RightCrowd has introduced RightCrowd Pass, a new credentialing solution designed to centralize the issuance and management of mobile, physical, and biometric access credentials from a single platform. The company states that the product aims to address the fragmentation often seen in large enterprises and universities, where legacy badge programs have expanded to include mobile and biometric options, leading to disparate systems for each credential type.
According to RightCrowd, this fragmentation can result in separate issuance and revocation processes, hindering security teams' ability to maintain a unified overview of access privileges. RightCrowd Pass consolidates these three credential types into one program, providing a unified view and management interface.
Mobile credentials within RightCrowd Pass are provisioned via a web-based API, allowing organizations to issue, suspend, and revoke them through existing systems without requiring a separate management console. RightCrowd's VP of Credential Technologies, Troy Johnston, noted that many mobile credential products necessitate deploying new applications and consoles, creating "blind spots" for security and IT teams regarding mobile users. RightCrowd Pass is designed to integrate mobile credentials into the overall access program from the outset.
The company also highlights efficiency improvements, claiming that deactivating, investigating, reissuing, and delivering a lost or damaged physical badge typically takes a security team an average of 12.2 minutes, excluding production and shipping. With RightCrowd Pass, mobile credentials can be suspended or revoked, individually or in groups, in under 60 seconds.
RightCrowd Pass mobile credentials are tied to a specific device through two-factor authentication, which RightCrowd suggests offers a lower risk profile compared to physical badges. This approach also contributes to reduced plastic card production and can count towards sustainability credits under green building frameworks such as LEED and BREEAM.
The solution is designed for compatibility with existing infrastructure, including technologies from HID, Wavelynx, and LEGIC. It integrates with various access points such as doors, elevators, turnstiles, parking systems, lockers, and secure printers, allowing organizations to deploy it without needing to standardize on a single vendor.
RightCrowd Pass is currently available to both new and existing RightCrowd customers. Organizations already using RightCrowd SmartAccess can integrate RightCrowd Pass into their current deployment. New customers starting with RightCrowd Pass also have the option to later add full Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) capabilities without changing vendors.
