1、THE ANNUAL VISION FOR THE SECURITY INDUSTRY202622025 SECURITY MEGATRENDS|securityIndustry.org2026,Security Industry Association.All rights reserved.SAVE THE DATEOCTOBER 20-21,2026|NYCTHE BUSINESS OF SECURITY3securityIndustry.org|2026 SECURITY MEGATRENDS2025,Security Industry Association.All rights r

2、eserved.securityindustry.org|2025 SECURITY MEGATRENDSTHANK YOUSIA THANKS ITS 2025 SNG SPONSORSMedia Partners:HOW WE DEFINED AND RESEARCHED THE 2026 SIA SECURITY MEGATRENDSEach year at Securing New Ground(SNG),senior-level industry leaders and financial partners gather,trends are discussed,connection

3、s are formed and ideas are shared openly.In advance of SNG,as part of our annual membership survey,SIA asked hundreds of executives from SIA member companies what factors were shaping their business decisions and what trends they were watching.We then spoke with numerous SIA members,along with curre

4、nt and recent speakers and attendees of SNG,about which previous trends were still relevant,which trends were no longer as impactful to the industry and which trends could be identified to be added to our report.Securing New Ground,our annual executive conference,serves as the rallying point for the

5、 Security Megatrends project.In advance of the event,numerous discussions are held with core advisors about the trends,which remain relevant,what has changed and what new trends are affecting the industrys direction.This group of SIA Security Megatrends advisors provides hours of focused feedback on

6、 the megatrends via in-depth conversations and collaborative editing.The value of insights from these leaders and luminaries cannot be overstated(thank you,Steve Van Till,Tara Dunning,Eric Yunag and Devin Love).I also want to thank so many individual SIA members who I engaged with on conversations a