Smart cities offer a great opportunity for physical security integrators. But can you meet the requirements?
Providing security solutions and services to various verticals is a systems integrator's job. These verticals can range from schools to offices and entire cities. But often, they are limited to security. The concept of smart cities is something that many are not comfortable talking about or working on.
This is because the smart city itself is a slightly abstract umbrella term for several different applications, technologies, and facilities. Security is one among them, but it doesn't work alone. Talk about safe cities, and most integrators will happily do it. Throw in the term smart city, and things get confusing.
But the top integrators know that security is an integral part of sma...