“Access should be invisible for users,” said Matt Kopel and Chip Kruger, co-CEOs, SwiftConnect “They are easily credentialed, they walk in and nothing gets in their way. The addition of HID SAFE enables governance that makes this possible. The policies, approvals and compliance requirements will now all live in the same platform as the experience. Every person will get exactly the access they are entitled to, and just tapping to access buildings, doors, floors and resources will be effortless.”

Björn Lidefelt, executive vice president and head of HID, added, “HID SAFE has earned the trust of the world’s most security-driven organizations for more than two decades. Great technology deserves the space to reach its full potential, and SwiftConnect is the right partner to take it there.”

For existing SwiftConnect customers, the acquisition delivers enterprise-grade physical access governance capabilities natively integrated with AccessCloud. For existing HID SAFE customers, their governance platform is now backed by SwiftConnect’s cloud-first, connected access infrastructure that networks existing physical access systems with cloud, identity and mobile technologies.

Shane Butler, executive vice president of identity at SwiftConnect, has recently joined the company to lead the SAFE business and drive the evolution in physical access governance. “This acquisition accelerates the modernization of SAFE by delivering it via our connected access network so organizations can manage physical and digital access through the same governance, risk and compliance lens,” Butler said. “This is the moment when these two worlds will finally speak the same language, and being a part of this industry transformation is precisely why I joined SwiftConnect.”

The transaction builds on HID’s prior participation in SwiftConnect’s Series B funding round. HID will hold a minority, non-controlling interest in SwiftConnect following close. SwiftConnect is an independent company, controlled and managed by its existing leadership team.