The access control market in 2019 and 2020 can best be described as strong, but in flux — with changing architectures, changing customer expectations and demands, and changing security integrator roles.
A continuing strong economy, end user desires to do more with their access control systems and increasing interest in new technologies, integrations and models all led to a positive outlook in 2019 and a general feeling of optimism for 2020, with a few notes of caution.
It’s 2020 and employees expect a lot from their workplace. No longer are they OK with clumsy key cards, hunting for parking spaces and searching for the correct conference room.
Building on 2019’s trends of smarter integrations, machine learning and artificial intelligence, the 2020 show promises huge leaps in cyber security, access control, cloud-based security, and ML & AI.
The Continental Access Division of NAPCO debuted its new CA4K Access Manager App, adding another level of mobile control to Continental Access’ flagship CA4K Enterprise Integrated Access Control Software, which also supports push notifications in the event of an emergency, threat level escalation or lockdown events.
Keyfactor, a company which works to secure digital identities, today announced the launch of the Keyfactor Partner Network, its global channel partner program, and the appointment of BJ Ferguson as head of global channel sales and operations.
PSA, the world’s largest security and systems integrator consortium, and the Security Industry Association (SIA), the leading trade association for global security solution providers, announced cyberTEC powered by SIA, an exclusive cyber security track for PSA TEC 2020.
Johnson Controls announced that its Tyco Software House C•CURE 9000 v2.8 and Tyco American Dynamics victor 5.4.1 are the first platforms to be officially certified as meeting new third-party security standards from UL (Underwriters Laboratories) for on-premise commercial security systems.
CEDIA, a global trade association for companies that design, manufacture and install technology for the home, has launched a design-forward website to showcase CEDIA Award winners and finalists, as well as the year’s Best New Product and Product Hall of Fame winners.
Milestone Systems, a provider of open platform video management software, has released the troubleshooting assistant for partners and customers using Milestone XProtect video solutions.