Access control solutions combining high security and simple integration

As France’s leading specialist in contactless identification, STid has developed a wide range of access control solutions that combine High Security and simple integration. STiD works with businesses, industries and governments worldwide to protect their sensitive data, goods, teams and assets. GIT SECURITY had the opportunity to ask some questions to  Vincent Dupart, CEO of STid (Systèmes et Technologies d’Identification)

GIT SECURITY: What applications are best suited for mobile access?

Vincent Dupart: The access control market demands intuitive solutions. The smartphone has become the new key to access control thanks to its operational efficiency, smooth access and intuitiveness. On average, employees use a badge 11 times per day. This can be a real burden. But while new solutions have to be more flexible, they must also guarantee that data is protected. For more than 20 years, STid has been protecting people, data and the property of the most demanding businesses, governments and industries. We have clearly anticipated this shift towards intuitive and ultra-secure technologies with our STid Mobile ID solution.

How can users integrate your solution into their access control system?

Vincent Dupart: In concrete terms, STid Mobile ID is a global, open ecosystem consisting of:

• An online platform that manages, distributes and administers dematerialized access badges
• A mobile app compatible with Android and iOS that acts as an authentication mode with Architect Blue readers
• Web APIs and a development kit to open up the ecosystem  to choos.”

We talk about an open ecosystem because a company can fully incorporate STid Mobile ID into its own system: the solution can be adapted to the high-security zones in a company. STid Mobile ID is available in a cloud-based version, or in a version hosted by a third party. It can be tightly integrated into all access supervision and control systems.

Where is the strength of your mobile access solution?

Vincent Dupart: STid Mobile ID digitalizes all your access badges in a single mobile application. The system manages physical employees or visitors entrance, access to a virtual workstation, etc., and the smartphone, when simply switched on, and even during phone calls, becomes a means of identification. Users can tap their smartphone twice, move their hand over the reader, enter a room directly, without taking any specific action, or pass their phone in front of a reader.

But this need for intuitiveness must not be detrimental to security. STid has a strong end-to-end command of the security chain to guarantee the protection and the confidentiality of data. Proud to offer this intuitiveness, without compromising security levels.

Additional Information

In a blog Stid summarizes the five key points to choose the right access control reader.