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September 30 marks the end of the federal fiscal year — and in the physical security world, it is the busiest buying window on the calendar. Agencies with unobligated funds race to commit them before they expire, and physical security is frequently where that money lands: PACS maintenance task orders, ESS refreshes, camera replacements, and quick-turn site assessments. Use It or Lose It Appropriated funds that go unspent at year-end return to the Treasury. That reality drives

Useful AI applications in physical security are narrow and measurable: video triage, anomaly prioritization, workflow assistance, and correlation across access, alarm, and video events. The value is reducing response friction while keeping a trained operator accountable. Hype begins when a model is treated as a security control without validating accuracy, bias, failure modes, data handling, retention, and human review. A detection that cannot be explained, audited, or acted

The physical security landscape is shifting rapidly in 2026. Federal mandates, zero-trust frameworks, and increasing convergence of cyber and physical security are reshaping how contractors must approach compliance.