AC Nio is access control management software that gives customers access to an easy-to-use and customizable dashboard that provides the tools needed to manage daily access control credentials, run reports, set schedules.

Sentry teamed with Allegion and now supports end user owned encryption keys provisioned with Schlage’s Custom Encryption Key Service (SCEKS) — enabling these keys to be configured to the MIFARE DESFire chip embedded within Sentry’s biometric credential.

The credential is part of HID’s award-winning Seos security solution and is the first in a range of physical access security Eco Cards.

Genetec Inc. announced that the company unified security platform has been chosen by Brazil’s Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis (Floripa), to manage its physical security infrastructure, and provide operational insights.

WaveLynx Technologies, an American developer and manufacturer of access control devices and credentials and a founding member of the LEAF initiative, has entered into a strategic integration partnership with Feenics, an enterprise-class, cloud-based access control manufacturer whose award-winning software allows users to manage their security operations from anywhere there is an internet connection.

In support of Carrier’s Healthy Buildings program and the safe return to work, LenelS2 introduced a COVID-19 contact notification subscription-based service for businesses and other organizations using LenelS2’s OnGuard or NetBox access control security systems along with LenelS2’s BlueDiamond mobile credential app. 

Carson, creator of the One-App Resident ExperienceTM and 24/7 remote doorman service for multifamily properties, and dormakaba, a manufacturer and distributor of electronic apartment, hotel and vacation rental door locks, have announced an integration and distribution partnership. 

It’s amazing how much can change in a year. Last year’s state of the market report on access control was released at the beginning of April, just as the coronavirus started to spread throughout the U.S., and much of the research that went into the report was done before COVID-19 was a real concern.

ASSA ABLOY has announced a bi-weekly, one-hour virtual discussion series beginning March 31 through April.

How access control readers and credentials have evolved in recent years, and how COVID-19 has impacted the market.