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 Move From Rhetoric to Reality

LEAF is where hollow promises like "interoperability," "seamlessness," "simplified," and "security" advance beyond rhetoric and become reality.

Pro Tip, For the Builders

It’s not about taking the easy way out – it’s about working smarter, not harder, and making investments that will scale with you.

Using LEAF to Solve Complex Credential Requests

LEAF empowers integrators to deliver on complex credential requests.

Easy Customer Educaiton & Transition

Armed with the LEAF ecosystem, manufacturers, integrators, and consultants can give customers true interoperability, the confidence of current security standards, and the freedom to switch manufacturers without starting over.

| 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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