Here’s our recap of Expoprotection 2026, held in Paris from 3 to 5 November. One thing is clear: the commitment of our members and the SPAC Alliance board is paying off.
Through workshops, conference sessions and conversations across the exhibition floor, we helped visitors understand NIS2 and the Critical Entities Resilience (CER) Directive, explored the ReCyF framework, and shared tangible progress on standardisation and certification through our work on the Cyber Resilience Act and the SSCP protocol.
Read on for the highlights of three packed days, and find out how to join the SPAC Alliance Club for free at the end of this article!
18 expert workshops on regulation, compliance and trusted technologies
This year, we took our workshops directly to end users and security professionals on our exhibiting members’ stands, covering three themes:
- The regulatory landscape - NIS2, the CER Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act
- Compliance - a closer look at ReCyF and the first steps to take
- How and why to choose trusted technologies
Tibaud Estienne led the workshops on the stands of Hirsch France, Castel – Synchronic, XPR, FDI, Elsylog and Alcea on day one, followed by Deister Electronic France, STid, Omnitech Security, IMTECH Engineering, Secure Systems & Services, Survision and Genetec on day two. The tour wrapped up on Thursday with LEOSAC and GPMSE.
Between workshops, we continued these conversations on the stands of our other members (ARD, Aritech, DOM, Dorlet, Eden Innovations, Nedap, Salto Systems, SimonsVoss and Uhlmann & Zacher), and caught up with visiting members, including GoToIOT, GSTAG, Onet Sécurité, AN2V, CLR Labs, Horanet and Evolis. We also welcomed our newest member, Axis Communications. More on that soon!
With NIS2 and CER still awaiting transposition into French law, these workshops helped clarify many questions about obligations and compliance. We showed why evidence and trust are essential when assessing both products and the partners who supply and support them.
You can download the workshop slides below and, like many of the people we met at the show, join the SPAC Alliance Club for free using the code provided at the end of this article.
4 conference sessions to explore the issues in depth
Mickaël Wajnglas joined fellow SPAC Alliance members for four conference sessions exploring key challenges facing the sector:
- The convergence of physical security and cybersecurity, featuring a live hybrid attack demonstration with Jeremy Nedjar (L-Xploit).
- Regulatory developments and their implications for the security industry, with Sébastien Faux (BYCYB).
- Technological developments, new uses and their impact on site protection strategies, in a panel discussion with Jonathan Duval (AniTEC) and Antoine Chardon (VINCI Facilities ITEMS).
- Sovereignty and strategic autonomy in the management of third parties, contractors and supply chains, with Baptiste Dupart (STid).
These sessions highlighted the complexity of designing and implementing a long-term strategy that delivers both security and compliance. Attendees also discovered the good practices and services SPAC Alliance offers to support them.
You can download the available presentations below (in French only).
5 new SSCP Certified products
As these discussions made clear, trusted technologies are essential. SPAC Alliance leads the development of SSCP, a sovereign, high-security communication protocol used in the majority of CSPN-certified access control solutions.
The SSCP ecosystem continues to grow as members integrate the protocol into their solutions and put their products through rigorous functional certification. Five SSCP Certified certificates of conformity at the High level were awarded at Expoprotection 2026:
- The Standard RFID reader and Mullion Keypad reader from STid’s new Architect II range
- The Lineguard Ultra Prox and Ultra Keypad readers from FDI
- The PDR6 reader from deister electronic
Open and interoperable, SSCP is supported by a dedicated working group that anticipates evolving threats and requirements while advancing work towards European standardisation of the protocol.
A final word!
As always, this was a collective achievement. Our warmest thanks go to all our members for their help in preparing the event and communication materials, and above all for trusting us to engage with their visitors and customers.
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