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Volume 22
April 2018 Edition
explored in-depth at the Connected Security
Expo and the Connected Home areas on the
Show Floor.
Don Erickson, CEO, SIA
“A top priority is making education one of the most valu-
able, robust parts of ISC West,” said Don Erickson, CEO of
SIA.
“We identified these top 10 trends – what we call the
trends™ – and reviewed how they would Security Mega-
pose significant impacts on 2018’s
converged security landscape.”
(See a Recap of the Connected Security Expo from Day 2 of ISC
West 2017)
According to Gartner, businesses are predicted to
represent more than half of overall IoT spending
in 2017 (57%).
“We then used these insights to lay the
groundwork for the 85+ educational
sessions we’re offering at the ISC West
show, making it possible for attendees
to leave feeling confident and equipped
to tackle the emerging security threats,
as well as the business challenges and
opportunities that inevitably come their
way.”
Trend 1: Booming Growth of
the IoT
Both enterprise and consum-
er-connected solutions are major
focuses at ISC West, and will be
The 2018 Security Megatrends™
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