Artificial intelligence (AI) is many things to many people. For some, it’s the hyped-up future of everything. To others, it’s just big data and analytics in a shiny new box. But regardless of where one falls on the AI spectrum, there’s no denying one thing: AI is causing big changes, and it’s already changing how organizations secure their physical infrastructure.

AI does this by sensing when something is outside the normal state-of-affairs, which enables it to identify actual threats rather than non-existent ones. This is a breakthrough capability because humans may not look for all the signs of criminal behavior, or they may have some issues preventing them from doing their jobs well — they may be tired, or sick, or have some personal problem causing them to be distracted.