Inhibiting and driving forces for the digitalization of security systems: security officers’ view on the issue
Markus Lahtinen · Lund University Publications (Lund University) · 2007
This memo reports on factors that drive and inhibit the digitalization of security systems. The reported factors are as follows: Technology-push factors • Need to lower costs on the end-user side, i.e. replacing labour with technology • Perceived convenience and ease-of-use of digital systems • Digital products can be connected to the current enterprise network; enabling an expanding set of security features • Firms holding the IP-capability (IP=Internet Protocol) and not having offered security in the past see business opportunities in adding security solutions to their offerings Inhibiting factors • Bandwidth and storage limitation and the political ‘battle of the bandwidth’ • Consultants and systems integrators are pushing “old” solutions • Fragmented industry on the systems integrator side • Fear of technology challenging current position, i.e. job security, of security officers • Fear of being ‘locked-in’ to only one supplier of security