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Some of the trends are evolutions of those we’ve seen in previous years. An obvious one is the continued interest in how AI will be applied in our sector, and we’ve highlighted some of the new considerations that will need to be addressed moving forwards. Others are new, or even a resurgence of topics we may not have focused on for a while.
National and regional legislators will once again try to keep pace with technological innovation. AI, cybersecurity, privacy, the need for resilience in critical entities… All these (and more) will be the focus of proposed and new regulation. We haven’t highlighted this as a specific trend, but it’s no less a priority and something every organization will need to respond to.
We believe that within all of these trends lies significant opportunity for the sector. For our customers that means enhanced capabilities, more flexibility, greater efficiency and increased value.
Hybrid solutions: the foundation for freedom of choice
In previous years we’ve highlighted how hybrid architectures – those making best use of edge, cloud, and on-premise technologies – have become the de facto choice for security solutions.
The drivers for the choice of architecture will be unique to every organization, taking into account technological, legal, ethical and governance concerns and requirements. The environment is evolving quickly, and therefore freedom of choice is imperative.
Hybrid solutions give freedom of choice in how to store, view, and analyze video, or manage devices. A combination of edge, cloud, and on-premise technologies can deliver an optimal total system solution, or its flexibility used to choose the specific instance preferred.
Whether demanded by emerging local and regional regulations or concerns over control of data, cost, or energy efficiency, hybrid solutions will continue to offer the greatest flexibility in creating architectures to best suit specific organizational needs and allow a system to be scaled.
AI evolution alongside AI efficiency
Development within the field of AI continues to race ahead. Deep learning technologies are the bread and butter of most analytics solutions within the security sector, while newer generative AI technologies are rapidly maturing. There is still a lot of hype in certain areas but real
applications of generative AI in the security sector are becoming available. Each step of evolution brings with it a new set of opportunities, but also ethical, legal, and corporate considerations.
Generative AI models are large and require much compute capacity to execute, which creates a debate in how to balance the cost of AI (both in terms of financial investment, but also in terms of energy use and environmental impact) with its value. A lot of effort is being put into reducing the size of the models while maintaining the quality of results. The increased use of AI technologies only reinforces hybrid architectures as the standard.
The various ‘flavors’ of AI – from deep learning-based object recognition to generative AI – either demand or benefit from being applied at different places in the value chain, and in specific environments. Generative AI can assist operators in interacting with security solutions in natural language but, for the foreseeable future at least, require significant processing power.
Conversely, deep learning-based analytics such as enhanced object recognition can be performed within surveillance cameras themselves.
Eventually this will enable generative models to be, at least partly, run on cameras with high- quality results. At the same time the models are improving in quality with regards to ethical aspects, bias, hallucinations, and the risk of making the wrong decisions.
Over time there is a big opportunity to dramatically change the efficiency and effectiveness of security operations. Algorithms will be able to understand what is happening in a scene and react to anomalies, based on the analysis on different types of input data, including but not limited to visual information. Input data will come from radar, audio, and numerous other sensors. This will create solutions that enable increasingly proactive capabilities and generate valuable insights in security scenarios for long term planning.
Beyond safety and security becomes real
The application of increasingly advanced computer vision, audio, access control and other connected technologies continues to serve security and safety use cases. Greater accuracy of analytics through the application of AI – particularly in object recognition – means that incidents can be responded to more quickly and effectively than ever before.
What is also clear is that the data generated by sensors of all types – video, audio, environmental, and more – can benefit numerous use case beyond the traditional. While still a relatively small part of the market, we expect to see an acceleration of applications aligned to operational efficiency and business intelligence.
This trend highlights the opportunities for increased collaboration across customer
organizations. Technology being sourced or specified for one use case could well be used in another area of a business’s operations. For instance, data being created by video cameras employed principally for security purposes can be analyzed over time to improve customer or employee experience, sustainability, or process efficiency.
Through the high-quality hardware platforms available, the pace of development and innovation is astounding. Hardware vendors that foster an open and collaborative ecosystem of
application developers and system integrators will bring greatest value to customers most quickly.
The “rebirth” of image quality
It may be counterintuitive to suggest that a focus on image quality is a trend in the sector, where many would assume it’s always been a priority (which, of course, it has). The trend is in how the images from visual sensors are being used, and with that the increased opportunities that better image quality brings.
The paradigm shifts when we consider that images are now often being initially viewed and analyzed by computers rather than humans, and that images are being viewed continuously, rather than when an incident of interest has taken place.
Advances in analytics and AI mean that a higher resolution image will inevitably lead to a better result, whatever the use case. Object recognition will be more accurate and more detailed data (and metadata) created. The drive towards even better image quality has been reignited.
With this has come opportunities for efficiency as well as effectiveness. A single camera producing much higher image quality can cover as large an area as multiple cameras would
have been needed for previously. Higher resolution images also support analytics, for instance in large crowds, busy traffic intersections, or fast-moving production lines.
The human is still very much “in the loop”, as the saying goes. Operators will be automatically alerted to scenes they need to pay attention to, increasing efficiency and effectiveness of a response. Image quality as a focus will also place keen attention on the maintenance of surveillance cameras – still often a manual task – as small obstructions can have a significant impact on analysis.
The long-term value in products comes through software support
At the higher end of the security sector, the quality of hardware has been improving year-on- year. Today, hardware devices can be of such high-quality – particularly in terms of performance and capabilities – that expectations about their lifetime are greater than ever.
But while quality hardware can last for many years – as illustrated by the length of warranties – the defining factor in a camera’s functionality, including cybersecurity, and therefore its lifetime value, comes through ongoing software support.
Vendor commitments to support software throughout the expected lifetime of the hardware are essential; software that continues to enhance and build on the capabilities of the camera and keep it as secure as possible.
This also underpins the total cost of ownership of hardware. An investment in better quality camera, with comprehensive software support throughout its lifecycle, will ultimately be a more effective and efficient solution.
Technology autonomy to the customer’s benefit
Our role, and that of our partner ecosystem, is ultimately to focus on meeting the needs of customers. Technology for technology’s sake serves nobody’s purpose – innovations must be aligned to the priorities of the end user.
This clearly means supporting customers’ goals in safety and security, operational efficiency, and business intelligence. But it also means supporting their cybersecurity posture, commitment to sustainability through energy efficient solutions, and flexibility and freedom of choice via open standards-based technologies and platforms.
Technology vendors with more autonomy over their core technologies are clearly best placed to support these customer requirements. Greater control over foundational technology, from the silicon “upwards”, will allow a vendor to design specific capabilities and functionality aligned to customer needs into its products. Such an approach to core technology ownership will also
allow a vendor to stand by commitments of being “secure by design”.
Furthermore, greater control of technology – at a component or even material level – is an important prerequisite to more effectively mitigate the risks of broader disruption to global supply chains. This enhances the ability to meet the requirements of customers, when they are needed.
We’re already seeing companies that would have traditionally been seen as software vendors designing their own semiconductors to gain more control over their service delivery –particularly in the area of AI – and we foresee this trend continuing in all sectors. Core technology independence is a trend we’re proud to say we’re some way ahead of, having developed our own system-on-chip, ARTPEC, for the last 25 years.
So, there you have it, our take on some of the trends that will shape the security sector in 2025. We’re sure you’ll have views on these and maybe some other trends of your own. We’d be delighted to continue the discussion on this with you.

