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Volume 58
Volume 58 | May 8, 2026
News
🎙 Secured Podcast
Episode 14 | Your Features Are Becoming BugsVerkada dropped the kind of release that makes every feature-by-feature roadmap look old. Lee breaks down why the next decade belongs to companies building across the full stack, not just announcing one new...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 57
Volume 57 | May 1, 2026
🎙 Secured Podcast
West to East series | This week we are featuring:Karl Hill
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Meg A. Watt | You're Great at Security. Nobody Knows Who You Are.Why small and mid-size integrators are sitting on a branding opportunity they keep ignoring.Read below
Joelle Hushen | ...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 56
Volume 56 | April 24, 2026
🎙 Secured Podcast
Episode 11 | Like it or not AI is coming for access controlAI isn’t coming. It’s already here. Access control just hasn’t caught up yet.Listen now.
West to East series | This week we are featuring:Kyle Gordon and Tobin Richardson
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Hailey Can...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 55
Volume 55 | April 17, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
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Eric Joseph | Install Once, Risk Forever? Why Access Control Hardware Demands Lifecycle Management Access control hardware was never meant to run forever. In today’s connected environment, “still working”...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 54
Volume 54 | April 10, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
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Paul Labow | Zero Trust Physical Access: Verifying the Person at the Point of EntryCredentials are not identity, and Zero Trust physical access is built around closing that gap.Read below
Brian Karas | Is...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 53
Volume 53 | March 20, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
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Vikrat Pelia | AI took centre stage at VerkadaOne LondonThe move from “cloud” to “AI” is more than a messaging shift. It reflects where investment, innovation, and the future of physical security are goin...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 52
Volume 52 | March 20, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
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Allan Bleakley | The Invisible KeyAccess control is moving beyond the badge, toward invisible identity, biometric intent, and phones as the root of trust.Read below
Kabir Maiga | The Credential ...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 51
Volume 51 | March 13, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
Jeff Cianni | Small Deployments Have Large PotentialSmall deployments are easy to overlook. They may be one of the biggest growth plays in access control.Read below
Brian Karas | Are AI Agents Ready To Report For ...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 50
Volume 50 🎉The Security Breakdown is really about this community.The people paying attention to the signals shaping the future of security.Thanks for being part of the first 50. Here’s to the next 50.
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
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Tony Dong | The Folly of Re...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 49
Volume 49 | February 27, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
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Danny Smith | The Campus Identity Transformation: What Physical Access Control Providers Need to KnowThe OneCard era is ending, and providers who don’t address identity complexity risk being displaced....
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 48
Volume 48 | February 20, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
🎙 Secured Podcast
Episode 4Platform transition. The biometrics narrative battle. And why physical security still doesn’t have a seat at the global security table.Listen now.
Live from Intersec Dubai: Joachim Mahls...
Aug 03, 2026
Volume 47
Volume 47 | February 13, 2026
This Week’s Featured Articles, Media, & Breaking News
ArticlesMichael Stuer | Physical Access Has an Enterprise Problem We Don’t Like Talking AboutIn today’s scaled and compliance-driven environments, physical access can’t be treated like a simple admin task. Michael...
Aug 03, 2026
