SwiftConnect acquires HID’s Workforce Business Unit

NEW YORK— SwiftConnect has acquired HID’s Workforce Business Unit, including HID SAFE, a platform for automating identity lifecycle management in the physical world. SwiftConnect's AccessCloud platform connects identity providers, mobile credentials and access control systems across buildings, campuses and portfolios. HID SAFE manages the governance layer, automating access requests, approvals, policy enforcement and revocation based on changes in HR, IT and security systems. Together, they deliver a single platform for physical access governance that covers the full arc: who someone is, what they are authorized to access, how they access it and what happens when their role changes. "Access should be invisible for users,” said Matt Kopel and Chip Kruger, Co-CEOs of SwiftConnect. “They are easily credentialed, they walk in and nothing gets in their way. The addition of HID SAFE enables governance that makes this possible. The policies, approvals and compliance requirements will now all live in the same platform as the experience. Every person will get exactly the access they are entitled to, and just tapping to access buildings, doors, floors and resources will be effortless.” Shane Butler, EVP of Identity at SwiftConnect, has recently joined the company to lead the SAFE business and drive the evolution in physical access governance. "This acquisition accelerates the modernization of SAFE by delivering it via our connected access network so organizations can manage physical and digital access through the same governance, risk and compliance lens,” he said. “This is the moment when these two worlds will finally speak the same language, and being a part of this industry transformation is precisely why I joined SwiftConnect.”