Facility smart cards consolidation: If a company is moving or adding a building, new credentials will have to be issued for that location. This is an ideal time to look at access control for the entire organization. It may be time to standardize all locations into one system.
Re-issuance process: As new employees join, many organizations manage costs by purchasing additional cards that work with their old technology. Some organizations may also need to change their cards due to a new brand image or logo, at which point they can upgrade to newer technology.
New card applications: Organizations that want to add new applications such as logical access control, time and attendance, secure print management systems or cashless vending functions will need to issue some type of associated card to users. They can migrate to a single contactless smart card (or smartphone in the future) that combines access control with these functions, where administration is centralized into one system.
Risk-management contactless cards improvement: Either due to insurance requirements or to improve risk-management costs by reducing liabilities, moving from an outdated system to a current one can dramatically improve the security in an organization.
Changes in security requirements: As a result of new legislation, regulatory requirements, or a range of other triggers, an organization may be required to increase its security. They also might want to add new visual-security technologies to prevent counterfeiting.
Security event: The reality is that sometimes it takes an unexpected event or security breach to move an organization to make the investment in a new access control system. Ideally, an organization should migrate before there is a problem, especially if the system is still low frequency, which can be easily cloned.
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