Why Legacy Credentials Are Becoming an Access Control Liability

In this new Security Sales & Integration article, David Cottingham talks about how credential security is now the connective tissue between physical and digital security. As phishing and spoofing spams rose by more than 85% over year, accelerated by the use of AI, stolen credentials have become one of the fastest growing paths into both physical and digital systems. For system integrators, this raises the stakes for how access credentials are issued, managed, and reused across physical infrastructure.

Cottingham explains that system integrators need to address these challenges with a phased approach to modernization, relying on secure technologies like mobile credentials and FIDO authentication that simplify deployment and improve user adoption.

The result is a more resilient access control foundation, one that protects both the front door and the network behind it.

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