The advent of electronic access control and identity management has made it easier and more convenient for organizations to deploy security solutions at the entry of facilities. But, has it actually made the facilities more secure?
Today’s access control technology is based on identity and permissions, verified by credentials which may include ID cards, biometrics or proximity devices. While at one time these technologies were a closed loop, in recent years that has changed. The first step was the ability to connect diverse systems so that they could communicate and interoperate. With the growth of the IoT, individual solutions could connect to the network, creating the potential for communication between all systems.