Same old convergence, shiny new car smell

There are a few new hubs that will be gracing the floor at ISC West this year, and while the tech and some of the faces might be new, I think the mission remains the same.

I won’t actually be in attendance this year, so I’ll have to get a firsthand accounting from Editor Cory Harris about how the new floor additions fit into the vibe of a big show like ISC West. Specifically, the new hubs are Digital Trust & Identity, ISC StartUps, and a Security Experience Center. Maybe nothing is particularly different from what you’ve seen before at the show other than maybe how it’s arranged, but as I’m reading through the descriptions the intent becomes clearer.

These hubs seem designed to demonstrate integrated and converged security, in a way that lets attendees get hands on with products, solutions, and the new names and faces of the industry. Maybe that’s my late-night blog-brain interpretation of things as I work to put a bow on another article concerning cyber/physical convergence, but it really feels pertinent.

It’s not a new topic, of course - I’ve been writing about it as long as I’ve been here, and others were writing about it long before, even decades before. When cybersecurity was a blip on the larger radars of industry they were writing about the convergence of other systems in the security ecosystem.

Now I’m here again, writing about how AI is being used simultaneously to attack both cyber and physical security surfaces, and the same tech is being used to fight back, but leveraging years of proven security architecture for a more complete security experience.

The arc of history for the security industry seems to inevitably bend toward breaking down siloed features and building systems that are better integrated, better capable, and simpler to operate than ever before.

A tremendous accomplishment for an industry that gets more complicated every single day, don’t you think?