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Cyberhaven, a data-loss prevention startup, has confirmed a security breach involving its Google Chrome browser extension. Hackers managed to release a malicious update capable of stealing user passwords and session tokens.
What Happened: The breach was confirmed by Cyberhaven on Friday, although specifics were not disclosed. The email, shared by security researcher Matt Johansen, revealed that a company account was compromised to release the malicious update on Dec. 25.
This update allowed sensitive data to be extracted to the attacker’s domain.
The company stated that its security team identified the breach on December 25 and removed the malicious extension from the Chrome Web Store, replacing it with a legitimate version, according to a report by Vulnerable U.
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Cyberhaven’s email advised affected users to revoke and rotate passwords and review logs for suspicious activity.
The company has engaged an incident response firm and is cooperating with federal law enforcement.
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Why It Matters: This breach highlights ongoing security challenges related to browser extensions.
Earlier this year, Google faced scrutiny over its Chrome browser’s privacy practices, particularly in “incognito” mode, where data collection was found to occur without user consent. This incident underscores the importance of robust security measures in browser extensions.
Amid these security concerns, Google has recently integrated AI in its Threat Intelligence tool to enhance its cybersecurity posture. This tool aims to rapidly identify vulnerabilities, which could be crucial in preventing similar breaches.
The search giant also filed an appeal against the Epic Games ruling, citing a higher risk of new security issues.
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TORONTO — Two Canadian Cabinet ministers left a meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Friday without assurances President-elect Donald Trump will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner.
The Canadians called the talks “productive” and said there would be further discussions but one official said the Americans remain fixated on the U.S. trade deficit with Canada.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly met with Howard Lutnick, Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, as well as North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department.
Trump has threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products if Canada does not stem what he calls a flow of migrants and fentanyl into the United States — even though far fewer of each cross into the U.S. from Canada than from Mexico, which Trump has also threatened.
“Minister LeBlanc and Minister Joly had a positive, productive meeting at Mar-a-Lago with Howard Lutnick and Doug Burgum, as a follow-up to the dinner between the Prime Minister and President Trump last month,” said Jean-Sébastien Comeau, a spokesman for LeBlanc.
FIDominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance, Public Safety and Intergovernmental Affairs for Canada, shown in Ottawa Ontario, on Dec. 16.
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Comeau said both ministers outlined the measures in Canada’s billion-dollar plan to increase security at the border and reiterated “the shared commitment to strengthen border security as well as combat the harm caused by fentanyl to save Canadian and American lives.”
Comeau said Lutnick and Burgum agreed to relay the information to Trump.
A senior Canadian official, however, said the Americans remain preoccupied on the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and want it to shrink. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Trump has made an issue of the U.S. trade deficit, erroneously calling it a subsidy.
Canada’s ambassador to Washington, Kirsten Hillman, has said the U.S. had a $75 billion trade deficit with Canada last year. But she noted a third of what Canada sells into the U.S. are energy exports and said there is a deficit when oil prices are high.
About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada. Alberta alone sends 4.3 million barrel s of oil per day to the U.S which tends to consume about 20 million barrels a day.
The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Further discussions are expected in the coming weeks. Joly will also have dinner with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham on Friday.
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Trump has been trolling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on social media in recent weeks by calling him the governor of the 51st state.
Trudeau has not directly responded, but did post a link Thursday to a six-minute video on YouTube from 2010 in which American NBC journalist Tom Brokaw “explains Canada to Americans.”
“Some information about Canada for Americans” Trudeau wrote in the post on X.
The video, which originally aired during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, explains similarities between the two countries, the massive trading relationship and the actions of the Canadian military in World War 2 and Afghanistan.
“In our darkest hours Canada has been with us,” Brokaw says in the video. “In the long history of sovereign neighbors there has never been a relationship as close, productive and peaceful as the U.S. and Canada.”
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Trudeau has told Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.
Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian dollars ($2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states.
Flows of migrants and seizures of drugs are vastly different at the U.S.’s two land borders. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border during the last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border.
Most of the fentanyl reaching the U.S. — where it causes about 70,000 overdose deaths annually — is made by Mexican drug cartels using precursor chemicals smuggled from Asia.
On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported 1.53 million encounters with migrants at the southwest border with Mexico between October 2023 and September 2024. That compares to 23,721 encounters at the Canadian border during that time.

