PACS
New Mercury Research Finds Growing Cybersecurity Gap In Physical Access Control
Mercury Security’s 2026 Trends in Access Controllers Report examines how cybersecurity, interoperability, cloud connectivity, mobile credentials, AI, and edge computing are influencing physical access control strategies. Based on a global survey of 561 security and cybersecurity professionals, the report found that 78% consider the controller important or critical to their PACS strategy, while 32% said cybersecurity features are missing from their current controller systems.
Innometriks Cheetah SE Reader Integrates Into A Wide Range Of PACS Environments
Johnson Controls announces the release of the Cheetah SE High Assurance Smart Card Reader from Innometriks, providing end users with an economically priced, compact, high assurance reader for installations requiring two-factor authentication to meet federal credentialing requirements. With a wide range of communication options, Cheetah SE readers can seamlessly integrate into various existing physical access control systems for authentication and network environments for administration. The easy to deploy, flexible Cheetah SE High Assurance Smart Card Reader provides tiered authentication levels designed to enable the incremental rollout of PIV-enabled access points.