Star India Deploys HID Mobile Access to Improve Security and User Experience for 2,500 Employees at Their Corporate Headquarters

Singapore, March 1, 2017, HID
Global®, a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions, today
announced that its HID Mobile Access® solution,
powered by Seos®, has been selected by
Star India, the country’s largest multimedia entertainment company, to secure
the entrances and doors of its Mumbai headquarters. Star India issued 2,500 mobile
IDs to its employees’ smartphones and installed numerous mobile-ready iCLASS SE®
readers at doors and gates throughout the 32-story building.

“As
India’s largest multimedia company, we have extremely high security standards,”
said Sumir Yadav, Senior Vice President (Administration and Facilities) with
Star India. “HID Global, known for being the market leader of access control
solutions, was able to fulfill all our requirements. With HID Mobile Access, we
can now take advantage of the latest technology in this mobile-first age and
achieve better security without being intrusive or compromising the user
experience.”

Mobile
IDs, a core component of HID Mobile Access, were
provisioned via the solution’s robust online portal, making it possible for Star
India’s IT administrators to issue or revoke mobile IDs quickly, easily and
efficiently. Whenever a new employee joins the company, the IT administrators can
effortlessly enroll them into the system by simply sending the employee an
email invitation. The system-generated email contains directions and an
activation code for the recipient to download and use the HID Mobile Access App.
Upon entering the code and successfully activating the app, the employee can begin
using their mobile device to unlock doors and gates at Star India.

50%
of the world’s companies will enact bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs by
this year, as predicted by Gartner, increasing employee satisfaction and reducing
costs, while driving innovation through countless applications and new opportunities
beyond traditional mobile email and communications.[1]

“As
more businesses adopt bring-your-own-device (BYOD) polices and cloud
initiatives, increasingly customers in Asia Pacific are looking to us to
provide a modern and cost-effective solution for their mobile-driven and secure
workplaces. HID Mobile Access supports the broadest range of mobile devices
from smartphones to wearables and it can also be used in addition to
traditional card access, giving companies the privacy protection and
convenience they have come to expect from HID Global, at the pace that aligns
to their changing business goals,” said Alex Tan, Director of Sales, Physical
Access Control System, HID ASEAN.

Feedback
on HID Mobile Access from Star
India employees has been positive, and the company is currently exploring
options to deploy HID Mobile Access to secure its
canteen as well as its collaboration spaces. Star India is also considering expanding
the scope of the solution to cover the management of its visitor and enable secure
printing in the future.  

Star
India received the IFSEC India Awards 2016 in “Excellence
in Security Initiatives” for their implementation of HID Mobile Access with HID Global’s “Twist and
Go” gesture technology. The award is a user implementation accolade that
recognizes the excellence and innovations of CSOs and security officers who
work behind the scenes to ensure robust security for their organizations.

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In
Asia Pacific, HID Global has offices in Hong Kong, China, Australia, India,
Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, across Southeast Asia and an
extensive partner network.