Jim Dearing

Solutions Manager Physical Access Control, HID

Jim Dearing oversees the team responsible for the product marketing strategy of physical access control credentials, readers and controllers at HID Global. Jim has been with HID Global since 2018 and oversaw the recent launch of HID Signo, the new signature line of physical access control readers from HID Global. Prior to joining HID, Jim managed the security research team at Omdia/IHS Markit responsible for the well-renowned Access Control Intelligence Service. During this time Jim and his team studied the market largely focusing on market and competition analysis, tracking trends and presenting the results at different security events.

News mentions

How should end users measure the ROI of security systems?

Traditionally, security has been seen as a cost centre rather than as a profit centre or a source of revenue in an organisation. Therefore, end-user security managers have struggled to cost-justify th...

How can the security industry provide affordable and cost-effective solutions?

Cost is a reality to be managed. No matter how powerful or desirable a technology may be to a customer, the sale often comes down to the basic question: Can I afford it? And affordability extends not...

HID Global announces HID Signo readers, Aero and Mercury controllers are the industry’s first SIA OSDP verified access control products

HID Global, a worldwide renowned company in trusted identity solutions, has announced that a selection of its reader and controller offerings have been tested and verified to meet the Security Industr...