Tasked with upgrading your company’s access control system, but dreading the migration process?
Moving away from legacy prox card technology can seem like a laborious project, but ADVANTIDGE can help make the process seamless and timely for IT and security teams. Let’s unpack how:
You Don’t Have To Upgrade All At Once.
First off, we know you already have a stack of high-value tasks piling on your plate, and just thinking about the logistics of a new project is a task in itself. Don’t worry, we’ve done this before! Here are some examples of how we can help you take a phased approach and manage your access control upgrade in small logical chunks:
- Run a parallel, dual technology system. You can preserve the legacy infrastructure while replacing single technology cards with new multi-technology-embedded cards. This allows you to start the process of getting secure credentials in the hands of your workforce. The new encrypted RFID chips can be used for both physical and digital access while you work on phasing out the legacy technologies.
- Similarly, with your legacy readers, you can schedule these upgrades in phases by replacing the low-frequency card readers with multi-technology readers. The new reader technology allows you to configure them for reading multiple types of RFID including prox and Smart Cards. Then as each floor, building or campus gets the new readers in place and all authorized users receive their new credentials, the reader memory can be “flashed” with a config card to change what technologies it looks for. Once updated to the new configuration, the legacy credentials will no longer work even if their ID number exists in the access control database.
Sounds too easy? Check out a case study on how ADVANTIDGE helped a southern California healthcare system seamlessly integrate more secure access control.
Migrate At Your Own Pace.
Feel like your company might have too many integrated security technologies currently running, and adding in more, sounds cumbersome and disruptive?
Regardless of what access control technology you have in place, we can help you create a plan for getting encrypted contactless smart cards or multi-technology readers in place so the threat of a breach or compliance audit is not a mess you’ll have to clean up. A new secure credential can hold up to four unique technologies including magnetic stripe, low-frequency 125Khz, high-frequency 13.56Mhz, or smart card contact chip, in addition to a personalized printed surface for identification purposes.
Here’s a 1-minute video to review established best practices for upgrading access control while maintaining compliance and security.
Support Old And New Application Technologies Simultaneously.
Do you have check-out services that still use magstripe or barcode, and applications that don’t support contactless cards? With Multi-technology credentials, those systems can remain intact and completely operational. Just as multi-technology cards can support various access control technologies, they can also support various applications, so your management team will happily thank you for evading any growing pains.
Tailor Your Credentials.
For larger organizations with multiple buildings, or even multiple campuses in different cities, the migration to secure encrypted credentials may need to start with getting the new security technology into the hands of your workforce. We work with IT and security teams to coordinate the right configuration for custom programmed credentials so that a methodical plan can be implemented based on budget and timeline.
Upgrade your physical badges to Mobile Access or smart cards that utilize multi tech credentials including HID Prox, iCLASS®, and SEOS technologies on a single advanced credential. Get future compatible technologies in the hands of your users today that let them use their smart phone including Apple or Android devices. This will allow for a smooth migration without disruption to operations especially for younger generations that expect functionality with their personal cell phone.
In addition to physical access applications, multi-technology credentials offer convenience beyond the door with robust security solutions that support secure, private network access via a one-time password (OTP). This is compatible with new BlueTooth technologies, Mobile ID applications for door access, computer logon, remote check-in, and more!
BENEFITS
- Upgrade your card readers while still using the existing prox and iCLASS.
- Take full advantage of new smartphone technology with MobileID.
- Seamlessly upgrade to a higher standard of security to protect data and networks.
- Manage a one-card credential solution instead of multiple cards for different facilities.
Check out if OSDP is the upgrade for you:
With 20 years of industry expertise, ADVANTIDGE can help your team plan a smooth migration from legacy prox to more secure credentials. These advanced technologies can protect and secure your physical operation, network data, and hybridized workforce.
If your IT and security teams are tasked with migrating away from legacy prox technologies, schedule a consultation with our expert team to get a plan in place.
