THE KING CONTINUES TO REIGN. In the 2021 Security Megatrends report, artificial intelligence (AI) rose to the  position of the top-ranked megatrend, and despite coups attempted by would-be successors of cybersecurity,  supply chain, RMR models and even long-term workforce development challenges, all attempts to dethrone king  AI ultimately failed and AI remains atop our 2022 list. Long live the king, you might say, as industry firms have  embraced the promise of AI, whether that be through advance audio analytics, complex facial recognition and  cutting-edge video surveillance scene processing that can recognize human behaviors — and, of course, the world  of robotics and drones.