BACKGROUND
The access control industry has not seen much innovation over the past 15 years. While there have been advances in biometric identification, a complete disruption of how it is delivered is necessary to stay ahead of the criminals who are finding clever ways around traditional access control thinking.

When it comes to visitor and contractor management, most existing access systems still require humans (in most cases the security guard) to be the process and that becomes the biggest risk and cost to any business. The access system should manage the process so that the human risks and related costs are minimised. 

AREAS THAT REQUIRE ACCESS CONTROL INNOVATION
To us, there are 4 main innovation areas for access control in buildings and premises: 
 
   1. Optimising visitor and contractor pre-clearance.
​   2. ​​Reducing human intervention through automation.
   3. Ensuring a non-invasive access control experience, using artificial intelligence.
   4. Enabling automated asset security through seamless integration with other
        technologies, such as RFID, BLE, and IoT. 


OUR SOLUTION
FLEX Digital offers another proudly South African, revolutionary access control solution that employs Artificial Intelligence (AI) to seamlessly and automatically manage the access of staff, contractors, and visitors to your business's premises, as well as critical areas within your building. We are the first to seamlessly combine facial recognition, number plate recognition, speeding identification, and asset tracking in one solution. We also leverage this innovative technology in our smaRTE Assets and smaRTE Keys solutions by integrating with RFID, BLE, and IoT technologies. 

Below is an example of how artificial intelligence is used in our solution to quickly and accurately perform facial recognition AND number plate recognition at the same time, then grant access only if the two match up and they have been pre-authorised for that specific shift. This occurs without the driver needing to move from his seat, or the security guard having to perform any checks or scans.