Genetec Physical Security Report Shows Accelerating Hybrid Cloud Adoption

**Genetec’s 2025 State of the Physical Security Report** (based on 5,696 respondents) highlights escalating adoption of hybrid-cloud models (with 43% of end users preferring hybrid over fully cloud or on-prem), expanding IT ownership and collaboration in physical security (77% report IT–security collaboration and over half see IT driving purchasing), and a sharp uptick in practical AI plans (37% of end users targeting AI features in 2025) to streamline operations and improve threat detection; the study spans global regions and underscores pragmatic, cost-aligned, and flexible deployment strategies.