Security & Critical Infrastructure
Robotics reshapes security by automating routine patrol and first-look verification while humans focus on judgment and escalation.
- Securitas tech share
- 34%
- NIS2 sectors
- 18
- Tech growth
- 6%
- CER Directive
- 2023
- Securitas tech solutions: 34% of segment sales
- EU Critical Entities Resilience Directive in force since 2023
- NIS2 covers 18 critical sectors
- Private security labour shortages a strategic challenge
Critical infrastructure security spans multiple sectors that are already formally recognized by regulators. The EU’s Critical Entities Resilience framework covers sectors including energy, transport, banking, health, drinking water, wastewater, digital infrastructure, public administration, and food. NIS2 spans 18 critical sectors. On the ground, that means a common set of security and resilience problems across very different asset types: a substation, a data centre campus, an airport service r
That cross-sector character matters for robotics adoption. Unlike consumer or commercial security markets, critical infrastructure buyers are not primarily shopping for novelty or visible “robot guards.” They are buying risk reduction, continuity, and proof of control. The same site may be governed simultaneously by sector regulation, corporate physical-security policy, privacy obligations, cyber requirements, and operational-resilience standards. That makes this an attractive but demanding
Most critical sites already run some version of the same protective architecture:
Security and critical infrastructure monitoring will transform through a shift from static detection plus periodic human patrol toward layered, software-orchestrated, robot-assisted verification and sensing.
- 01What changes operationally
Operationally, three changes matter most.
- 02What changes economically
The economics change in four ways.
- 03What changes strategically
Strategically, the winners will not be determined only by who builds the best robot. They will be determined by who can best connect:
- 04Which parts of the value chain move first
The first parts to move are the ones where mobility is useful but judgment can remain remote and supervised:
- 05Which parts remain hard to automate
The hard parts are the tasks where legal, social, or situational discretion dominates:
The rest of the 2026 Security & Critical Infrastructure report
9 more sections — the workflow map, use-case atlas, technology stack, vendor landscape, economics and adoption timeline. Free account, and you also get the daily evidence digest.
- 01Workflow Map
- 02Value Today
- 03Use Case Atlas
- 04Technology Stack
- 05Vendor Ecosystem
- 06Economics & Business Case
- 07Risks & Readiness
- 08Adoption Timeline
- 09Frequently Asked Questions