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A Chicago podiatrist convicted in the 2002 shooting of a church worker had his federal death sentence commuted by President Joe Biden.
Ronald Mikos, 76, is housed in the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. Mikos was one of 37 people who had their death sentences commuted. None of the 37 will be eligible for parole.
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The action comes on the heels of the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history on Dec. 12 when Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and issued 39 pardons.
The president also earlier pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted on federal gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.
While pardons and commutations are forms of clemency, a commutation shortens a sentence while a pardon provides complete forgiveness.
Under Biden in 2021, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a moratorium on federal executions to allow for a federal review of death penalty policy.
“In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted,” Biden said in a statement, referring to President-elect Donald Trump, a supporter of expanding capital punishment.
In July 2020, the Trump Administration ended a 17-year hiatus on federal executions when it executed Daniel Lewis Lee. Six more executions followed a little over two months.
Mikos was convicted in 2005 of fatally shooting Joyce Brannon, a 57-year-old nurse turned church secretary.
Brannon was a patient of Mikos’. In 2002, Mikos was under a federal grand jury investigation for Medicare fraud, specifically for inflating bills for surgeries he had not performed.
Brannon, who refused to go along with Mikos’ scheme had been scheduled to testify before the grand jury on Jan. 31, 2002, but was murdered four days before.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, commended Biden for his “justice and mercy.” Durbin has long advocated for the abolition of the federal death penalty.
Three men remain on federal death row: Robert Bowers, convicted in the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that left 11 worshippers dead; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted in the Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured more than 260 people in 2013 and Dylann Roof, convicted of fatally shooting nine people at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015.
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Southern California and drag racing have a long history together. Just because that history exists, however, doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to last forever. The area in and around Los Angeles is also home to a number of shuttered racetracks that once hosted drag racing, and in the last week another such facility — Irwindale Speedway — hosted its final competition.

