The Nedap AEOS offers an open solution and allows for the integration of hardware and software systems of the installers own choice and preserve previous investments. On the Nedap stand at Essen, the company will showcase live integrations with AEOS software and KABA hardware.

Nedap is also the co-founder of the Open Security Standard (OSS) Association, together with for example Assa Abloy,  Uhlman&Zacher, Dorma-Kaba and Deister. Jeroen Harmsen, Technology Partner Manager at Nedap Security Management said: “The standardisation allows customers to use the electronic offline locking solution of their own choice in AEOS. This is user friendly for those who have to manage the authorisations and convenient for the card user.”

Last June, Nedap entered a strategic partnership with Milestone. By means of this partnership, the company commits to a deep integration between the Milestone Xprotect VMS and AEOS access control from Nedap, as well as a close cooperation in their mutual goal markets. “Integrated solutions based on true open platform technology are a very important focus area for us, and the value they bring to our mutual customers. This value is more than the sum of the parts, the integration in itself provides added value. The days of proprietary solutions are gone, today interoperability and community focus is the key to success ” says Thomas Lausten, Vice President of EMEA at Milestone Systems. “ Initiatives like this are a clear benefit to our ever growing partner community, as the community gains new possibilities for delivering quality solutions based on true open platform technology.”

Nedap responds to the widespread risk of digital attacks on access control systems and is one of the first to offer digital protection for its access control AEOS. Albert Dercksen, Head of R&D at Nedap, explains why AEOS end-to-end security is needed: “IT and physical security have been following different rules to protect systems. But modern access control systems are, in fact, IT systems connected to corporate networks and should be treated as such.”

Taking a forward-thinking new approach, Nedap and its Technology Partner AET Europe combined the best practices of both IT and physical security – resulting in AEOS end-to-end security.  Customers who choose AEOS benefit from a complete freedom of choice in third party products and solutions. They benefit not only from Nedap's latest developments, but also from that of the Nedap's Channel Partner developments.