Interface Systems has introduced Digital Keys, a mobile credential solution for Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) access control systems. The solution allows businesses to replace traditional cards, fobs, and physical keys with mobile credentials stored in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.
Designed for retailers, quick-service restaurants, and distributed enterprises, Digital Keys helps businesses simplify access management while improving security and reducing operational costs.
Administrators can issue, update, schedule, and revoke employee, contractor, and vendor credentials remotely through the DMP Virtual Keypad application. Credentials can be delivered instantly through text or email and added directly to mobile wallets without requiring users to download an additional credential application.
For businesses managing multiple locations, temporary contractors, employee turnover, and lost keys, Digital Keys reduces the operational burden associated with physical credential management while improving visibility and control over facility access.
Key Benefits Of Digital Keys
- Tap-to-unlock access: Using Near Field Communication (NFC), Digital Keys allow authorized users to unlock doors with a smartphone or smartwatch. Credentials can continue functioning even when the phone battery is low.
- Lower key and badge management costs: Administrators can remotely issue or deactivate credentials, reducing the costs associated with shipping badges, recovering keys, replacing lost fobs, or rekeying doors.
- Stronger accountability: Mobile credentials are assigned to individual users, making them harder to share, lose, or misuse compared to traditional keys or badges.
- Greater visibility: When integrated with video systems, businesses can connect credential activity with recorded footage to verify who accessed a facility and when.
- Temporary access control: Contractors, vendors, and temporary employees can receive credentials that automatically expire after a defined period.
- Phased modernization: Multi-technology readers support NFC credentials alongside existing cards and fobs, allowing businesses to modernize at their own pace while protecting existing infrastructure investments.
Supporting Distributed Business Operations
According to Steve Womer, the solution addresses the operational and security challenges faced by distributed businesses.
“Retailers, restaurant operators, and commercial businesses need access control that keeps pace with employee turnover, distributed locations, and evolving security expectations,” said Steve Womer, SVP of Product at Interface Systems.
“Digital Keys gives them a practical way to reduce dependence on physical credentials while improving control over who can access each location. Administrators can issue, modify, or revoke access remotely, helping businesses lower costs, reduce risk, and respond faster when employees, vendors, or contractors change.”
Interface Systems combines AI-powered technologies with expert remote video monitoring delivered by trained intervention specialists from its U.S.-based Interactive Security Operations Centers (iSOCs).
The company’s offerings include remote video monitoring, managed alarms and access control, video intelligence, and managed network and voice services. Interface supports restaurants, retailers, and commercial businesses with solutions designed to improve security operations and protect people and assets.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1. What Are Interface Digital Keys?
Interface Digital Keys are mobile credentials that allow users to unlock doors using smartphones or smartwatches instead of physical keys or badges.
2. Which Access Control Systems Support Digital Keys?
The solution is designed for Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) access control systems.
3. How Are Credentials Delivered To Users?
Administrators can send credentials instantly through text or email, allowing users to add them directly to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.
4. What Businesses Benefit Most From Digital Keys?
Retailers, restaurants, and distributed enterprises managing multiple locations and high employee turnover can benefit from the solution.
5. Can Businesses Still Use Existing Cards And Fobs?
Yes. Multi-technology readers support NFC credentials alongside traditional cards and fobs for phased modernization.
Source: interfacesystems.com