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SDM // January 2025 // Volume 55, No. 1

2025 Outlook for M&A in Security: ‘Excellent’

Last year’s healthy M&A activity was encouraging to the security industry, which looks to have the same opportunities for investment in 2025.

Subscriptions, Hardware & ROI: A Guide to Remote Monitoring Revenue

A three-member panel of subject matter experts discuss how integrators can leverage subscription-based models, Hardware as a Service (HaaS) and ROI-driven strategies to transform remote video monitoring into a sustainable revenue stream.

fEATURES

The Layers of Cybersecurity & Access Control

Cybersecurity is a multilayered effort that requires manufacturers, dealers and integrators, and end users to contribute to the protection of the system.

COVER STORY

SDM Industry Forecast: A Year of Optimism

Looking ahead, the majority of dealers and integrators are optimistic that 2025 will be a good year for the security industry.

SPECIAL SECTION

Monitoring Today is an annual SDM supplement featuring stories specific to the security monitoring industry, including columns from industry trade associations.

// Advertising Index

// Buyers Guide Premium Listings

// Classifieds

// Security Comings & Goings

The latest personnel announcements in the security industry.

// Products & Services

The “Editor’s Choice” and more new products and solutions as described by manufacturers

// Technology Solutions & Skills

i-PRO Integrates Triton ULTRA into Video Insight VMS; and more industry integrations.

DEPARTMENTS

// Insider News & Business

2024 election’s effect on the security industry; Pye-Barker continues to acquire; and more industry news.

Classical architecture, Official residence, Landmark, Column, Palace, Mansion

// SIA Waypoints

// Marketing Madmen

// Security & The Law

COLUMNS

// Editor's Angle

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State of the Market: Video Surveillance, Top Verticals for Security Solutions, Fire Communicators, Talent Acquisition & Training

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