to data from anywhere and anytime. Smarter applications and services will start to take place on these servers. For example, edge analytics on security cameras will be able to send a warning message directly to the operator if they see a potential suspicion. Then the operator will have a chance to access this image from the cloud-based application, watch the video and react. With the transition to horizontal integration, the speed and accuracy of security will increase. This is because security measures are now proactive and automated, with horizontal integration.
Cyber security
Artificial intelligence will be used by hackers as it is used in every job, and thanks to artificial intelligence, it will strengthen their hands in finding vulnerabilities. Applications such as deepfake will become more dangerous and their use will become widespread. Hence, there will always be a doubt when watching security logs. Therefore, employees or people using the security system should be more susceptible to such attacks and the use of best practices in the field of cyber security should be considered.
Cyber security is being promoted as an impenetrable firewall consisting of network firewalls, VPNs, software-defined networks, and other technologies. But the truth is that with a single breach in the firewall, the entire network can be accessed. Therefore, users will no longer want to use the traditional cybersecurity system and will quickly transition to a zero trust network. Zero-trust networks (ZTNA) require verification when they see a person or device seeking to break through the demilitarized zone (DMZ) barrier. Moreover, ZTNA does not rely on the DMZ, which forms the VPN and its security environment. Thus, a zero trust network creates a secure network.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence has always been one of the leading technologies. Now, when using CCTV technologies, we will come across more artificial intelligence. However, it can be seen that artificial intelligence is sometimes insufficient in other sectors. Undoubtedly, errors can be encountered in security camera systems in the same way. However, thanks to artificial intelligence software, operators can pay attention to one place and thus the number of points that operators need to pay attention to is reduced. As a result, operators get a more effective and successful operation. The points that the operators are not interested in are checked with artificial intelligence-based software and suspicious places and people are detected. As a result, security experts want to increase the use of artificial intelligence to free from human errors and continue to proactively work to ensure security.
Contactless Technologies
The regulations, rules and consumer habits created with Covid 19 will continue in 2021. Human beings do not want to be in contact with anything at the moment due to Covid 19. Therefore, the use of non-contact or low-contact technologies will increase even more, especially in areas where transition systems are used. In addition, software used to count people in the security industry is on the way to becoming a trend. These softwares will not only ensure adherence to social distance regulations, but also enable people count without contacting people easily.
Sustainability
One of the concerns during the Covid 19 pandemic is the reduced value placed on nature and sustainability. Sustainability and nature are expected to be on trend again, due to the simultaneous emergence of several environmental events in 2021. The materials used in the products and their lifetimes are the two most important areas in protecting the environmental interests of the CCTV industry. While many important steps have been taken to reduce the use of plastic and Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in products, more steps can be taken to increase the level of use in recyclable materials. For customers; How long the products are used is more valuable than the ingredients. Therefore, products that have a long and quality life and do not harm the environment will be more valuable for the environment and economy.
As a result, technology is renewing itself every day. There is a constant innovation every day. For this reason, I think businesses should constantly keep themselves new and updated.
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