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NEWS ALERT: Sentry Interactive’s SDK enables mass enrollment of PKOC credentials

Enroll users with public-key mobile access credentials

Sentry Interactive’s mobile credentials are built on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and support specifications like the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) to ensure the best security standards, open interoperability, and flexibility in deployments being hardware agnostic.

What is PKOC

Public/Private Key Generation and Storage

When the Sentry Interactive app, or any third-party app using the SDK, is first initialised on an iOS or Android device, a unique public/private key pair is generated after the user registers an account.

The private key is stored in the smartphone’s secure enclave, the secure enclave is a secure storage location used by Apple and Google to store the users wallet details and is unlocked by the users biometrics and password.

The public key, attached to the user’s account is sent to the Sentry Interactive cloud securely over an TLS connection, with TLS pinning to prevent man in the middle attacks.

Reading the Smart Access Tile and communication with cloud

When the Sentry Interactive app detects a tile via NFC or QR code scan, the Universal unique identifier on the tile is recognised by the app and sent up to the Sentry Interactive cloud. 

The cloud will then respond with lock details for the UUID which is cached by the app to speed up the unlock process for that specific tile and door in the future.

The Lock UUID is then combined with certificates, current time, and a unique UUID. This group, known as the unlock request, is then signed using our private key from the secure enclave, and sent to the Sentry Interactive cloud.  

The cloud will firstly authenticate the time, then it will check if it contains a unique UUID that hasn’t been seen before, and finally will check if the user has privilege, if this is all successful the request is forwarded on. 

Cloud-to-cloud and on-premise integration

For a cloud-to-cloud integration, the unlock request is sent to the third-party cloud service to be processed and to be accepted or denied.

For an on-premise integration using the Sentry Interactive SDK or Doordeck Fusion the same details are sent from the cloud over a TLS connection, with added security, one of them being and TLS pinning to the server with fusion installed and the decision is made by fusion that is installed on the server.

If accepted the request will be sent from the cloud or the on-premise access control system that will make the final decision to establish the privilege of the user and then send a signal to unlock the door.

*When you integrate with Sentry Interactive’s software, Sentry Interactive does not make the access decision, the access controller continues to make that access decision and establishes the privilege of the user. We validate and authenticate a credential, but the decision to open isn’t ours. We simply send a request to the controller or on-prem host to open a specific door, by a specific user, at a specific time.

Mass enroll open standard credentials

Public Key Open Credentials (PKOC) are now able to be deployed at scale with new mass enrollment capabilities enabled via Sentry Interactive’s SDK. This new enrollment capability ensures that PKOC is not just interoperable, it is operationally scalable.

Mass enrollment

Sentry Interactive's SDK integration 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.

Sentry Interactive and Public Key Open Credential (PKOC)

Learn more in an article exploring how the Sentry Interactive SDK is enabling mass enrollment of PKOC credentials for enterprises.

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Find out about the benefits of mass enrollment capabilities of Public Key Open Credentials (PKOC) for enterprises. 

PKOC Mass Enrollment

Find out what PKOC is and how it is shaping the future of open standard credentials that deliver the highest security levels.

What is PKOC

Mass enroll users with PKOC credentials today

By integrating our SDK, you will have the ability to enroll users at scale with mobile credentials that follow PKOC specification. Embrace the future of open standard credentials today.

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“With mass enrollment capabilities now available, organizations can deploy interoperable credentials at enterprise scale while preserving freedom of choice across readers, credential providers, and mobile applications”
David BunzelExecutive Director of PSIA
“The integration with Sentry Interactive transforms what was once a manual, time-consuming process into a seamless, remote rollout of PKOC at scale. This is about reducing cost, accelerating implementation, and giving organizations true freedom of choice.”
Jason OuelletteChairman of PSIA and Vice President of Innovation & Technical Partnerships at Elatec, a brand of Allegion
“Sentry Interactive’s solution facilitates incorporating interoperable PKOC mobile credentials into an access control infrastructure. Its use of an openly available interface would benefit any PACS integration project looking to support enhanced credentials”
Rodney ThayerConvergence Engineer at Smithee Solutions LLC
Open standards are the future of secure access, we’re empowering organizations to take control of their credential strategy, securely, efficiently, and without being tied to a single ecosystem. This marks a major shift in how mobile access credentials are deployed through C.CURE IQ and other access control platforms”
Rick FockeDirector of Product and Market Development, at Johnson Controls
“PKOC creates something the access control industry has not had before - a truly open credential, It gives end users the freedom to introduce PKOC alongside existing proprietary card systems without locking themselves into a single ecosystem"
John TepleyFounder & CEO, EMSi

William Bainborough

Board of Directors

William is an experienced British entrepreneur, founder, and accomplished board executive and advisor for a number of businesses. He is the CEO and co-founder of Doordeck, the world’s only true cloud-based access control aggregator. He is also the managing director and founder of Group Secure, a leader in providing security, CCTV, and access control solutions, products, and installation for high-net-worth individuals in the UK. 

