Chapter 1 - From Packages to People

Abstract

The origins of many commercial security technologies may be found in consumer products that transitioned in whole or in part into the security domain. Once there, they may prove disruptive to existing technologies, business models, and entrenched industry players. There are five categories in which such disruption or transformation is occurring in physical security: cloud, mobile, social, Internet of things, and big data. While the main thrust of the argument is drawn from commercial security, comparisons are also made to advances in residential security systems. Technology adoption in physical security is analyzed using the framework of the familiar technology adoption life cycle, which characterizes new technology adoption across five standard stages.