IF YOU WERE TO ASK A SECURITY PROFESSIONAL what words come to mind with the phrase access control, terms like door solutions, readers and credentials would be a few of the likely responses. There’s one phrase, however, that they probably won’t say: sustainability.

It’s amazing how much can change in a year. Last year’s state of the market report on access control was released at the beginning of April, just as the coronavirus started to spread throughout the U.S., and much of the research that went into the report was done before COVID-19 was a real concern.

How access control readers and credentials have evolved in recent years, and how COVID-19 has impacted the market.

SOMEHOW, A YEAR HAS PASSED since the mysterious coronavirus spread to the United States and changed everything as we know it. At first, it seemed like the pause in business would only last a couple weeks. But soon, weeks turned into months, and now here we are, a year later, completely changed as an industry.

The alliance will integrate Honeywell’s security and building management systems with IDEMIA’s biometric-based access control systems to create frictionless, safer and more efficient buildings. 

The new Touchless Solutions eBook from dormakaba, a provider in access and security solutions, addresses the five most critical points where hygiene is important.

Camden Door Controls, a provider of door activation, control and locking products, has completed production of its TouchlessWave video.

Nedap and Tuxen & Associates are offering a free webinar on touchless access technology tomorrow, June 25, at 11 a.m. CT. 

Audiovisual feedback occurs when motion is detected within the detection zone. It comes in both single-gang and mullion versions.