For years, security leaders and analysts have predicted that mobile credentials would fundamentally change how people access buildings and spaces. While there was no shortage of user demand or technology advancements such as NFC wallets for mobile access, the industry lacked the underlying infrastructure capable of supporting such a shift at scale. SwiftConnect met this challenge via its connected access network platform, which creates a unified identity layer that orchestrates permissions, credentials, and policies across an organization’s existing infrastructure. The platform is built to meet organizations where they are and work with the systems they already have in place, enabling them to take advantage of the latest wave of Apple and Google Wallets for mobile access and future innovations that require streamlined access management.
For organizations that have historically managed physical access building-by-building and system-by-system, SwiftConnect’s award-winning connected access network now brings entire portfolios of buildings and their systems that govern physical access into a single ecosystem. The platform unifies and automates workflows and credential management by integrating physical and digital domains for increased security, built-in governance and better user experiences. That this is accomplished without requiring costly infrastructure replacements has fueled SwiftConnect’s rapid expansion, with its network exceeding hundreds of millions of square feet across corporate offices, commercial real estate buildings, and other industries worldwide.
How it Works
The company’s cloud-native platform functions as an open, unified layer that networks existing physical access systems, identity providers, and enterprise IT ecosystems. As a result, the connected access network platform enables governed access to follow a user’s identity, where permissions update automatically as a person’s role changes–an approach that draws from enterprise platforms from Microsoft, Okta, and SailPoint that enterprises already use to manage digital access. Now, mobile credentials can simply become one use case within a broader identity layer rather than a separate initiative that security and facilities teams are forced to manage in isolation. Organizations can enable on-demand mobile credentials and centrally manage the physical credential lifecycle to deliver secure, consistent experiences across every door, floor, and shared resource…all without proprietary lock-in.
A Partner Ecosystem Built for Identity and Access Management at Scale
SwiftConnect’s technology-agnostic platform is built to support integrations across every major provider and continues gaining traction through strategic partnerships spanning the full technology stack, including: access control systems, hardware, and credentials, mobile and device management platforms, user directory and SSO providers, workflow management and HR platforms and more. The breadth of the connected access network reflects SwiftConnect’s founding design principle that organizations should retain freedom of choice at every layer and that built-in physical access and identity management (PIAM) should be a given. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ServiceNow partnership that eliminates the need for ServiceNow customers to deploy a proprietary, dedicated PIAM platform, and the AMAG Technology partnership that offers customers a dynamic PIAM solution to streamline identity management across multiple systems.
The result of SwiftConnect’s connected access network platform is radical simplicity for every stakeholder. End users experience effortless access across every system, building, and location for a fluid, Street-to-Seat® journey, from parking garages, lobbies, and elevators to office suites, lockers, printers, and more using mobile or physical credentials. Security and facilities teams gain operational efficiencies through centralized management and automated provisioning, while CIOs and executive teams simplify compliance and governance without creating new silos. Technology partners and integrators, in turn, build connected solutions on a platform designed for scale. With mainstream adoption gaining traction by customers and partners, the company’s connected access network signals a starting point for how the industry will manage physical identity. For an industry that spent years predicting this shift, the connected access network is the infrastructure that finally arrived…and the starting point for how physical identity will be managed going forward.
