| | NOVEMBER - 2020ENTERPRISE SECURITY6Not 20 years ago, IT departments would blanch at the prospect of running physical security components­"bandwidth hogs"­over corporate systems. But with widespread installation of fiber-optics and the explosive growth of bandwidth and throughput rates, it's a rare company that fails to integrate all security components, both physical and cyber, into the corporate network.Digital identity has seen a huge amount of innovation over the last decade, starting with single sign-on experiences like "Facebook Login" and "Google Login" in the early 2010s. Using single sign-on, users don't have to create shared passwords across hundreds of untrusted sites and risk their passwords getting stolen. Around 2015 brought large adoption of this technology for enterprise and commercial access. GSuite Sign on, OKTA, OneLogin, and similar companies have paved the way for large adoption of SSO in the enterprise access space. This allows companies to enable or disable access to hundreds of websites and software in one shot. The next advance will be convergence of identity between digital and physical access. The same SSO providers will be used for granting access to individuals for building and physical access, instead of relying on on-premise software maintaining outdated records of access, and remaining vulnerable to access by ex-employees. Cyber and physical integration has had, and will continue to have profound implications for access control. Once separate systems, physical and cyber access controls often function seamlessly. The same face recognition technology that opens the door of the office suite also integrates with a camera that allows a guard to confirm your identity and with your PC to give you network access. This trend is expected to only accelerate in the future.Also, increasing connectivity allows centralized management at the source of the authoritative identity data and pushed easily from there. At the same time, systems and applications will better incorporate identity data to enforce a given user's permissions within that resource.As you can see, there are certainly a lot of exciting and positive developments coming to the access control space. These developments are going to change the way access control systems are designed, deployed and managed, so it is crucial for dealers and integrators to be aware of and build their understanding of these trends. This will open up new possibilities to grow their bottom line while providing their customers with highly advanced systems that increase security levels by addressing the unique requirements of each specific application.Let us know your thoughts!The Changing World of Access ControlEditorialRussell Thomas Managing Editor russell@enterprisesecuritymag.comNOVEMBER - 23 - 2020, Volume 06 - 24 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. ISSN 2691-4034To subscribe to ENTERPRISE SECURITYVisit www.enterprisesecuritymag.com Copyright © 2020 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.Managing EditorRussell ThomasEditorial StaffAaron PierceAlex D'SouzaAva GarciaJustin S GonsalvesJoshua ParkerSurajit Narayan DekaVisualizersIssac GeorgeSalesAlena D'Souzaalena@enterprisesecuritymag.comContact Us:Phone:510.757.1040Fax:510-894-8405Email:sales@enterprisesecuritymag.comeditor@enterprisesecuritymag.commarketing@enterprisesecuritymag.com*Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff
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