Access & Identity

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Organizations now manage most business-critical software through browser-based platforms and cloud-hosted services that require no local servers and minimal IT overhead. Then they look at their access control system and see a dedicated server, a SQL database, a VPN dependency, and a maintenance cycle that requires coordination among IT, the integrator, and sometimes the manufacturer.
As organizations modernize every other business system, security leaders are increasingly questioning the cost, complexity, and operational burden of maintaining server-based ...
July 20, 2026
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A panel-less, IP-native future is emerging. Advances in PoE devices, IoT connectivity, cloud platforms, and intelligent edge hardware could eventually eliminate the need for traditional door controllers, reducing infrastructure complexity and lowering deployment costs.
July 20, 2026
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July 20, 2026
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Access control is typically designed around what the system needs: authentication, authorization, and audit. What isn't always taken into consideration are the people using it: how they move, what they’re carrying, or how much patience they have at 8:47 on a Monday morning.
July 20, 2026
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What's been broken for 20 years isn't the access control product. It's the gap between what the products can do and what actually gets deployed in the field.
July 20, 2026
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The shift from entry control to risk control is mostly a shift in posture. Entry control asks a binary question at the door: grant or deny and does nothing with the metadata contained in the answer.
July 20, 2026
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Employing a strategy that allows the weakness of one technology to become the strength of another. The card provides the reliability of a physical credential in hand; the mobile app offers the flexibility of software; the biometric scan delivers the certainty of identity. When combined or used as a fail-safe, they form a safety net that stabilizes the entire ecosystem.
July 20, 2026
Reader voting for the 2026 SecurityInfoWatch Readers' Choice Product Awards will run from Aug. 13 through Sept. 25 following the close of the manufacturer submission period.
July 16, 2026
https://www.vts.com/vts-activate
VTS and SwiftConnect are integrating connected access capabilities into the VTS Activate platform to enhance workplace access experiences.
July 16, 2026

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