Editor’s Roundtable: How Do Those Covering the Security Industry See the Security Industry? PART 2
Release Date: 03/26/2026
Editor’s Roundtable: How Do Those Covering the Security Industry See the Security Industry? PART 2
HID CONNECTS
The roundtable continues — and the answers to our burning question are finally here. In Part 2 of our Editors’ Panel, host Matt Winn dives deeper with four of the security industry’s most respected journalists. They tackle the biggest trend shaping the future (spoiler: it’s AI, but with a twist), the evolution of the security channel, why convergence is still a work in progress, and how each journalist truly sees the industry they’ve spent years covering. In this episode: • The unanimous AI verdict — and why one panelist says the real answer is “the human in the loop” • The...
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HID CONNECTS
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info_outlineThe roundtable continues — and the answers to our burning question are finally here.
In Part 2 of our Editors’ Panel, host Matt Winn dives deeper with four of the security industry’s most respected journalists. They tackle the biggest trend shaping the future (spoiler: it’s AI, but with a twist), the evolution of the security channel, why convergence is still a work in progress, and how each journalist truly sees the industry they’ve spent years covering.
In this episode:
• The unanimous AI verdict — and why one panelist says the real answer is “the human in the loop”
• The Doritos moment: when AI gun detection meets reality
• How the security channel shifted from selling products to selling outcomes
• Why convergence works at the device level but struggles at the org chart
• Steve Lasky’s challenge to manufacturers: embrace open architecture or get left behind
• The burning question answered: How do security journalists really see this industry?
Missed Part 1? Go back and catch the full story — including the industry’s biggest game changers, what hasn’t changed in 37 years, and why the talent pipeline is still a challenge.
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