On the growing menu of cloud-based services that integrators can offer their customers, managed access control is currently the most popular entrée of the day. While the service has been around for years, and has always been a great way for integrators and dealers to align themselves more closely with their customers, a convergence of trends is driving more interest in managed access control. Increased cloud acceptance, more manufacturer offerings, mobile technology, concern about cybersecurity, and higher customer demand for remote connection are all contributing to the trend.
“There’s never been a better time to provide managed access control,” says Eric Widlitz, vice president product management, ACRE, Las Vegas. “With the advances in threats like cyber-attacks, guarding your infrastructure has never been more critical. Handing off managed access control to your service provider delivers a unique level of data security. Additionally, the attractiveness of managed access control is that everything is controlled off-site by a team of qualified experts. This method means the client can be guaranteed that their data is secure and concentrate on their most critical business functions without worrying about their security infrastructure.”