Hot off the press, the 2025 Security Megatrends report presents a forecast for the security industry’s future and breaks down the top trends that will impact organisations in the coming year. The 2025 Megatrends report reveals that there is no trend larger or more impactful to the security industry than the evolution of the channel. Artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, technology upheaval, razor-thin margins, new competitors, direct-to-customer sales and delivery models and changing end-user requirements are converging to create the most challenging wave of change the channel has ever seen, felt primarily in the systems integration channel.

In SIA’s survey of members as part of the research for the 2025 Security Megatrends report, nearly 70% of respondents said their channel buyers are changing from the traditional security integrator, and security practitioner experts stressed a desire for integrators to be fully embedded on their teams in order for them to better understand practitioners’ needs and wants.

The 2025 Security Megatrends from the SIA are summarised as follows:

• Evolution of the channel

• AI: Intelligent automation of security

• Correcting the systemic undervaluation of security

• Visual intelligence, not video surveillance

• IT-OT security convergence

• Platform aggregation

• Democratisation of identity and mobile credentials

• Growth of advanced detection technologies

• Shift of influence from hardware to software

• SaaS, HaaS, DaaS and a managed services future

The report also includes key insights on: 

• Foundational trends that have become common concerns all business leaders must manage as they operate within the security industry

• How technology modernisation, end-user requirements and market dynamics are impacting the systems integration channel

• How manufacturers committed to supporting the channel can provide training and support for systems integrators, and top opportunities for integrators

• Key concerns regarding the application of AI to customer data and top factors limiting AI in security

• A mindset shift in the value proposition of security, and how it impacts other megatrends