Survey Finds Campuses Having Mixed Success with Access Control, Lockdowns
Demand for access control, locks, visitor management and other solutions is on the rise, but the ability to lockdown is still a challenge.
Demand for access control, locks, visitor management and other solutions is on the rise, but the ability to lockdown is still a challenge.
Beginning this month, GVSU students will start using digital forms of payment to streamline transactions, minimize spread of germs.
Members of the Long Island University community can now add their MyLIU Mobile Card to Apple Wallet or Google Pay and use their iPhone, Apple Watch, or Android phone to complete any action that would have previously required a physical ID card.
The NFC and BLE technology being piloted is assisting with contact tracing for COVID-19 but can also be applied in other ways to senior living facilities.
Some education and healthcare facilities are retrofitting their access control systems while the U.S. is still recovering from the pandemic. Here are some other trends we will see in 2021.
Mobile-based access control, biometrics and Access Control as a Service are among the trends Swiftlane says will take off in 2021.
UT upgraded from an older credential technology, replacing hardware throughout campus, along with updating or replacing roughly 5,000 readers.
Additionally, 44% say access control is now more important due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Be on the lookout for these access control trends. Perhaps your campus has already embraced some of them.
Trying to decide which type of access control credential your campus should adopt? Here’s a primer on mag stripe, proximity and smart cards, NFC, BLE and biometrics.