The State of Physical Security Report 2026
Most teams built their security stack one purchase at a time: video, then access control, then AI threat detection. This report benchmarks where that leaves them, based on 476 leaders surveyed.
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What IT and Security Leaders Told Us
Where teams lose time, what they want to keep, and where AI actually earns its place.
Investigation Time
46.5%
need more than 30 min to find footage
27.4%
take more than an hour
Unified Platform
80.9%
of teams want connected operations
22.4%
have everything in one place
Existing Infrastructure
84.2%
most expect to keep their existing cameras
51%
believe they can keep some or all
Budget & ROI
76.8%
budget and value-proof compound each other
27.8%
struggle to justify the investment
AI in Physical Security
90.5%
specific AI outcomes outperform the AI label
34.4%
see AI as important or essential
