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tem of checks and balances on data ownership, proper segmenta- tion of data and safe handling of physical security data. Conditional privacy concept. Privacy is paramount until safety is at risk. Security and privacy are two sides of the same coin. And in the past, these have been mutually exclusive - meaning that we will keep the information secured - but that data could be relevant to keeping someone physically safe. Furthermore, as a member of the SIA Data Privacy advisory board, I can assure you security practitioners keep this top of mind.
But rather than the standard privacy “or” security, can we use “and” to have our cake and eat it too? Systems that are aware of an operation’s current risk status can help eliminate this false ul- timatum and better balance privacy and safety concerns based on the current environment. You can loosely think of this as ‘condi- tional privacy’ or ‘safety-adjusted privacy.’ This will help improve physical security, while maintaining data privacy regulations. Increased automation. Automation can sound scary. But auto- mated safety sounds ok, right? Robots are great at supplementing where humans are weak, and in physical security there are plenty of applications where we are physically or logically vulnerable. Physical security has lagged behind IT and the rest of the en- terprise when it comes to tools, but 2020 will be the year when practitioners begin to trust some of these newer technologies that allow the automation of security monitoring, threat detection, guard tours and even incident response.
Automation will allow operators to go beyond the antiquated and reactive, “watch everything and do something” approach into a focused, analytical mindset with technology that tells op- erators when and where human attention is needed. Physical se- curity will rely on automation for improved detection and better responses. We are already seeing robots used in active shooter situations to save the lives of cops, and can expect new use cases in robotics to allow us to perform higher-order work and do our jobs more strategically.
Smarter, safer cities and buildings. Cities and buildings around the world will become increasingly sophisticated, automated and coordinated through more digital transformation; enabling safer, cleaner, healthier and more environmentally efficient places to live and work. Multi-metrics to analyze all of those IoT devices and sensors will become more integrated into security systems for buildings and high-traffic areas to more intelligently protect, predict, and understand human patterns and behaviors in the environment. The use of biometrics will also increase, including more widespread adoption of facial recognition technology and other “privacy-friendly” forms data, such as gait analysis that can identify unique individuals.
Improved authorization models for zero-trust environments, physical access governance, increased intelligence and further au- tomation are paving the future for a smarter, more private and se- cure society. The future in 2020 and beyond looks brighter, safer and more secure thanks to rapid advancements
in technology, and our willingness to embrace the changes. The vision is clear: 2020 will be the year of proactive security postures.
Clayton Brown is the executive vice president and co-founder of ReconaSense.
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