That is an access control credential? That used to be a simple question to answer, but today, not so much. Modern credentials can be anything and everything from an old magnetic stripe card to a smart card to a phone, wearable or biometric.
“Looking at the past few years, the biggest change has been the addition of the mobile device as a credential,” says Peter Boriskin, vice president of commercial product management for ASSA ABLOY, New Haven, Conn. We recognize that the credential is actually the identity itself, which could be stored on a variety of devices, whether that’s a plastic card or fob, a handheld tablet or mobile phone.