ASSA ABLOY EMEIA: Learn how to tackle the security challenges of digitalising access with insights from industry experts

Digitalising access brings many benefits, but greater knowledge is necessary when it comes to making the right long-term decision. As a global leader in access solutions, ASSA ABLOY and its over 60,000 employees worldwide work every day towards a safer and more open world. In a new series of videos, experts in various specialisms within ASSA ABLOY share their expertise on digital access, including the complexities to overcome and the range of benefits for those who get digital access right…

This new series of Expert Talks aims to better inform decision-makers – including security managers, directors, consultants and specifiers – about the key topics needed to consider when digitalising access. 

Thomas Schulz, Director & Head of Marketing DAS at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA, comments: “The first talk in our series covers Security. Security may seem obvious, almost a ‘given’ these days. But digitalising access upgrades security in many valuable ways, not all of them as obvious as you might imagine. Our Security talk also maps out some facts and topics that forward-thinking teams should be aware of.”

Mechanical and digital must work together for security

One message upon which all ASSA ABLOY’s security experts agree is the symbiotic relationship between mechanical and digital security. ASSA ABLOY’s decades of experience in mechanical locking situates it uniquely to ensure security applies consistently across mechanical and digital access.

Digital does not replace mechanical. Its additional layers of security and identity verification benefit the customer by helping to provide a concrete ROI from digitalisation. Within the access device, mechanical and digital components must work together – the mechanical backbone is as important as the digital technology inside.  

The growing importance of cyber-security for digital access

In a world of emerging and evolving security threats, building users need the reassurance of reliable access control to work productively. As security converges, moving beyond mechanical and cyber ‘siloes’, the right digital access solution enables building management teams to define exactly who goes where, and when, across all their sites in an easy and intuitive way.

Milivoj Simeonovski, Director & Head of Information and Cyber Security, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA, comments: “It’s not enough to have robust, reliable and secure access control devices if they don’t have the right cyber protection. Having a robust, reliable, and secure mechanical foundation for access control devices is not sufficient if they lack proper cyber protection.”

For this reason, cyber-security compliance will soon be mandatory for any digital product sold within the EU market. Many ‘traditional’ security staff remain uncertain about its relevance. In research for one recent ASSA ABLOY market report, 55% of security professionals surveyed did not recognize four important regional laws and directives which are (or soon will be) critical to cyber- and mechanical security.

“Staying ahead of these regulations and ensuring digital access adopters understand their importance was another key motivation for making this video – and for the series as a whole,” Milivoj adds.

This first in the series of ASSA ABLOY Expert Talks can help security and access management stakeholders face future challenges with greater confidence. Forthcoming Expert Talk videos will cover ASSA ABLOY’s four more key topics in digital access: sustainability, reliability, convenience and innovation.

To watch ‘Expert Talk: Security’, the first in ASSA ABLOY’s new series, visit https://www.assaabloy.com/group/emeia/stories/blogs/das-expert-talk-about-security

Contact ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEA Digital and Access Solutions

Thomas Schulz
B2B Product PR & Media Relations EMEIA

Dukes Court
Dukes Street
Woking
Surrey GU21 5BH
United Kingdom
Email: thomas.schulz@assaabloy.com
Tel: 0049 30 81062970
Website: www.assaabloy.com  
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/assa-abloy-opening-solutions

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