In the face of global recession this past year, the security and video surveillance industries continue to remain unaffected and even growing. According to IMS Research, the demand for CCTV and video surveillance equipment should remain strong throughout 2012, with potential growth for the surveillance equipment market predicted to exceed 25 percent (Security Products Magazine, 2011). In 2010, analog sales were notably low, but leaps and bounds made in network video surveillance technology caused the market that year to increase by more than 30 percent.
Security Products Magazine has proposed two probable causes for this;