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Access
Why Being Out of Touch
Is a Good Thing
Access control
solutions offering
the convenience of
touchless interaction
and biometrics have
long been available
and demonstrated
market viability
- but they really
came into focus and
demand during the
pandemic. Experts
share how to utilize
them, as well as
emerging solutions
such as contact
tracing. By Steve
Karantzoulidis
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T
he access control market has
come a long way over the past
several decades. Homeowners
have gone from requiring a
key to open their doors to being able to simply
wave their cellphone (which themselves
have evolved from chunky pieces of plastic to
slick mini computers.) Instead of having to
remember to carry around a keycard to swipe
into their offi ce, employees can authenticate
their identities using the latest biometric
technology.
Access control is following the modern
technology trends of ease-of-use and convenience,
which in this market's case generally
means the use of touchless technology. Touchless
solutions can create less friction, literally.
Users don't have to worry about remembering
their physical credential or having to come in
contact with a " high touchpoint " during this
time of increased hygiene concern.
On that note, the COVID-19 pandemic severely
altered the access control market and, in
many ways, accelerated its evolution. Ahead,
we'll look at the pandemic's impact on this
market, what solutions have benefi ted from it
and how integrators can take advantage.
Security Sales & Integration FEBRUARY 2022
Pandemic Shifts Focus
It's crazy to think that it has been nearly two full
years since COVID-19 began to consume North
America along with the rest of the world. While
many were expecting, or at least hoping, to get
back to some semblance of normalcy by now,
the Omicron variant has made the fi rst couple
months of 2022 look a lot like those of 2020. It
was then that brick-and-mortar businesses started
going into hibernation and employees began
migrating to a work-from-home situation.
Th ough the pandemic initially created a slowdown
in security and integration projects due
to buildings being closed, the industry quickly
saw a demand for solutions that would get
people out of their homes and back into offi ces,
stores, restaurants and more. According to Despina
Stamatelos, Genetec's commercial senior
manager for access control, the pandemic transformed
the needs of end users as they grappled
with new sanitary measures and regulations and
led to an interest in new access control solutions.
" Th is includes being able to manage occupancy
rates and track contagion in the case
where an infected individual came in proximity
with others. Additionally, end users are looking
for new ways to manage access with minimal
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