The 30-Year Problem: Why Access Control Hardware Lives Longer Than Its Technology

This piece explores the unique challenge of designing access control hardware that must function for decades and meet unknown demands, despite being built with only currently available components. It explains why legacy systems persist and how universal standards help (and where they fall short).

| Member Spotlights

Using LEAF to Solve Complex Credential Requests

LEAF empowers integrators to deliver on complex credential requests.

Why Join the LEAF Community

Josh from Paladin Technologies isn't holding back about the state of access control – and we're here for it. Closed solutions that don't talk to each other? That's not what's best for end users. They need the ability to actually solve problems, and that requires a community working together.

Breaking Free from Closed Card Systems

Integrators ought to be partners that empower the security professionals they serve to grow and adapt.

LEAF As the Interoperability Problem Solver

If your credential choice determines your entire access control stack for the next decade, something's wrong.

| Highlights from Industry

LEAF Wallet Credentials - The Future of Open Secure Access Control

CIE

At The Security Event 2025, Wavelynx and CIE showcased how Leaf Credentials are changing the access control industry through open interoperable and software based technology. This article covers everything you need to know.

dormakaba Joins LEAF Community, Advancing Interoperability

SecurityInfoWatch

Industry analyst Lee Odess says dormakaba’s decision to join the LEAF Community marks an important moment for access control, underscoring interoperability as the industry’s path to mainstream maturity.

The Paradigm Shift in Security Driven by the LEAF Community

BioAffix

This article outlines a compelling journey from the end of the closed ecosystem mindset to the rise of empowering open standards, with the LEAF Community standing out as one of the advocates of this movement.

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