The future is now. This statement seems to be confirmed every day, every time to get out of we do not need to transport: credit cards, clocks, message box, IDs, door keys, contact book or music players. Well, all this fits on the cell phone. Everything we need is available in a small device that fits in your pocket.
By Patricio Delorme*
The cell phone is not only used to make calls or send and receive messages, since nowadays, accessing personal and corporate information, working remotely, making purchases from anywhere and at any time, opening physical doors, controlling a printer or releasing electronic locks is possible through the use of the mobile phone and, in addition, it could be much safer.
Although it sounds futuristic, thanks to variables such as comfort, convenience and, above all, security, this type of solutions are not alien to the new generations, on the contrary, Latin America has been adopting these solutions with speed, acceptance and high degree of satisfaction in various market segments, both public and private.
Such is the case of the mobile access control technology Mobile Access® developed by HID Global, which offers various solutions for secure access control using a mobile device. In other words, it turns a Smartphone, tablet and mobile device into a secure identification credential, with encrypted and digitally signed technology, with which it is possible to open doors, release vehicular access, validate and identify, among many other actions in a convenient, comfortable and secure way, introducing a secure and simple identity management process.
Likewise, the Mobile Access® solution offers different modes of use with different levels of security and in the event of theft or loss of the mobile device, frequent situations in the global context, it makes it possible to remotely delete the access credential stored on the device and restrict access with it.
Rapid adoption in Latin America
There are two segments that have demonstrated faster adoption of technologies associated with mobility. The first of them is made up of people from hierarchical positions (Managers-Directors-CEO's), for whom mobile devices are the fundamental tool of their work. For example, these professionals use their cell phones to perform most of their personal and business activities, so it is much more convenient for them to carry their access credential in it and not have to depend on carrying an additional element, such as a PVC credential.
The second segment in which a greater acceptance of this technology was evidenced and that, in some way, clamors to continue adopting it, is the young population: students, university students and young entrepreneurs, especially from the technological scene, are groups of people informed and aware of the need to have technologies that offer, mobility, comfort, without resigning maximum security, which makes life easier and makes processes more agile, as is the case of Mobile Acces®.
The future in one device
As the future is glimpsed, from this present that we are witnessing, it seems clear that everything evolves towards the cell phone. Most personal and business activities converge there. That's why it's important to combine mobility with powerful security systems.
Although at present, the combination of two or more security methods is only incipient, in the short or medium term secure access to information or a site will combine processes that require more than one validation, such as: "what I have" (the mobile device) with "what I am" (Facial Biometrics, Fingerprint, , iris, veins, ) and what I know (information such as passwords or keys). Undoubtedly, this will be the secure way through which certain physical and virtual places that require univocal identification can be accessed.
*Patricio Delorme has a degree in Security Sciences, graduated from the University Institute of the Argentine Federal Police in Buenos Aires. Additionally, he has a postgraduate degree at the Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has over 20 years of experience in the security industry and currently serves as Director of the Access Control Business Unit for HID Global in South America.
