To reap the benefits employees only need to activate the badge in their digital wallet and can then gain access to not just their workplace, but also to enabled corporate applications.
Allowing for convenient, seamless access to the workplace, HID is now offering companies the integration of employee badges into digital wallets. The integration of the HID Mobile Access solution with digital wallets simplifies access control to buildings and improves the user experience.
Employees are not required to present physical cards but can instead identify themselves to their employers with their smartphone or smartwatch. To use this simple and digital form of authentication, all businesses need is an NFC-enabled reader.
In addition to access control, there are several other applications for the digital employee ID card, including laptops and workstations, secure printing, special access to restricted areas, charging stations and even parking.
“With digital employee badges, companies are adapting to the usage habits of their employees. Mobile devices have become essential components of most people’s daily lives, not just for their useful features but also for the invaluable, convenient benefits they provide. And because people always have their devices with them, accessing places and moving around different parts of the building through them makes sense,” said Gustavo Gassmann, Vice President of Emerging Markets, PACS, HID.
The mobile employee ID card offers companies several benefits at once. Enhanced security, Frictionless Experience, Streamlined security, Convenience and Uninterrupted Access and Protection on lost or stolen devices are some of those.
Another important argument for integrating employee ID cards onto a mobile device is sustainability. The production of corporate ID cards and the matching sleeves consumes large amounts of plastic. In addition, companies often have to reissue the cards several times if they are lost. Digital employee ID cards, on the other hand, consume fewer resources and help companies meet their climate change goals.
