Public Key Open Credentials (PKOC) are now able to be deployed at scale with new mass enrollment capabilities enabled via Sentry Interactive’s Software Development Kit (SDK). This development will transform how organizations provision, manage, and scale PKOC credentials that use open, secure, non-proprietary specifications for true interoperability.
A major leap forward in PKOC deployment
Sentry Interactive’s SDK plays a pivotal role in the advancement of PKOC deployment for enterprises. By streamlining secure key provisioning, certificate management, and device binding, the SDK enables:
- Rapid mass enrollment of employees, contractors, and visitors.
- Secure provisioning of credentials to mobile devices.
- Automated credential lifecycle management.
- Seamless integration with enterprise identity systems.
- Simplified deployment across multi-site global organizations.
This new mass enrollment capability ensures that PKOC is not just interoperable, it is operationally scalable. Sentry’s PKOC credentials function reliably across multiple OEM access control systems. Combined with Sentry Interactive’s enrollment capabilities, organizations can now onboard thousands of users quickly and securely.
Value for OEMs, integrators, and enterprises
Instead of issuing PKOC credentials one person at a time, manufacturers, integrators and organizations can now securely deploy thousands of PKOC credentials securely in bulk for mass enrollment via a cloud-based management system. Credentials are delivered directly to approved smartphones or devices, reducing delays, lowering costs, and simplifying large-scale rollouts.
For access control manufacturers:
Sentry Interactive’s SDK provides a standardized, open enrollment framework that works across multiple reader platforms and device types. This reduces the need for proprietary provisioning tools and custom integrations, shortening development cycles and accelerating time to market. By aligning with PKOC’s open standard, access control OEMs and system integrators can confidently support large enterprise deployments.
For system integrators:
Integrators gain a practical and scalable way to deploy PKOC credentials across disparate access control OEM systems or reader manufacturers hardware. Now, they can use a unified provisioning process that works consistently across sites. This simplifies deployment, reduces configuration time and errors, and makes it easier to support enterprises operating mobile and physical credentials across multiple locations.
For enterprises:
Enterprises can enroll employees, contractors, and visitors quickly and securely with PKOC credentials, whether for a single building or a global footprint. Centralized management reduces administrative effort and operational costs while pioneering the highest security levels through the PKOC public private key cryptography model. The ability to issue and revoke credentials remotely makes expansion, and workforce changes easier to manage.
The path forward
PKOC latest developments mark a major milestone. PSIA and its membership alliance are committed to evolving the specification to support future capabilities and applications, including expanded mobile experiences, advanced secure key sharing, and deeper enterprise identity integration.
By anchoring physical and mobile credentials in open standards and public private key cryptography, PKOC establishes a durable, interoperable foundation for the next generation of access control.
As enrollment capabilities enter active commercialization through the help of Sentry Interactive’s SDK powering PKOC credentials, the ecosystem is positioned to deliver scalable, open, and secure credential deployments worldwide.
