Demo Showcases Access Control & Other Physical Security Systems Working Together to Share Credentials Through Open Standard
With a world full of acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and business changes, such circumstances create complex environments for businesses and organizations in many ways, particularly as those organizations want to connect data and security in a single concentric view. For security integrators, solving those client needs through open standards enable integration and interoperability on a level that otherwise would be too cost prohibitive or complex to achieve, Jason Ouellette, senior director of technology business development for security products at Tyco, part of Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, Wisc. told SDM.
Enter the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA) and its Physical Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) specification. PSAI formed in 2008 with a mission of open standards within the physical security industry.