Daniel Miller covered the event for the Los Angeles Times while also revisiting the decades-long history of Irwindale Speedway. Miller noted that the facility’s Thursday night drag racing events provided enthusiasts with a relatively safe way — specifically, one that didn’t involve street racing — to engage in their favorite pastime. A wide variety of vehicles competed there in the final night of drag racing, including everything from a Tesla to “a 1975 Dodge Camper Van designed to look like a clapped-out ice cream truck.”

As some of the racing enthusiasts Miller spoke with pointed out, the loss of Irwindale Speedway could lead to a number of aftereffects, not the least of which is a potential uptick in illegal street racing. The thinking there is that the loss of a legal venue could push some drivers to continue racing — just not in a way that’s safe for them or for bystanders.
There are some other facilities in southern California that maintain a casual ethos and provide a home for drag racers to compete without driving on open roads. Perris, California’s Street Legal Dragway opened in 2023 and was created with the specific intention of, as its name suggests, giving competitors a legal place to race.

As Andrew Wolf wrote in Dragzine last year, the length of this track is such that “purists will rightfully argue against [it].” But at this point, it may be one of the only options left for most drag racers in southern California.
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28th December 2024
By Doris Obinna
Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), has urged for standardisation of traditional medicines by way of encouraging indigenous drugs research in the country.
Director General, NNMDA, Prof. Martins Emeje, said this during an end of the year media parley to induct members of the media as ‘Journalists for Natural Medicines (JONAMED).’

He spoke on the theme: “The Media as Natural Medicine Ambassadors,’’ stating that Nigeria should embrace traditional medicines and their teaching in Nigeria schools.
He reiterated need for indigenous drugs research, emphasising that traditional medicines should be added in the curriculum of learning in schools:
“Students in higher learning should enrol in schools to learn traditional medicines the same way they enrol to learn Pharmacy and other courses. It does not necessarily need to be taught by a professor with degrees.”

He stressed the need for Nigerians to be proud of their roots adding that traditional medicines were sustained in the past, hence the need for it to be standardised:

“The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has accredited the agency as the awarding body for national skills qualification in traditional medicine in the country.
“Eighty per cent of traditional medicines were highly effective in addressing health challenges, without pronounced side effects. Allopathic medicine and its composition were being taught in Nigerian schools, the same pride of place should be accorded traditional medicines.
“Before now, researchers were contracted to conduct research because it took us a long time to obtain a patent. And you know, you can’t obtain a patent without real data.
“There are plans in addressing livestock diseases, with partnerships already established with the Netherlands and India to develop herbal remedies. Additionally, the agency is prioritizing cures for snakebites, a significant public health concern, particularly in regions like Katungu, Gombe State, known for venomous snake populations.
“The agency is poised to oversee the practice of spiritual healing within religious organisations. All spiritual healing, classified as a form of natural medicine, falls under the agency’s jurisdiction, which is why we are necessitating a regulatory enforcement.

“We are going to work with religious medicine practitioners and native medicine practitioners at all levels in order to enhance their practice. There must be standardisation of natural medicine across the board, and we have to develop standards with stakeholders, and we are not going to copy any country’s style.
“The NNMDA is the sole government agency responsible for the research and development of natural medicines in Nigeria, which includes practices in both churches and mosques. No medicine security in Nigeria. It is time to save the country from the siege of importation that was weakening its economy and ensure Nigerian traditional medicines got its security.”

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