International. HID Global announced, from its experience, the most important trends in our industry for this year and the next. After observing the market and listening to input from partners and customers, HID Global believes that the following seven topics will affect the security industry this year and beyond:
1. Supply Chain Issues: Supply chain issues will continue to be a dominant security trend, making 2022 a year in which the industry must be creative. Semiconductor shortages, global logistical bottlenecks and consequent rising costs will affect everything from readers and control panels to sensors and detectors.
2. Sustainability: Last year highlighted a growing consensus that end users are demanding to work with suppliers who make sustainability a cornerstone of their business decisions and operations. In 2022, the focus on the will grow, leading suppliers to pay more attention to digital sustainability solutions, including end-to-end mobile technologies and multi-application technologies that reduce the industry's footprint.
3. Identifications provided via SaaS (Software as a Service): Digital transformation has brought with it a shift to cloud deployments and service models, which has provided opportunities to manage access control in applications, physical assets and data, while the use of new formats has allowed reliable and agile authentication. As provisions requiring prioritizing the digital experience continue to impact the security environment, by 2022 the provision of Identification via SaaS will become not only the norm, but the expectation.
4. Digital IDs: The adoption of digital wallets is at an all-time high. Big tech companies are increasing the functionality of new credentials in applications. Both companies and governments are adding new infrastructure to support digital transactions. In 2022, there will be a tipping point that will allow digital IDs to outperform physical ones, while digital servitization will play a critical role as providers organize their offerings around service models and their growth is driven by services.
5. Future of work: Hybrid work models are the norm today and one of the main trends that will dominate the security industry in 2022 is a security model in which no device is automatically reliable and must be validated (zero trust). Leaders responsible for ensuring a safe environment for those returning to the office, and for making secure identification and access management for those working remotely, are on the lookout for the latest physical access trends and best practices that make them possible. Contactless solutions, data protection and visitor management technologies ensure healthy and secure face-to-face environments, while multidimensional authentication solutions are at the heart of remote applications.
6. Contactless biometrics: The use of biometrics is already widespread, whether it's to secure a mobile device, protect a driver's license or other government ID, or to track a person's physical condition. In 2022, biometrics coupled with cloud solutions for ID management will drive much faster growth. In all sectors of the economy, the role of security in the implementation of biometric technology that allows secure authentication and protects the privacy of information is beginning to take shape.
7. Data Science: The combination of IoT, cloud and mobile technologies is continuously driving digital transformation in the security industry. The need to balance the protection offered against potential new threats to physical security with that provided against the risks of digital cybersecurity has brought data science to the forefront: the discussion has shifted from risk mitigation and prevention to threat prediction and aversion. In 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will be woven more compactly into the fabric of reliable identification solutions across the physical and digital continuum, automating and optimizing performance, accuracy, security and protection.
