Refreshed quarterly.
Security install cost benchmarks 2026
Industry-by-industry installed cost ranges from public buyer surveys, plus per-camera and per-site bands. Manufacturing, retail, healthcare, education, hospitality, finance, government, multi-site enterprise.
Sources
SDM Magazine, IFSEC, SIA, Campus Safety
Response-time standards: required vs typical
Public response-time and uptime requirements from FEMA NSGP, UL 2050, UL 827, SIA CP-01, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-53, TAPA FSR. Use to write SLAs into RFPs.
Sources
FEMA, UL, SIA, PCI Security Standards Council, NIST, TAPA
Vendor matrix: cameras, access, network
The major camera, access, and network platforms a multi-vendor integrator works across, mapped against NDAA Section 889 status, cloud-vs-on-prem architecture, edge AI capability, and open API support. Camera-agnostic by design.
Sources
Vendor product documentation + FCC Covered List
Compliance quick reference: NDAA, HIPAA, PCI, CMMC
What each regime actually requires of a physical security system, with the regulatory text linked directly. Covers NDAA 889, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FERPA, FTC Safeguards, CMMC 2.0, GDPR, BIPA, ADA.
Sources
FAR, HHS, PCI-SSC, FTC, DoD CMMC PMO, EU Commission
State of physical security in 2026
Annual report-style synthesis of public industry data plus field perspective from 15 years of installs: where AI is actually shipping, NDAA-compliant procurement growth, and where multi-site rollouts are concentrating.
Sources
SDM, IFSEC, MarketsAndMarkets, SIA