Passive surveillance can no longer keep pace with modern threats. Organizations worldwide are turning to AI-driven surveillance analytics to gain not just visibility, but actionable intelligence, automated defense, and real-time threat neutralization.
According to Frost & Sullivan’s latest Frost Radar™ on Surveillance Analytics in Security, this dynamic industry is experiencing a fundamental transformation. The shift from reactive to predictive surveillance is not only reshaping safety strategies but also driving investments, innovations, and growth.
Why Surveillance Analytics is on Every CISO’s Radar
From law enforcement agencies to smart city planners, and from industrial facilities to retail chains, stakeholders are demanding systems that deliver more than recorded footage. They require real-time anomaly detection, behavior analysis, and automated incident response. This next wave of surveillance is built on:
- Edge-based analytics for instant insights with minimal latency
- Sensor fusion across video, thermal, radar, and audio streams
- Federated learning to safeguard privacy and comply with regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
- Predictive AI that foresees threats and adapts over time
The result? Faster decisions, fewer false alarms, reduced manpower costs, and enhanced safety across critical environments.
What’s Driving Growth in 2025
Frost & Sullivan’s analysis highlights several trends fueling the sector’s expansion:
- Smart city deployments are scaling globally, integrating video analytics with traffic, infrastructure, and emergency systems.
- 5G connectivity is enabling seamless streaming and remote processing at unprecedented speeds.
- AI ethics and explainability are becoming core to vendor differentiation as public trust becomes a growth enabler.
- Cloud-first architectures are making enterprise-grade surveillance accessible to small and midsize businesses.
How is your organization adapting its surveillance strategy to integrate intelligent automation and predictive threat detection?
Companies to Action: Leading the Way
The Frost Radar™ identifies top performers based on innovation and growth, spotlighting vendors that are pushing boundaries in AI, edge intelligence, and ethical surveillance. Here are four standout companies reshaping the security landscape:
- Axis Communications
A pioneer in Internet protocol (IP) surveillance, Axis leads with AI-driven edge analytics, thermal imaging, and open-platform integration. From smart cities to retail and healthcare, Axis delivers real-time intelligence while prioritizing cybersecurity and privacy. Its Object Analytics tool stands out for accurately tracking and classifying objects, reducing false alarms, and enabling proactive response.
- Genetec
Genetec’s Security Center platform redefines unified surveillance with automated license plate recognition, behavioral analytics, and cyber-physical integration. With expanded global R&D centers and a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, Genetec is building a scalable surveillance ecosystem optimized for smart cities, retail, and critical infrastructure.
- BriefCam
BriefCam transforms raw video into searchable, actionable intelligence through its patented Video Synopsis technology. From law enforcement to manufacturing, its advanced forensic tools and real-time alerting systems deliver quantifiable business outcomes—improving both safety and operational efficiency.
- Eagle Eye Networks
With a cloud-native architecture and award-winning innovations like 911 Camera Sharing, Eagle Eye simplifies deployment while enhancing scalability. Its open Application Programming Interface (API), smart video search, and real-time alerting tools are helping organizations reduce investigation times and unlock data-driven insights for smarter security operations.
Are you still relying on traditional surveillance, or are you harnessing AI to proactively identify and neutralize threats?
From Monitoring to Intelligence
The future of surveillance is not just watching, it’s understanding, predicting, and responding. As AI becomes more explainable, edge computing becomes faster, and data privacy takes center stage, the vendors who blend innovation with ethics will define tomorrow’s security landscape.
Frost & Sullivan’s Frost Radar™ is more than a benchmarking tool, it’s a call to action. Whether you’re a policymaker, CISO, investor, or integrator, the time to align with the next wave of surveillance analytics leaders is now.
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