Austin, Texas, September 17, 2024 – Sentry Interactive, a provider of innovative NFC mobile credential technology is pleased to announce the launch of its new SDK for Physical Access Control Systems (PACS). This groundbreaking software development kit offers the only seamless solution for integrating mobile credentials into existing PACS without end-users needing to replace door readers, making it the fastest and most cost-effective route to mobile in the physical security market today.
Sentry Interactive’s reader-less mobile credential SDK embeds seamlessly into the PACS headend and works with legacy access control hardware to allow end-users the option to use mobile NFC credentials alongside existing physical credentials. End-users have the choice to use their smartphone to unlock a door via tap-to-unlock iOS and Android NFC technology, Widget remote access, or QR code scan.
Turning mobile access on its head via reader-less mobile credentialing
Unlike traditional mobile credential solutions, Sentry Interactive’s SDK uses the end-users smartphone as the active NFC reader. This innovative software approach eliminates the need for costly hardware upgrades, allowing organizations to maintain their existing system architecture, while enhancing it with cutting-edge mobile credential capabilities. The SDK simply pairs active NFC technology in mobile devices with a wireless NFC door credential, ensuring a secure and efficient connection to unlock doors.
Open compatibility with multiple disparate systems
Sentry Interactive’s reader-less mobile credentials are compatible with most major access control systems, making it possible to use a single Sentry reader-less mobile credential to unlock doors controlled by multiple disparate systems. This open compatibility allows for quick and cost-effective deployment of mobile credentials, providing PACS end-users with the ability to manage both mobile credential and physical credential permissions across a range of systems, under one centralized platform.
Unparalleled security standards
Sentry Interactive’s mobile credential SDK adheres to strict encryption standards, being the first NFC credential solution to achieve NIST standards compliance. Sentry’s mobile credentials leverage inherent smartphone multi-factor authentication, and can be time-controlled, geofenced, and IP-restricted, ensuring maximum security within any access management platform. Sentry Interactive provides PACS manufacturers with a secure mobile credential solution that addresses the growing security concerns associated with physical key card security, including card cloning, sharing, and theft.
Unlocking convenience for PACS end-users
By integrating Sentry’s NFC Mobile Credential SDK into OEM platforms, end-users can offer their employees, tenants and visitors the convenience of accessing multiple doors and facilities with a single mobile credential. This streamlines the door access experience and reduces costs associated with producing and managing physical credentials. Additionally, the remote management capabilities of mobile credentials provide further flexibility and control for security managers and building access administrators.
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About Sentry Interactive
Sentry Interactive is the only provider of scalable NFC mobile credential technology for PACS manufacturers that allows them to meet the demand for mobile from their existing customer base that are not willing to upgrade their existing systems due to cost, disruption and time objections. Integrating reader-less mobile credentials that use the end-user’s mobile as the reader creates the fastest and most cost-efficient route to future-proof PACS with mobile.
