Cross-site credential and physical access management
Industry | Manufacturing
Manufacturers typically operate across multiple sites, from production floors and warehouses to R&D labs, each with its own access rules and systems. Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) brings this fragmented landscape under one auditable platform, helping industrial organisations meet frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA.
Challenges
Manufacturing companies and industrial facilities are highly complex environments: Multiple production sites – mostly distributed on an international scale – warehouses, logistics hubs, R&D labs, and administrative offices are frequented by employees, visitors, and contractors on a daily basis.
Common PIAM requirements in the industrial sector
Integration with diverse third-party systems such as access control, HR systems, time & attendance, canteen/payment solutions must be realised.
Changing workforce and high number of visitors makes it difficult to monitor access authorisations.
Strict protection of sensitive areas such as production lines, R&D labs, warehouses, and data centres required
System downtimes and administrative bottlenecks must be avoided.
Workforce changing often
Facilities often include high-security areas such as production buildings, laboratories, warehouses, or server/data centres. Physical access authorisations for employees, seasonal workers and contractors to these areas must not only be constantly controlled, but also dynamically adapted, as employee responsibilities, project assignments, and contractor engagements frequently change. Equally important: Access permissions must be reliably withdrawn as soon as a worker or supplier is no longer active on site.
High-volume of visitors requiring temporary access
Especially in large-sized organisations, there are numerous visitors every day, requiring access to different areas, buildings, and rooms – only for a limited time. Each of these persons must be securely onboarded, provided with appropriate credentials, and their access authorisations must be monitored and revoked after their visit. Ensuring efficient credential issuance and physical access management for visitors and keeping waiting times at the company reception short while keeping security uncompromised is a continuous challenge.
Balancing efficiency, security & compliance
Production and logistics depend on speed and efficiency — downtime or administrative bottlenecks must be avoided. At the same time, organisations must meet strict standards, protect valuable intellectual property, and ensure compliance with both official regulations (e.g. ISO, NIS2, DORA) but also with internal security policies. Balancing robust security with operational efficiency is key.
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How ID-ware’s PIAM Suite can support to master these challenges
Unified credential & physical access management
- Creation, issuance, tracking, and revocation in one platform
- Cross-site physical access management for multiple plants and facilities
- Highly detailed and dynamic permission models tailored to different employee and contractor roles
- Only one credential for access to sites, facilities, and rooms, but also to canteen, data centre, etc.
Simple management of contractors and their access authorisations
- Risk mitigation for contractor activities due to full oversight and centralised control (Contractor Management)
- Reduction of administrative burden and costs: Possibility to outsource database and authorisation management directly to contractors
- Facilitated auditability: Transparency and traceability of all contractor activities
Secure and compliant visitor management
- Easy and secure Visitor Management via the visitor portal
- Increased security and compliance, e.g. with NIS2 or DORA, through traceability of visits
- Reduced workload at reception (cost and time saving)
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