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ability followed a similar pattern — 83
percent of the leaders increased margins over that period while less than half of the industry laggards did so ."
Unfortunately , physical security stands out as a laggard in digital transformation — especially when compared to the modern cybersecurity best practices that I am used to .
Consider the findings of Accenture and Microsoft in their recent survey of physical security leaders :
“ We found that although security leaders see the opportunity to enhance risk management with digital capabilities , the industry is at various levels of maturity , and at worst is a decade behind . Respondents identified “ reactive threat management ” and “ intuition-led decision-making based on subjectivity ” as the two leading challenges facing physical security operations today . These challenges — operating reactively and improving decision-making — make it difficult to be proactive . This puts your people , brand and reputation at risk .”
It ’ s not surprising that physical security managers are worried about “ reactive threat management ” and “ intuition-led decisions ” when their security screening technology hasn ’ t fundamentally changed since the 1920s and is completely devoid of digital data .
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