The Secured Brief

Stay ahead of the trends and conversations shaping physical security and access control. Secured Brief brings together what was The Security Breakdown and the Access Control Executive Brief into one free newsletter, delivering the essential news and insights you need each week. Built by the industry, for the industry.

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 37 | HID Sells PKI, Allegion’s Two Company Story, and Why Security Needs to Get SophisticatedFrom a $75 classroom barricade device to AI agents managing building systems, the details matter. This week, Lee digs into school safety, mobile credentials, installer tools, and...

Oct 23, 2026

Volume 11

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 36 | ACS26 in New Zealand and the MCP MomentWhat did ACS26 reveal about the future of access control? Lee Odess and Hilary Gallagher recap the conversations, industry shifts, and big bets separating the companies moving forward from those standing still. Plus, why MCP co...

Oct 16, 2026

Volume 10

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 35 | We've built the future. We just haven't built the bridge to it…The technology is ready. So why is adoption still lagging? Recorded live at Bergfest 2026, industry leaders get candid about the barriers holding access and identity back, and what it will take to move f...

Oct 09, 2026

Volume 9

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 34 | Visitor Management Isn't a Product Category. It's the Land Grab.Is “visitor management” really its own category, or have we been calling access control something else? Lee digs into where the line gets blurry, from compliance and contractors to hospitality and even ...

Oct 02, 2026

Brief 155

For as long as we can remember, the integrator business has been built on breadth. An integrator picks up a line because an existing customer already owns it, because a bid has a brand name on it, or because saying no to a brand that does a lunch and learn at your office by an old sales rep at a...

Sep 28, 2026

Volume 8

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 33 | Why Depth Now Beats BreadthFor 30 years, integrators won on breadth. Lee Odess argues that the Intelligence Era is changing the math, and that for some integrators, going deeper may be worth more than carrying another line. Listen here. 🫣 Premium member-only conten...

Sep 25, 2026

Volume 7

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 32 | Coming to you Monday, September 21 recorded live at VerkadaOne 🫣 Premium member-only content YourSix AMA with Jacob Hengel What happens when you take the lessons from the VoIP/PBX disruption of the 2000s and apply them to physical security? In this AMA, Jacob Hengel...

Sep 18, 2026

Volume 6

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 31 | The Water Treatment Hack That Should Scare YouWhat happens when ALPR becomes a policy issue, end users start writing the rules, and a cyberattack can put an entire water supply at risk? Lee gets into it on this week’s Secured.Listen here. 🫣 Premium member-only conte...

Sep 11, 2026

Volume 5

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 30 | Could Cheaper, More Open Access Control Hardware Help Make Schools Safer?dormakaba is showing what three years of transformation looks like, Acre is turning its roadmap into something partners can actually sell, and the lines between physical security, AI, and cyber...

Sep 04, 2026

Volume 4

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 29 | Flock and LPR as a Category Are Losing Right NowFlock isn't the only one with a problem. LPR as a category might be losing right now. In this week's Secured, Lee gets into the growing backlash surrounding Flock, the questions around surveillance and governance, and ...

Aug 28, 2026

Volume 3

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 29 | Coming next week! 🫣 Premium member-only content | Is Physical Security Finally Going Mainstream?Is our industry finally mainstream, and what does it cost to act like it? Lee Odess sits down with LVT's Steve Lindsey and Derek Boggs on prevention over reaction, why th...

Aug 21, 2026

Volume 2

🎙 Secured Podcast Episode 28 | Silicon Valley Is Coming For Your Lunch Money The enterprise software crowd is at our door, and most of the industry isn't paying attention. This week on Secured, Lee breaks down who's coming, why the playbook always looks the same, and the one thing these outsiders...

Aug 14, 2026

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