The Security Event 2025

The Security Leaders Summit will feature leading expert speakers who will uncover emerging technologies, latest trends and best practice case studies for security professionals. With a specially curated agenda, attendees will come away with plenty of inspiring ideas and actionable strategies that can be applied to their respective businesses and profession.

Tuesday 8th April at 11:40-12:10

Gain Actionable Business Insights From Your Physical Security System

Physical security is more crucial than ever, as risks escalate due to skilled labour shortages, operational costs rise and businesses face threats from all directions. Modern organisations must embrace innovative and efficient technologies to not only safeguard their people and properties but also transform their business. In this session, Verkada will explore a live customer story with Grainger PLC discussing the benefits of a cloud software approach to physical security. Discover how Grainger plc has implemented a cutting-edge system to future-proof their business.

Wednesday 9th April at 14:05-14:35

How GAIL’s Bakery is Scaling Physical Security Across The UK

Staff training, loss prevention, reducing fraudulent claims and quality control are just a few of the reasons GAIL’s Bakery, a prominent British brand, needed a scalable security solution. Attend this session as Verkada dives into a live case study with Brett Parker, Property Director at GAIL’s Bakery to see how GAIL’s was able to deploy Verkada across 100+ stores, all managed by their small facilities team who can now monitor security at scale.

Thursday 10th April at 11:05-11:35

The Future of Physical Security

92% of security leaders agree: the future of physical security is in the cloud. With this inevitable shift from on-premise setups to feature-rich cloud systems join us as we explore the past, present and future of cloud-based security. In this session, we’ll discuss: The benefits and considerations of pure cloud, hybrid cloud, and old-school security setups.

• How AI can revolutionise physical security across any industry.
• Why security pros are moving away from vintage on-prem solutions in favour of the cloud (spoiler: it’s all about speed and flexibility).
• How can integrated systems improve threat detection and response in real-time?