Flock and LPR as a Category Are Losing Right Now

This week on Secured, Lee Odess gets into some of the biggest stories moving through the security industry right now, from dormakaba’s acquisition of Apollo Security and Azure Access Technology to Verkada’s latest move at Hard Rock Stadium. He also looks at iLOQ’s continued growth, Ambient.ai’s move into AI agents, and the ongoing conversation around Flock, LPR, surveillance, and governance. And then there’s mobile credentials. The technology may be one of the best things to happen to access control, but the value it creates may not end up going to the companies everyone expects. A look at the deals, technology, and bigger industry shifts worth paying attention to this week.