The security professional of tomorrow will need to be smart, more business focused and familiar with a range of new technologies and security solutions, all designed to make our lives easier, safer and more secure.

The fact that the security industry, like most professional industries, seeks to evolve beyond its boundaries should come as no real surprise. What is interesting, however, is the speed at which much of the change has taken place over the last decade. Just a little over ten years ago the security industry in Australia was a fragmented and disjointed conglomerate of loosely associated yet clearly distinct sub-industries, all of which were relatively removed from public view.

However, over the last decade, as security has been thrust into the public spotlight, the traditional boundaries within the industry have begun to crumble, giving rise to a new breed of multi-skilled, university educated security professionals. These professionals will be conversant with a wide variety of security disciplines and will be able to utilise the many new and exciting emerging technologies set to change the way we live and work.

There are a number of factors behind the evolution of security in Australia. Local and international security concerns, the rapidly changing landscape of technology in the industry and an increased awareness of security amongst the public are but a few of the factors driving change in the industry. However, one of the greatest forces for change in the industry over the last ten years has been the push by various State and Territory Governments of Australia to “clean the industry up”.

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