How do you rethink and transform building access for a 241-year-old company? BNY started by asking employees.
And the response was encouraging. The BNY team found that employees embraced the concept of mobile access solutions. The thought of implementing access solutions was already being considered by the company, and the team was excited about the idea of providing a modern experience that allows employees worldwide to conveniently access their building spaces with a simple tap of their iPhone or Apple Watch.
“The whole idea of people navigating around our facilities globally—it just brings a smile to your face,” said Ken Damstrom, Global Head of Corporate Security at BNY. “But it really brings a smile to their face, because when they come to work they come with their iPhone… they don’t necessarily need to come with their [physical] ID badge, and how powerful of a concept is that?”
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Getting Started with the Right Team
To put everything in motion, BNY engaged connected access network provider SwiftConnect and mobile access provider HID. Selecting experienced and reputable partners was important for BNY, along with the technologies that they brought to
the table. For this project, those technologies included employee badge in Apple Wallet alongside HID’s mobile-enabled Signo® readers and the reliability of the SwiftConnect connected access network.
How Does the Technology Work?
Two key components of BNY’s initiative were essential to its success.
Employee badge in Apple Wallet, paired with HID’s mobile-enabled Signo® readers, gives employees and their guests easy and secure access to corporate spaces using only their iPhone or Apple Watch. Users can simply hold their device near a reader to access doors, turnstiles, elevators, workspaces and more.
SwiftConnect unifies identity and physical access into one effortless experience, connecting systems and spaces into a unified network. It supports on-demand access via mobile credentials and optimizes existing methods like fobs and cards for secure, consistent access – replacing friction with fluidity at every interaction.
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