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Legends of the Security Industry

An Interview with the ACRE Founder Joe Grillo on Access Control Trends

This interview with ACRE founder Joe Grillo is the first video in the Legends of the Security Industry series. The focus is on access control trends, and Joe Grillo shares his insights on market development.

Legends of the Security Industry is a series of interviews with influential entrepreneurs who, through their dedication, have made a lasting impact on the global electronic physical security systems industry.

The series was produced during 2024–2025 and features interviews with Joe Grillo, founder of ACRE; Martin Gren, co-founder of Axis; Dean Drako, founder of Eagle Eye Networks; and Pierre Racz, founder of Genetec.

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SKYDD 2024

The Nordic region's largest security fair gathered the industry's leading technology providers Read more »

Technology trends in the physical security market

At the security event SKYDD held on October 24–26, 2024, in Stockholm, exhibiting manufacturers and product developers were asked about market demands and current trends in the physical security technology sector. Read more »

Detektor International Award 2024

The presentation of the prestigious Detektor International Award 2024 was held on the 22nd of October 2024 at International Stockholm Fair in conjunction with the security technology event SKYDD. Read more »

Detektor International Award 2023

The presentation of the prestigious Detektor International Award 2023 was held on the 24th of October 2023 at International Stockholm Fair in conjunction with the security technology event Sectech. Read more »

Detektor International Award 2022

The presentation of the prestigious Detektor International Award 2022 was held on the 25th of October 2022 at International Stockholm Fair in conjunction with the security technology event Skydd. Read more »

Detektor International Award 2021

The presentation of the prestigious Detektor International Award 2021 was held on the 27th of October 2021 at International Stockholm Fair in conjunction with the security technology event Sectech. Read more »

Web TV: Cyber security – how safe are the products?

Are video surveillance and access control products more protected against cyber security threats today than a few years ago? Industry experts from Vanderbilt, Vivotek, Dahua, Stid, Axis, Genetec and Mobotix give their views on cyber security in this Detektor TV video clip. Read more »

Web TV: Access control – the major trends

Representatives from Stid Group, UTC, Hikvision, Suprema, HID, Vanderbilt, Seriline and Genetec – and among them David Sullivan and Pierre Racz – discuss ID- and access control in this video clip from Detektor TV. Mobile, cloud and integration are some of the biggest trends. Read more »

Web TV: Perimeter security – technology and customer demands

The solutions for perimeter security must be both reliable and able to integrate with video surveillance, according to the comments from industry experts from Stanley Security, Axis, Optex, Bosch, Genetec and Cias during recent discussions with Detektor magazine. Read more »

Web TV: Smart buildings and smart homes

In this Detektor TV video clip, industry experts from Vanderbilt, UTC, HID, Suprema, Hanwha Techwin, Vivotek, Brivo and Stid share their views on smart buildings and smart homes. Read more »

Detektor International Award 2019

The presentation of the prestigious Detektor International Award 2019 was held on the 19th of November 2019 at International Stockholm Fair in conjunction with the security technology event Sectech. Read more »

Web TV: Major players on AI and video analytics

In this Detektor TV video clip, industry experts from Hikvision, Axis, Dahua, Mobotix, UTC, Hanwha Techwin, Genetec, Vivotek, Vanderbilt, Idis and Eagle Eye Networks share their views on AI and video analytics. Read more »

Web TV: Eric Piza on how video surveillance can prevent crime

Video surveillance can prevent crime, and not just in car parks, according to Eric Piza, criminologist and Associate Professor at John Jay College in New York. He says: “The manner in which the police use cameras largely depends on how effective the cameras are going to be”. Read more »

Web TV: Racz, Lausten and more on cyber security

Cyber security has become crucial for the physical security industry during the last couple of years. Mobotix CEO Thomas Lausten, Genetec CEO Pierre Racz and industry experts from Milestone, Hikvision and Uniview give their view on cyber security in this Detektor TV video clip. Read more »

Web TV: Grillo, Racz and more on access control

Mobile and cloud-based solutions are some of the biggest trends in the access control market according to industry experts from HID, Assa Abloy, Genetec and Acre. Read more »

Web TV: Perimeter protection: a layered approach

The market for perimeter protection is growing and there are many technologies that can be used to meet the demand. In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, industry experts from Genetec, Optex, Axis Communications, Spotter RF, Black Sage and Cerbair give their views on technology for perimeter protection. Read more »

Web TV: Is AI an on-going revolution?

