ProdataKey (PDK), an innovator of cloud-based networked and wireless access control products and services, has released a whitepaper addressing the cybersecurity benefits of cloud-based access control solutions. The confluence of cyber and physical security is driving dealers and integrators, along with their customers, to question the best ways to address security vulnerabilities in the systems they install. Juniper Research estimates that by 2019, the annual cost of cyber-attacks will cost business over $2 trillion.
Cybersecurity and cloud-based access control
A majority of access control solutions are now comprised of IP devices, each with the potential to provide bad actors with access to the data and operational systems on their connected networks. This whitepaper, “Safely Invisible: The Powerful Security of Cloud-Based Access Control,” compares the exposure inherent in traditional IP systems with those in 100% cloud-based solutions, providing extensive rationale for why access control applications are best run externally from customer’s in-house servers, by trusted cloud solution providers.
“IT Professionals often express concern about the safety of running security solutions from servers that are out their control. This whitepaper addresses many misconceptions about presumed vulnerabilities from the cloud and gives credence to the counterintuitive fact that cloud solutions are more secure and preferable, from an IT perspective. We hope the information we’ve shared here can help security integrators lead more educated discussions about cybersecurity with their customers,” said Josh Perry, PDK’s Chief Technology Officer.