Volume 35 | September 19, 2025

We’re in the middle of refreshing The Security Breakdown, so this week’s edition is a little different. Instead of our usual format, we’re highlighting a selection of standout articles, conversations, and LinkedIn posts you may have missed but deserve your attention.

Enjoy the read, have a great weekend, and we’ll be back next week with more stories for the community by the community.

This Week’s Featured Articles & Media

I want to remind everyone that disabled people deserve to be evacuated too.

Ready for post quantum cryptography? I know some of you are.

AI this: Ever wondered how we get wires through a solid door for access control?

A Signal of Things to Come: Mark Anderson joins Verkada’s Board of Directors

Breaking from LEGIC connect25 in Zurich: dormakaba joins the The LEAF Community

Join RealSense’s Mike Nielsen and IDmachines’ Salvatore D’Agostino on September 30 to discuss the technology that is redefining access control.

Wavelynx launches the APEX Reader, its next-generation solution and Wavelynx enters next stage of growth by strengthening leadership.

Evolon launches into video verification.

MIT's surprising new study claiming that "95% of organizations are getting zero return" from AI investments puts a new spin on the AI frenzy.

What if the very regulations you believed were slowing down the adoption of facial authentication... were actually the foundation for doing it right?

That’s the surprising insight at the heart of our latest white paper, developed in partnership with The Access Control Collective and the team at RealSense:
The Ethical Application of Facial Authentication in Enterprise Access Control in Western Markets.

This paper explores how privacy laws and regulatory frameworks—often viewed as obstacles—can actually guide the responsible and scalable implementation of facial authentication technologies in enterprise environments.

Special thanks to Mike Nielsen, Eyal Rond, Penny Malsch, and the entire RealSense team for their invaluable collaboration on this important project.

Now available for download — click here.

Below are the highlighted jobs and companies this week. New jobs are bolded.

• The Access Control Collective (TACC)
  - Community Evangelist for The PhySec Collective - apply here

• Preventia Security 

  - Regional Sales Manager - South - apply here

  - Director of Sales - apply here

• HID Global 

  - Senior Product Manager, Government Solutions-North America – apply here

  - Product Manager, Mercury Controllers – apply here

  - Senior Product Manager, Biometric Readers – apply here
  -Pre-Sales Consultant – apply here
  -Channel Account Manager DACH – apply here

  -Senior PKI Administrator – apply here
  -Product Manager, PKI-as-a-Service – apply here
  -Staff Software Engineer – apply here

  -Test Infrastructure Engineer – apply here
  -Associate Engineering Manager – apply here