Intersec Europe 2027: New Security Trade Fair Launches in Frankfurt

<p>The security industry stands at a turning point: physical security, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence are increasingly converging into a shared field of activity. Messe Frankfurt is responding to this trend and announces <strong>Intersec Europe</strong>, a completely new event that will take place for the first time in Frankfurt am Main from September 14-16, 2027.</p><h2>A new European format for integrated security technology</h2><p>With Intersec Europe, Messe Frankfurt is expanding the internationally established Intersec brand to include an independent event at its home location. Unlike traditional security trade fairs, which often cover individual segments, the new format pursues an integrated approach: video surveillance, access control, perimeter protection, fire detection and alarm systems meet solutions from cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. The focus is on protecting buildings, companies, public spaces and critical infrastructure – a complex of issues that is gaining importance in view of the current security situation in Europe.</p><h2>Response to new threats and EU regulation</h2><p>According to Messe Frankfurt, the foundation of this new event is driven by both changing threat scenarios and new regulatory requirements at EU level, which are placing new challenges on companies, authorities and critical infrastructure operators. Intersec Europe aims to address these developments with a format that combines classic trade fair presentations with conference formats, networking opportunities and targeted business matchmaking. The target audience is clearly defined: operators and end users as well as decision-makers who are responsible for security strategies and make investments in this area.</p><h3>Focus on decision-makers rather than pure professional visitor distribution</h3><p>This focus on decision-makers distinguishes Intersec Europe from many established industry formats. Rather than addressing the broadest possible professional audience, Messe Frankfurt deliberately targets those audiences that make concrete investment decisions for security infrastructure – an approach that seems plausible given the increasingly complex procurement processes in companies and public institutions.</p><h2>Strategic significance for the Frankfurt location</h2><p>With the establishment of Intersec Europe, Messe Frankfurt is sending a clear signal for its home location. The Intersec brand is already established internationally, including an event in Riyadh, which Messe Frankfurt continues to operate in parallel. The new European edition now complements this global portfolio with a format specifically tailored to the regulatory and technological framework of the European market. For exhibitors in security technology, building protection and cybersecurity, this creates for the first time a central European platform that brings together physical and digital security solutions under one roof.</p><h3>Integrated approach as a response to converging threats</h3><p>The decision to address physical security and cybersecurity together reflects a development that has been discussed in the industry for years: attacks on critical infrastructure increasingly take hybrid paths in which physical and digital vulnerabilities interact. A trade fair format that brings both perspectives together thus responds to a real development in the security architecture of companies and authorities.</p><h2>Outlook</h2><p>Until the premiere in September 2027, Messe Frankfurt will have time to further develop the format – for example with regard to the specific conference program, participating industry associations and exhibitor structure. For the European security industry, Intersec Europe will in any case become a new fixed point that institutionally reflects the growing interconnection of physical security, cybersecurity and AI technologies. Whether the format can establish itself as a permanent fixture in the European trade fair calendar will be shown with the first edition in 2027 in Frankfurt – Messe Frankfurt has already set the course with this announcement.</p>