William established his first business at just seventeen and brings 20-plus years of in-depth experience and industry knowledge. He has a proven track record for building businesses from the ground up—and then leading them to profitability and a successful exit across a myriad of sectors including hospitality, retail, security, telecommunications, and e-commerce. William’s leadership, vision, and experience in creating cutting-edge SaaS-based technology platforms will prove invaluable for Sentry Interactive moving forward.

Denis Hébert

CHAIRMAN & CEO

Hébert began his career at Honeywell International where he held several leadership positions including Managing Director for the Automation and Controls business in France and eventually President of the NexWatch Corporation from 1999-2002. Hébert led HID Global as President & CEO over a transformative 12-year period from 2002-2015, where he provided strategic guidance and grew the business tenfold through a mix of strong organic and acquisitive growth. Most recently, Hébert was President of Feenics Corporation which is a cloud-based access control company that was successfully sold to ACRE LLC at the end of 2021. Hébert also served on the Board of Directors for the Security Industry Association (SIA) from 2009-2020 and was nominated to be Chairman of the Board for SIA from 2016-2018. He is currently Chairman of the Board for Nightingale Security based in Newark, CA.

Stephen Taylor Matthews

Board of Directors
Stephen is a very accomplished attorney, member of the Texas State Bar, licensed commercial real estate broker, and an avid philanthropist. He is an experienced executive board member, serving in leadership positions for more than 20 community councils and corporate boards—ranging from Boy Scouts of America to the ABBA Business Leaders Council, and most recently the American Bank BOD, the Real Estate Council of Austin, and the Marbridge Foundation BOT. With more than 35 years experience, Stephen and his firm, Barrond & Adler, L.L.P. are devoted to eminent domain cases in Texas.

Jon Davis

Board of Directors

Mr. Davis is an Experienced corporate board member, having served on boards of public, private equity-backed, and venture-backed companies. Jon possesses deep industry expertise in dairy, food processing, food technology and manufacturing, and food, beverage, and entertainment services. 

During Jon’s tenure of 25 plus years, he’s led operations, research and development, and mergers and acquisitions. He’s served as CEO and has been the founder and active board member for many successful enterprises—from startups to billion-dollar corporations. While COO and CEO of Davisco Foods International, Jon built a state-of-the-art cheese plant which was awarded the United States Dairy processing plant of the year in 2005 by Dairy Foods magazine. Currently, Jon is active with several non-dairy projects, including investments in local real estate, the Wayzata Brewworks, and his latest venture the new CōV restaurant in Edina’s Galleria.

Joe Caldwell

Founder and Chairman of the Board

Joe is an American entrepreneur, investor, and accomplished executive. He has co-founded, founded, and led many successful businesses, including US Internet, a leading fiber internet service provider, Securence, a leading provider of email filtering software, and Ravon, an industry-leading digital voice communications service. 

It was Joe’s venture, Municipal Parking Services (MPS), that inspired him in 2020 to start Sentry Interactive, an advanced touchless and staffless detection platform.

Caldwell currently serves as CEO and Chairman of the Board for Municipal Parking Services (MPS), a global tech company based in Austin, TX responsible for inventing and patenting technologies that assist in parking and security enforcement.

Joe was named one of Minnesota’s 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders for the past two years—and is a seasoned corporate board member. He’s served on boards of public, private equity-backed, and venture-backed companies—and has deep industry expertise in all aspects of digital technology.

Jason Bohrer

Board of Directors

Jason Bohrer is one of the visionaries behind our mission to bring people back together safely and securely, in any environment, through Sentry’s advanced digital communications and detection platform. With over two decades of senior leadership experience, Jason’s track record of success spans across sales, operations, product innovation, strategy, and technology for domestic and global companies like Bexar Technology Partners, CPI Card Group, HID Global, and Motorola, Inc. Prior to launching Sentry Interactive, Jason was actively involved with several key technology transitions across multiple industries, including the contact and contactless EMV transitions in the U.S. payments industry and the adoption of smart card and mobile technologies in the global access and identity market. Jason was an inaugural member of the University of Chicago Executive Institute and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the Executive Director for two industry-leading not-for-profit organizations: the Secure Technology Alliance and the U.S. Payments Forum.
Brent Terry

Brent Terry

Chief Operating Officer
Brent Terry leads the operations and solutions organizations at Sentry. This includes all product innovation, development, and operations management. A veteran in the technology space, Brent has more than 30 years of experience across a myriad of industries, like physical security technology and building automation, SAAS, hardware and software product development, internet, digital TV, interactive TV, digital media, telecommunications, and medical products and services. Prior to Sentry, Brent has spun up successful startups and led high-performing teams for some of the biggest global, Fortune 500 companies, including ARRIS, Conerco, Motive Communications, SeaChange International, and IBM. Brent holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana. He also is the committee Chairman and Program Director for a non-profit organization responsible for the rollout of smart cards for physicians and first responders.