Sustainability, Mobile IDs and a changing workforce are reshaping the security industry in the Philippines and in the rest of the world.
This was according to the latest report of Texas-based HID, leading provider of trusted identity and physical security solutions.
HID's State of the Security Industry Report gathered responses from almost 3,000 international partners, end users, security and IT personnel across a range of titles and organization sizes in over 11 industries in the last quarter of 2022.
Nearly 90 percent of respondents acknowledged sustainability as an important issue.
The Philippines is consistent with trends all over the world, Matt Winn, HID Global's Senior Director for Public Relations and Corporate Communications confirmed to Manila Bulletin during this week's virtual briefing.
End users are increasingly demanding that suppliers provide footprint transparency in terms of their operations, product sourcing and research and development practices.
According to the report, the bulk, 87 percent of respondents, stated that sustainability ranks as “important to extremely important”.
Mirroring this trend, 76 percent stated they have seen the importance of sustainability increasing for their customers.
To support the growing demand, security teams are leveraging the cloud and the Internet of Things (IOT) even more, to optimize processes and reduce resources.
In addition, new products and solutions are being strategically developed to address sensible energy usage, waste reduction and resource optimization.
Most organizations still need to fully embrace identity “as-a-service” (IDaaS) to support hybrid work.
The majority of survey respondents, 81 percent, stated they are offering a hybrid work model.
Some 67 percent of respondents state that multifactor authentication and passwordless authentication are most important to adapting to hybrid and remote work, while 48 percent point to the importance of mobile and digital IDs.
Interestingly, the survey also revealed that almost half of the organizations aren't quite ready to implement a comprehensive IDaas strategy.
Still, digital IDs and mobile authentication should propel many more mobile access deployments.
Identification and authentication are more commonly completed via mobile devices, including smartphones and wearables.
The growing popularity of digital wallets from major players such as Google, Apple and Amazon is a key driver of this trend.
Also, expanded capabilities allow smartphone users to add keys, IDs and digital documents directly in the wallet app.
These include drivers’ licenses in eight states, verifiable COVID-19 vaccination information, employee badges, student IDs and hotel room keys.
Already, 40 percent of commercial real estate companies are outpacing other verticals in leveraging mobile access as part of their larger tenant experience apps, according to the HID survey.
Nearly 60 percent of respondents see the benefit of contactless biometrics Biometric technologies represent a major break from more conventional means of access control.
Using biometrics as an additional authenticating factor, such as biometric scans to verify an individual’s physical identity, can help organizations eliminate unauthorized access and fraud.
The importance of this trend is exemplified in the survey data, which shows that 59 percent of respondents are currently using, planning to implement, or at least testing biometric technologies in the near future.
Supply chain issues continue to be a concerning factor, but more are becoming optimistic about prospects.
According to the survey, 74 percent of respondents say they were affected by supply chain issues in 2022, although 50 percent are optimistic that conditions will improve in 2023.
Commercial real estate companies were the most affected, with 78 percent citing supply chain problems as their main concern.
In particular, more than two-thirds of organizations with fewer than 1,000 employees indicate that they were highly affected by supply chain issues in 2022, but they were also the most optimistic that these issues will be resolved in 2023.
Overall, security professionals will be better prepared to adapt if they understand these trends, HID executives maintained.
HID powers the trusted identities of people, places and things, making it possible to transact safely, work productively and travel freely, they noted.
Their clients include governments, educational institutions, hospitals, financial institutions, industrial businesses and innovative companies in over 100 countries.