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Eliminating Blind Spots: Why Unified, Open Security Platforms Are the Future

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The pressure is on - and the cracks are showing

Physical security has never moved faster. AI, analytics, cloud, and edge processing keep multiplying the data available to operators - yet many organizations still stitch together siloed tools that don’t talk to each other. The result? Missed signals, delayed responses, and growing operational cost. That painful gap was front and centre at Blind Spot Summit 2025 in Ottawa, where industry leaders compared real-world lessons from the front lines.

What’s really missing: interoperability by design

Veterans from public safety and critical infrastructure underlined the same point: when systems are closed or “bolted on,” teams lose visibility and time. Former RCMP Deputy Commissioner Raf Souccar argued that removing blind spots gives security teams “super powers” through enhanced situational awareness - and lets you tighten security without adding personnel. Former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey program security manager Thomas Kelly Comerford reflected on the consequences of fragmented comms and intel, emphasizing how modern video analytics and AI can now highlight anomalies and automate response.

Introducing WaveFusion: a platform built to be open

That’s the backdrop for Wavestore’s WaveFusion - a design-engineered, open security platform that natively fuses access control and video surveillance into one operational view. Building on Wavestore's VMS foundations, and flexibility to stack integrations, WaveFusion is architected to gather, prioritize, and escalate the right information to the right people, in real time, from any modern browser.

“WaveFusion is a holistic vision for complete security that uses the cloud to deliver the latest capabilities... WaveFusion fuses together all aspects of security. The unified platform is the way forward in our industry. Users will be able to have exactly what they need for security, when they need it.” — Sam Shalaby, CEO, Wavestore.

At a glance...

  • Phased release: Access control capabilities are slated in the coming months, with the VMS portion following in 2026 - bringing security, video, and access under one roof for complete transparency.
  • Scalable by design: Built to evolve as AI models, analytics, and devices advance - without locking you into a closed ecosystem.
  • API-first openness: Add the best-fit technologies as needs change - and avoid costly forklift upgrades or brittle point integrations.
  • Engineered for high availability on AWS-Cloud: automated load balancing across multiple availability zones; regional hosting to meet data residency and compliance requirements; and elastic scale as you grow. It’s the same cloud many global brands rely on - and our architecture isn’t locked to a single provider.

Why this matters to security leaders (and the board)

1) Faster, better decisions. Unified context cuts cognitive load and speeds incident triage - so operators can see, decide, and act sooner.

2) Lower total cost of ownership. Open platforms reduce bespoke maintenance and the drag of one-off integrations that risk breaking with every update.

3) Future-proofing. As AI evolves - from behavioural analytics to predictive threat intelligence - you can adopt what’s next without re-architecting your estate.

4) Security outcomes, not tool sprawl. The point isn’t more feeds or features - it’s closing the gaps that let risk slip through. WaveFusion concentrates signal over noise.

From “integrated” to truly unified

Wavestore's core VMS product today has the ability to integrate with over 80 technical partners. WaveFusion further simplifies this capability for the user, integrator and installer: unification is the product, not the plugin. This means common policy, shared identity and event models, and a single operational glass - so your team isn’t swivel-chairing between screens when seconds matter.

“If you don’t have a platform that’s ready for future innovation, you’re back to square one.” - Sam Shalaby, CEO, Wavestore.

The AI multiplier - without the blind spots

AI is only as good as the platform it runs on. When analytics can enrich events across video, access, and sensors - and automatically trigger workflows - the organization moves from reactive to proactive risk mitigation. That’s how you tighten security and do more with the people you already have.

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This article draws on reporting by Deborah Rothman-O’Mara in SourceSecurity.com’s “Wavestore’s WaveFusion: Future of security management,” published 28 July 2025. You can follow Deborah here: Deborah Rothman-O’Mara.

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