Convergence: Integrating Physical and IT Security Transcript, Part 1: What Is Convergence and Why Is It Important?

Convergence is the bringing together of multiple security disciplines into a common platform. And the real driver of convergence today is the network, the ability to connect many different processes security processes and to build those into various layers of security in a way that makes things better. Convergence all along has been something that has been making things smaller, faster, cheaper, and now connected. And the importance then in terms of what it does for us is it allows us to expand the context of security to include video surveillance, physical security of almost every type, logical security, for example network and applications security, and even supply chain security, as we'll discuss I'm sure later where you can track the elements of business and make sure that they are secure, not just in the physical sense, but also in the environmental sense, from their origin to the place where they will be used.