What is security convergence?

What is security convergence?

• A. The managed process that applies the principles of security risk management to the convergence of individual PAP systems and their integration into an organization's enterprise security system and enterprise risk management processes.
• B. A simple method of combining CCTV networks.
• C. An approach to security budgeting.
• D. A policy restricting vendor access.

Answer: (A)

Security convergence means bringing together physical security controls and information security with the organization’s overall risk management into a single, cohesive framework. It involves applying security risk management principles to integrate PAP systems—like access control, surveillance, intrusion detection, and identity management—so they operate under one enterprise security program and governance structure. The goal is to have a unified view of risk, coordinated decision-making, and security that aligns with business objectives rather than managing components in isolation. The other choices describe narrower things: merely linking CCTV networks, budgeting methods, or vendor access policies, none of which capture the integrated, risk-based, enterprise-wide approach.

Security convergence means bringing together physical security controls and information security with the organization’s overall risk management into a single, cohesive framework. It involves applying security risk management principles to integrate PAP systems—like access control, surveillance, intrusion detection, and identity management—so they operate under one enterprise security program and governance structure. The goal is to have a unified view of risk, coordinated decision-making, and security that aligns with business objectives rather than managing components in isolation. The other choices describe narrower things: merely linking CCTV networks, budgeting methods, or vendor access policies, none of which capture the integrated, risk-based, enterprise-wide approach.