In the 2021 annual Access Control Trends Review, there has been a significant increase in businesses using their smartphone as their key, 64% more than last year. In addition, data shows most people have returned or will return to the office soon, by September 2021. 

The first integrated resort to be built on the Las Vegas Strip in over a decade with a grand opening in June 2021, Resorts World Las Vegas, has deployed turnstiles for perimeter protection. 

Trends in the industry are making identity management requirements in apartment and multi-tenant facilities all the more demanding. A new generation of solutions that offer dynamic identity provisioning on mobile devices offer a way forward — enabling universal, trackable access to all spaces for all users coming and going.

Mira LaCous, Chief Technology Officer of the biometrics-led identity access management provider, BIO-key International, talks to Security magazine about current trends in biometric security.

Ultimately, behavioral biometrics offer a powerful tool for companies seeking to streamline user experience while increasing security measures using technology and tools that are already accessible through devices.

Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital technology, including faster, more affordable bandwidth, are revolutionizing the ways cities conduct surveillance and provide security. Major cities throughout the U.S. are utilizing turnkey systems that integrate video footage, access management, traffic monitoring and body-worn cameras into central high-speed networks. 

UAB Italiana LT needed to secure its Kaunas region factory, boosts access control, perimeter security and surveillance to protect employees and assets.

Wrigley Field, home of the MLB's Chicago Cubs, has implemented new touchless security screening to greet fans and ticketholders ahead of its opening day for the 2021 season.