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 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

Volume 1

Welcome to The Secured Brief! What used to be two publications, the Access Control Executive Brief and The Security Breakdown, is now one. Thank you for rolling with us through this huge transition. This community is what makes it worth doing, and we knew you deserved more, so we made it happen. ...

Aug 07, 2026

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