GSN January 2016 Digital Edition

Access Control
HID Global looks ahead at top trends for
secure identity in 2016
AUSTIN, Texas, January 13, 2016 –
HID Global®, a worldwide leader in
secure identity solutions, has identified
security 2016 trends to watch
based on its deep insights gained
from top customers across numerous
markets, along with pilots and
deployments of the company’s latest
solutions with forward-looking
partners and end-user organizations
worldwide. HID Global’s broad industry
perspective has positioned
the company to pinpoint five key
developments that it believes will
have the greatest impact during this
year on identity and access management,
citizen identification and the
Internet of Things (IoT).
“We’re watching several developing
trends in the new year, including
growing demand for a more
mobile-centric and satisfying user
experience that HID Global believes
will be the primary driver for security
technology innovation in 2016,”
said Stefan Widing, HID Global
President and CEO. “Customers
will increasingly aspire to a comprehensive
secure identity experience
for their users that can provide the
foundation for more flexible, adaptable
solutions in a new era of interconnected
digital identities and the
Internet of Things.”
HID Global’s 2016 trends point
to a more mobile and connected
experience, ongoing advancements
in privacy protection and broader
adoption of best practices for solution
deployment. The trends include:
will make it more pervasive and
a new, more secure
identity lifestyle will be built around
the convenience of ever-present
mobile devices. Computer and
network logon, driver licenses and
other applications will more seamlessly
join physical security functions
on phones, tablets and laptops.
Wearables will be the next step, and
phones will also work with RFID
tags to add security and trust to the
IoT for proof-of-presence applications.
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a much greater focus on the user
This will help close the
gap between planning and compliance,
while ensuring that security
adapts to rather than defines enduser
habits and lifestyles. Old ways
of authenticating will be replaced by
more satisfying alternatives.
identities will fuel safety and innovation
in how we work, shop and
The industry will enter its next
new chapter of connected identities,
employing multi-layered security
strategies that also include biometrics
in order to bind these identities
to their legitimate owners.
tention
on privacy in an increasingly
connected and mobile-first
Identity will expand beyond
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