Cybersecurity is the number one new megatrend shaping the industry, according to the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) yearly report defining the major trends and forces at play in the global security industry. By nearly 30 percentage points, industry leaders said cybersecurity’s impact on physical security solutions was the greatest they were expecting to face in 2019. 

To be considered a bona fide megatrend, the force must be a top factor influencing both short- and long-term change in the global security industry, and is expected to have a sweeping impact on almost all businesses within the industry.