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If you’ve ever worked security at a stadium or festival, you know how those large-scale venues bring people together. The bad news, however, is that they also bring complex risks. The crowds are larger, so threats can appear faster. Our standby techniques, like gates and guards, can no longer get the job done on their […]
Modern facilities generate vast amounts of data through physical security systems. This includes video feeds, access control records, visitor logs, and license plate information, among others. For facilities managers, it’s an operational concern that affects risk management, compliance, and day-to-day decision-making. Responsibly protecting this data has become a core part of running safe, compliant, and […]
A new report aims to help retail security and loss prevention leaders understand when risk peaks, which threats escalate fastest, and which intervention strategies may prove most effective. Released by Interface Systems, the 2026 Retail Loss Prevention Benchmark Report is based on 1.6 million remote monitoring events across 18,258 U.S. retail locations and 51 brands […]
For decades, video surveillance in facilities management has been a passive, “looking back” technology. We used it to investigate what had already happened—a slip-and-fall, a security breach, or a workflow bottleneck. But just as large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT redefined our interaction with text, a new generation of video language models (VLMs) is fundamentally […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently awarded $625 million to empower all 11 cities hosting FIFA World Cup 2026 matches to bolster security preparations ahead of the soccer tournament, in close coordination with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026. This funding, administered through the new FIFA World Cup Grant Program, will enable state and local officials to hold operational exercises, […]
Editor’s note: FM Perspectives are industry op-eds. The views expressed are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect those of Facilities Management Advisor. I was on a call with an operations director at a big ag plant. She’d been running the place for years, knew her equipment inside and out. Her question was one I hear in […]
During the ISC West trade show in Las Vegas, the Security Industry Association (SIA) announced the 2026 winners of the SIA New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards. Since its inception in 1979, the flagship awards program has recognized innovative security products, services, and solutions. Top among the winners were Ones Technology with the 2026 Best New Product Award for […]
An incident unfolds in a parking garage. Someone is assaulted. A medical emergency occurs. The immediate response is to call 911, yet the call will not connect. This scenario is not hypothetical. Facilities managers and technology leaders regularly report persistent signal gaps in below-grade structures. One client described it as a recurring concern: not whether […]
Repeated safety incidents are driving the healthcare worker burnout epidemic and threatening patient care across America. That’s according to a new report from Canopy, a safety platform provider that surveyed over 1,000 healthcare leaders and staff nationwide. The report found that more than one in four healthcare workers face safety incidents daily or weekly—a crisis […]
The convergence of physical security and IT has been happening for years, spurred initially by the transition from analog to IP-based systems and, more recently, by the move to cloud-based solutions. This evolution has required close collaboration between IT, physical security, and facility teams. Findings from the 2026 Genetec State of Physical Security Report show that IT departments are playing a larger […]