The Ultimate Guide to Physical Security

2026 · Irish Edition

Physical security encompasses the measures, technologies, and practices designed to protect people, assets, and physical environments from harm, theft, or unauthorized access. This domain integrates hardware like surveillance cameras, access control systems, and biometric verification, with evolving digital solutions such as cloud-based management and AI-powered analytics. Understanding physical security is crucial for safeguarding corporate offices, critical infrastructure, healthcare facilities, and public spaces.

Our collection of stories highlights the dynamic intersection of physical security with digital innovation. Readers will find insights into new security camera technologies, cloud-managed systems, unified identity management, and how AI is transforming surveillance and access control. Additionally, we explore the increasing need to merge physical and cybersecurity practices to address modern threats comprehensively.

Delve into case studies on advancements in workplace optimisation through physical security tools, the importance of hardware security keys for multi-factor authentication, and emerging responses to vulnerabilities in legacy systems. This hub offers a comprehensive look at how organisations are enhancing safety, compliance, and operational efficiency through integrated, state-of-the-art physical security strategies.

Irish Physical Security news
Analyst Insights
Protegrity launches AI Team Edition for secure inferencing
IDC · Physical Security · Virtualisation
Today
Capsule Security raises $7 million to guard AI agents
Gartner · Physical Security · PAM
2 days ago
Tenable launches OT discovery tool for exposure management
Gartner · Physical Security · DataCentre infrastructure
2 days ago
iProov report warns of soaring iOS injection attacks
Gartner · Physical Security · UC
Last week
Boomi named leader in IDC MarketScape API management
IDC MarketScape · Physical Security · Data Protection
Last month
Expert columns
Has AAA gaming left portable too late?
By Kevin Janzen of Globant
5 days ago
The why and what of FIPS 140-3 validation in modern cybersecurity
By Georgy Thadathil of SonicWall
5 days ago
Small alert, big defense: Inside a SOC's early-morning response
By Sarah Wilkinson of SonicWall
Last week
Building digital trust: Data quality provides a scalable path
By Bud Walker of Melissa
Last week
Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
By OpenSearch
Last month
Agentic AI: The potential and the problems behind the new wave of autonomous systems
By Kristina Holt of Foot Anstey
Last month
Saving the weekend: How SonicWall's SonicSentry SOC stopped a Saturday night cyberattack
By Sarah Wilkinson of SonicWall
Last month
Why businesses need wired, wireless, and power-over-ethernet (PoE) firewalls
By Leelin Thye of SonicWall
Last month
Why digital identity is the new perimeter in a zero-trust world
By Jeremy Blackburn of ChainIT
Last month
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
By Renee Roumanos of Renee Roumanos Legal
Last month
Account Takeover (ATO) fraud: The hidden threat to your business and how to stop it
By Bobby Joseph of Melissa
Last month
We are not climbing a ladder, we are building it
By Emma Barbato of Miss Em.Ai
Last month
Interviews
Affirmo: Could AI make a reality of IoT dreams?
Discussing Cloud Services
Last week
Cloudera and Svitla Systems bring trusted AI to healthcare
Discussing Data Protection
Last month
Rise of AI Agents introduces new infosec risk: Okta
Discussing Data Protection
Last month
Recent news
OpenAI launches GPT-Rosalind for life sciences research
About Data Analytics
Today
Casting a wide net: Vection Technologies' push across emerging tech markets
About Education, Learning & Training
Today
Rubrik survey warns of AI agents outpacing security
About Cloud Services
Yesterday
Sentra & Wiz add data classification to cloud risks
About Storage
Yesterday
Iceotope passes 200 patents as AI cooling demand rises
About Energy efficient
Yesterday
Protectors Edge book applies security lessons to leadership
About Management
Yesterday
Temu joins anti-counterfeiting coalition to boost IP enforcement
About Piracy
Yesterday
Emergent launches Wingman autonomous AI agent for work
About Software-as-a-Service
2 days ago
Claroty adds Visibility Orchestration to xDome platform
About Software-as-a-Service
2 days ago
Keeper boosts endpoint privilege governance for firms
About Chief Technology Officers
2 days ago
Tenable launches OT asset discovery engine for security
About Chief Information Security Officer
2 days ago
Forrester maps AI shift from digital into physical use
About Trends & Predictions
2 days ago
AI coding boom deepens cognitive debt, says Thoughtworks
About Software engineering
3 days ago
OpenAI expands cyber access for verified defenders
About Enterprise security
3 days ago
Denodo study flags trust gap in agentic AI adoption
About Virtualisation
3 days ago
Job moves
Ledger appoints Ian Rogers to lead AI security push
Move at Ledger
3 days ago
Portnox names Jonathan Skinner as Chief Marketing Officer
Move at Symantec
4 days ago
Upwind hires ex-Facebook security chief Joe Sullivan
Move at PayPal
This month
Yubico appoints chief marketing officer as phishing grows
Move at Yubico
Last month
Singulr AI expands Richard Bird role to steer agentic risk
Move at Singular AI
Last month
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