Is artificial intelligence an on-going revolution or an immature technology? In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, some of the leading physical security companies from Europe, North America and Asia give their views on AI. Read more »

Web TV: Key players on the biggest trends right now

What are the trends in the security technology market right now? Leading representatives of the security industry in Europe, North America and Asia give their views to Detektor TV. Read more »

The presentation of the Detektor International Award 2018

The presentation of the prestigious Detektor International Award 2018 was held on the 7th of November 2018 at Bella Center in Copenhagen in conjunction with the security exhibition Sectech. Read more »

Web TV: Martin Gren on OEM and cyber security

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, Axis co-founder Martin Gren says he believes OEM will come to an end because of cyber security issues. He also gives his view on Axis' biggest challenge, video surveillance and smart cities, and more. Read more »

Web TV: Market analyst on GDPR and cyber security

James McHale, CEO of the market analysis company Memoori, discusses IoT in buildings, cyber security and GDPR in this Detektor TV Magazine video clip. Read more »

Web TV: The biggest trends in access control

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, some of the industry’s access control specialists discuss the biggest market trends, the cloud and the future of the industry. Read more »

Web TV: Axis, Hikvision, Dahua, Bosch, Vivotek and more on perimeter protection

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, some of the industry’s heavyweight players give their views on perimeter protection: representatives from Vanderbilt, Axis, Hikvision, Dahua, Hanwha, Vivotek, Genetec and Bosch. Read more »

Web TV: ONVIF’s chairman Per Björkdahl on access control

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, Per Björkdahl, Chairman of the ONVIF steering committee, discusses why it is harder to implement open standards in access control than in video surveillance. Read more »

Web TV: A report from the biggest security show in the world

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, some of the major Chinese security companies give their views on the China Public Security (CPSE) show in Shenzhen and the future of AI. "Video analytics has been an important technology at the past CPSE shows, but this year, it is much bigger. Video analytics combined with artificial intelligence improves the security systems", says Michael Yang, CEO of the show organiser. Read more »

Airport security expert: “Terrorism is the biggest threat”

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, Bjorn Gunderson, Security Process Manager at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport give his view on airport security. “If you have no information and no intelligence about those guys, it is quite easy for them to get into a public area”, he says. Read more »

The presentation of the Detektor International Award 2017

Representing three continents, Suprema from South Korea, Axis from Sweden, Bosch from Germany and Genetec from Canada received the first prizes when the Detektor International Awards 2017 were presented at the International Stockholm Fair (Stockholmsmässan) on the 21st of November. Read more »

Web TV: The industry’s heavyweight players on video analytics

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, many of the industry's heavyweight players give their views on video analytics: Axis co-founder Martin Gren, Keen Yao from Hikvision, Vanderbilt's CEO Joe Grillo and Genetec's CEO Pierre Racz as well as representatives from Dahua, Mobotix, Idis, Milestone, Hanwha and Vivotek. Read more »

Web TV: Grillo, Gren, Racz and more on cyber security

In this Detektor TV Magazine video clip, many of the industry’s heavyweight players give their views on cyber security: Vanderbilt’s CEO Joe Grillo, Axis co-founder Martin Gren, Keen Yao from Hikvision and Genetec’s CEO Pierre Racz as well as representatives from Dahua, Mobotix, Idis, Suprema and HID. Read more »

Web TV: Thomas Lausten on how to lead Mobotix

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine, the new CEO of Mobotix, Thomas Lausten, tells how he will make the German video surveillance manufacturer take off. “What I can bring to Mobotix is a bit of Scandinavian leadership, which includes more delegation of power and authority to the great people of Mobotix all around the world”, he says. Read more »

Addsecure acquires Chiron

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Addsecure’s CEO Stefan Albertsson and Chiron co-founder Ian Tredinnick discuss Addsecure's acquisition of Chiron. Read more »

Mario Kahlert, Siemens, on the digitalisation of fire alarms

In an interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Mario Kahlert, Siemens Head of Fire & Safety, stresses that the fire alarm industry is still trying to figure out the best way to approach digitalisation. Read more »

President of Euralarm: "Cyber attacks are a big challenge for smart cities"

In an interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Enzo Peduzzi, President of Euralarm, stresses that cyber attacks are a major problem for smart cities. "We see problems almost every day, but there are initiatives from the industry making it secure", he says. Read more »

Logan Harris on the drone threat: "A terrorist attack will happen, it is just a matter of when"

In an interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Logan Harris, CEO of Spotter RF, stresses the risk of drones being used for malicious purposes such as terrorist attacks. Read more »

Mahesh Saptharishi, Avigilon: "The industry appreciates our patent license program"

In an interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Mahesh Saptharishi, CTO and Senior Vice President Sales of Avigilon, stresses that video analytics and artificial intelligence will revolutionise the industry and competitors should have no concerns about Avigilon's patent licensing programme. Read more »

Johan Jubbega, Bosch, on the state of the market

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Johan Jubbega, Senior Vice President Sales of Bosch Security Systems, stresses that interconnectivity is the main trend in the physical security industry. Read more »

Vanderbilt's Managing Director Joe Grillo on cloud based products and other market trends

In an interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Joe Grillo, Managing Director of Vanderbilt, discusses how the company is establishing its name in Europe and the major trends in the security technology market. Read more »

