Plugging the Security Gaps in Access Control Systems
Technological advances designed to improve access control can also invite cyber breaches. Here’s how integrators and manufacturers are teaming up to safeguard their customers.
While businesses continue to struggle with issues related to the lingering coronavirus pandemic, cyber criminals keep doing their thing — and these days, more of them are trying to get through the door by hacking into access control systems.
Access control was once the sleepy backwater of the electronic security industry — the last systems to be updated because of cost and complexity. Then came technological advances like the cloud, Internet of Things, mobile credentials, and integrated systems. But these same advances have also made access control more vulnerable to cyberattacks.