The Connected Access Network: bridging the digital-physical security gap. CIOs face a familiar problem in the less familiar domain of physical security: Digital identity management has long benefited from interoperability and open standards while physical security continues to operate in proprietary silos. This has created the same fragmentation, compliance gaps, and operational inefficiencies that IT worked hard to eliminate, making physical access a significant gap in digital transformation strategies for organizations tasked with enabling hybrid work and extending zero-trust principles across the enterprise. As a result, physical security is finally at the crossroads that IT faced years ago, where the rip-and-replace approach to standardize on a single vendor is expensive, disruptive, and often infeasible. Organizations are now seeking a different solution that unifies physical identity and access management across existing infrastructures without requiring costly replacement, the same approach that succeeded in digital transformation. SwiftConnect's Network Approach SwiftConnect's connected access network platform represents a fundamental shift in how organizations approach physical access management and governance. Rather than managing building access systems in isolation, the platform creates a unified identity layer that orchestrates access permissions, credential management, and policy enforcement across existing systems and infrastructure from multiple vendors and buildings. This means organizations can now manage one identity that works seamlessly across every building and access point without ripping out and replacing fully functional systems. Since this mirrors the shift that CIOs have widely adopted with cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) for IT security and compliance, it is also the next logical step to enabling connected access across physical domains. To accomplish this, the SwiftConnect connected access network platform integrates physical access credentials (traditional cards, fobs, and mobile credentials) with access control systems, identity providers, and other systems that govern physical security. This enables fully centralized, automated identity and access management and governance that accelerates mobile access deployments in NFC wallets, meeting the demand to provide users with effortless physical access experiences via their smartphones and other mobile devices. SwiftConnect's growing momentum around delivering these user experiences and automated capabilities is at the crux of why its platform was named the "Best Connected Access Network Platform 2026" by CIO Review. Integration with Enterprise IT Platforms for Better Governance Often, digital transformation and governance initiatives have only addressed software and workflows, where badge systems and building access operate outside of systems that employees use daily. The disconnect requires organizations to manage approvals through email and navigate multiple interfaces in a way that encourages organizational silos between IT, HR, facilities, and security while undermining audit-readiness and transparency. An example of how SwiftConnect addresses this is through its ServiceNow partnership. With the SwiftConnect ServiceNow spoke integration, organizations gain automated access provisioning for joiners, movers, and leavers in ServiceNow, with access rules based on HR and IAM data attributes, approval workflows, unified governance for physical and digital access, and policy enforcement delivered to access control systems. More Industry Validation Through Strategic Partnerships and Customers SwiftConnec't's connected access network platform has gained traction through a number of strategic partnerships with leaders spanning access control systems, hardware, and credentials, mobile and device management platforms, user directory and SSO providers, workplace experience applications, and work management and HR platforms. Through its connected access network, SwiftConnect supports hundreds of millions square feet in enterprise and commercial real estate spaces with many industry firsts, including: the first employee badge in Apple Wallet at Silverstein's 7 World Trade Center and resident key in Apple Wallet at Silver Towers in New York City, along with several firsts through its student mobile ID in Apple and Google Wallets deployment at the University of Arizona. With implementations at scale that span enterprises and iconic buildings worldwide, SwiftConnect continues breaking down the last major organizational silo around physical access. Now, organizations can realize unified identity and access management that CIOs and compliance frameworks increasingly require - all while delivering frictionless building access experiences that hybrid work demands. Description SwiftConnect enables CIOs to unify physical and digital access through a connected identity layer, eliminating silos without replacing infrastructure. Its platform integrates governance, automation, and mobile credentials, helping organizations extend zero-trust principles while delivering seamless, secure access experiences across buildings and systems. Follow SwiftConnect on:

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