Axis' co-founder Martin Gren on trends in the security technology market

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Martin Gren, co-founder of Axis, discusses trends on the security technology market and how Axis can compete with the biggest Chinese video surveillance manufacturers. Read more »

The presentation of the Detektor International Award 2016

Representing three continents, iLOQ from Finland, SpotterRF from the USA and Sony from Japan, received the first prize when the Detektor International Awards were presented at the Planetarium in Copenhagen on the 16th of November. Awards were also presented to a further nine companies during the prize ceremony. Read more »

Web TV interview: Axis' CEO Ray Mauritsson about the take over of the sales of Canon cameras

Axis and its majority shareholder Canon has agreed that Axis will take over responsibility for marketing and sales of Canon's overall portfolio of network video products in EMEA and North America. Read more »

Web TV: Interview with Kenneth Petersen, Milestone Systems

Detektor TV Magazine met up with Mileston's Chief Sales and Marketing Manager Kenneth Petersen to discuss trends on the security market, but also how Milestone works together with Canon and how the company is positioned on the market. Read more »

Interview: Genetec's CEO Pierre Racz on trends in the security technology market

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Pierre Racz, founder and CEO of Genetec, discusses trends on the security technology market and the company's growth plans in the European market. Read more »

22 June 2016: Interview with Julian Rutland, Canon

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine at Ifsec, Julian Rutland, Canon’s EMEA Marketing Director, discusses how Canon is building up its IP camera brand, the biggest trends in the physical security industry and more. Read more »

Interview with Per Björkdahl, Chairman of ONVIF

In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine, Per Björkdahl, Chairman of the ONVIF steering committee discusses the success of their growing membership and the low uptake on the new Profile A for access control. Read more »

Ray Mauritsson, CEO of Axis: "To drive the change is the big challenge"

In 2015 Canon acquired the majority shareholding of Axis Communications. In this interview with Detektor TV Magazine Axis' CEO Ray Mauritsson talks about how the company has been affected by acquiring a new majority owner and a new board, but also about the challenges that Axis is facing in a fast changing market. Read more »

The presentation of the Detektor International Award 2016

Detektor TV: The importance of Internet-of-Things for the security market

The overall buzzword in the security technology industry today is the same as in most technology sectors, namely Internet-of-Things (IoT). Read more »

Detektor TV: Sicurezza: The Italian security market is recovering

Sicurezza was held from 3–5 November at Fiera Milano and really demonstrated that the Italian security market is on the rise. Read more »

Detektor TV: Report from CPSE in China and the security market trends

This year has been somewhat unstable for the Chinese economy, but at the security show in Shenzhen – CPSE 2015 – stagnation and recession seemed far away. Read more »

Detektor TV: Interview with William Ku

Taiwanese company Vivotek has grown considerably recently. Read more »

Presentation of the Detektor International Awards 2015

The Detektor International Award ceremony was held on the 11th of November in conjunction with the Sectech exhibition at the International Stockholm Fair. Read more »

Detektor TV: Interview with Pierre Racz

Detektor TV Magazine met up with Genetec CEO Pierre Racz to talk about trends, Internet of Things and more. Read more »

Detektor TV: Interview with Dave Dalleske

Many people claim that the megapixel race is over. Read more »

Detektor TV: Interview with Jiangfeng Zhi

The world’s leading supplier of video surveillance equipment, Hikvision continues to grow. In this interview CEO Jiangfeng Zhi talks about the company’s future and business challenges. Read more »

Detektor TV Magazine 5, 2015 (Int'l edition) – Interview with Joe Grillo

Vanderbilt acquired Siemens Security Products in the Summer of 2015. For Detektor TV Magazine, Joe Grillo, Vanderbilt Managing Director explains, amongst other things, the reasoning behind the acquisition. Read more »

Detektor TV Magazine 4, 2015 (Int'l edition) – Interview with Milestone's Thomas Lausten

Canon acquired Milestone in 2014. In the Detektor TV Magazine Milestone’s Vice President of Sales, EMEA, talks about how the company has been affected by the acquisition. Read more »

Detektor TV Magazine 3, 2015 (Int'l edition) – Interview with Martin Gren

A string of companies have tried to acquire Swedish IP-camera manufacturer Axis over the years. But founder Martin Gren has always declined. For Detektor TV Magazine he talks about why he said yes when Canon came calling. Read more »

Detektor TV Magazine 2, 2015 (Int'l edition) – The Internet of Things

The Era of Internet of Things (IoT) has just begun and will have an enourmous impact on our personal lives as well on the business in all sectors. Read more »

Detektor TV Magazine 1, 2015 (Int'l edition)

Jim Mchale talks about the state of the global security market at Sectech Norway. Read more »

Winners of the Detektor International Awards 2014

The Detektor International Award ceremony was held at the Skydd Security show, taking place in Stockholm. The winners for the Best Product were Axis Communications in the Access Control category, Xtralis in the Alarm & Detection category and Arecont Vision within the CCTV category. Read more »