Book excerpt: The Five Technological Forces Disrupting Security: How Cloud, Social, Mobile, Big Data and IoT are Transforming Physical Security in the Digital Age explores the major technological forces currently driving digital disruption in the security industry, and what they foretell for the future. The book provides a high-level perspective on how the industry is changing as a whole, as well as practical guidance on how to incorporate these new technologies to create better security solutions. It also examines key questions on how these new technologies have lowered barriers for new entrants in the field and how they are likely to change market dynamics and affect customer choices. Set in the context of one of the early dot.com companies to enter physical security, the narrative is written for professionals from Chief Security Officers and systems integrators to product managers and investors. - Explores the five major technological forces driving digital change in commercial security - Shows practitioners how to align security strategies with these inevitable changes - Examines how the consumerization of security will change the vendor playing field - Illustrates how security professionals can leverage these changes in their own careers - Provides an adoption scorecard that ranks trends and timeline for impact