The integration has been designed to deliver a modern user experience with digital identity on smartphones; improved security and access controls with centrally managed digital credentials, flexible multi-factor authentication and automated credential revocation; continuous policy compliance by leveraging real-time user access intelligence; and reduced operational costs for identity, credentialing and access management by simplifying life-cycle process workflows, data exchange, and compatibility with existing access control infrastructure.

“The combination of Microstrategy’s Usher and AMAG’s Symmetry delivers a superior, next-generation physical access control solution that addresses a critical need in the market,” said Tim Lang, Chief Technology Officer at Microstrategy Incorporated. “By turning your mobile device into a digital badge, organisations can unlock extraordinary levels of access intelligence, often underutilised, on enterprise access and authentication. This insight can be used to make critical decisions that investigate access anomalies, enhance operational awareness, and personalise authentication to enterprise assets, leading to smarter, more productive workforces.”

“AMAG’s Symmetry Preferred Partner Program offers a wide portfolio of seamlessly integrated security technologies for Symmetry users, including identity management, video, visitor management and biometrics, all on a single platform,” said Dave Ella, Vice President of Product Marketing at AMAG Technology. “Our collaboration with Microstrategy offers an option for AMAG customers worldwide to implement the Usher mobile identity solution with their Symmetry installation, taking advantage of the recent trend towards secure digital identity without the need for a smart card.”

Usher, the digital identity component of the Microstrategy 10 platform, is a mobile application that replaces or augments traditional identity credentials and physical access systems. Usher badges collect telemetry and transaction data as well as centrally-managed privilege settings from Symmetry to enable continuous compliance, behavioural analytics, alerts, and customisable dashboards and reports. This rich set of data can be used by organisations to uncover access anomalies and intelligence, introduce additional factors of authentication, or assign new badge types and requirements.