2026 Benchmark Report

Does your program work when it matters most?

We surveyed 300 enterprise security leaders with Censuswide to find out how physical security leaders describe programs vs. how they perform. The gap is bigger than we expected.

93% vs. 19%
Say they are confident they would catch a coordinated threat. Only 19% always meet their own SLAs.
342/day
Alarms the average SOC processes. Roughly 1 in 3 are false. At 1,000+ employee orgs, 421+.
4.7 apps
Open during a typical operator shift. Your footprint quadruples with scale.
300 U.S. security leaders. Orgs with 500+ employees and $5M+ revenue. Independent research by Censuswide, March 2026.

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The State of Physical Security Operations 2026
2026 Benchmark Report
Easy-to-read graphs on what’s working, and what isn’t.
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What you'll benchmark

By the end, you'll know exactly where you stand on six metrics that matter.

Not industry averages. Comparable programs — by size, by footprint, by maturity.

Your false alarm rate vs. peers

28%? 44%? Where does your false alarm rate sit? And how do others measure it?

Your SLA attainment vs. goal

Centralized SOCs hit them 26% of the time. Regional, 13%. Where do you land?

Your AI adoption vs. maturity tier

75% of high-maturity security programs use AI. Only 43% of low-maturity. The gap widens every year AI evaluation doesn’t turn into AI adoption.

Your operator workload vs. footprint

5.6 open apps on average for orgs with 10+ sites. What that says about how work is distributed and where blind spots form.

Your device monitoring approach

Manual walkthroughs, periodic audits, or real-time monitoring? See what 62% of SOCs are getting wrong.

Your maturity self-rating vs. performance

The five-level framework you can use with your team tomorrow. Honest assessments mean you can plan to address gaps.
What the data shows

You bought great tools. The industry just never forced them to work together for the benefit of your program.

Stop guessing. Start benchmarking. Make a plan.

The 2026 State of Physical Security Operations report: sector-by-sector AI adoption data, a five-level maturity framework, and at least one chart your team will reference for the next twelve months.