HID Global Announces Forecast for '2016 Key Security ID Trends'
With a greater focus on mobility and user experience, the importance of privacy protection is growing.

HID Global (www.hidglobal.com), a company specializing in security ID solutions, forecasted the '2016 major security ID trends'.

HID Global announced five key trends expected to have the greatest impact on ID and access control, identity cards, and the Internet of Things (IoT) in 2016.

Stefan Widing, CEO of HID Global, stated, “We are paying attention to several trends that will be key to security technology innovation in 2016, such as increasing demand for mobile-centric services and user experience satisfaction,” adding, “Customers will increasingly tend to provide their users with comprehensive security identities that can offer solutions enhanced in flexibility and adaptability through digital identities interconnected with IoT.”

HID Global identifies mobile and connected-centric experiences, the continuous advancement of privacy protection, and the widespread application of best practices for building solutions as key trends for 2016.

The major trends for 2016 identified by HID Global are as follows.

1. Security will become increasingly widespread and personalized through the “Mobilizing” of security.

A security-enhanced ID lifestyle centered on the convenience of mobile devices will be established. Computer and network logins, driver's licenses, and other applications will be integrated more seamlessly with physical functions through mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc. Wearables will be the next target, and mobile phones will be compatible with RFID tags to enhance security and trust in the IoT regarding proof-of-presence applications.

2. User experience will become much more important in security

It will help bridge the gap between planning and regulatory compliance by ensuring that security adapts to end users' habits and lifestyles rather than defining them. Past authentication methods will be replaced by more satisfactory alternatives.

3. Connected Security ID
Connected security ID will bring safety and innovation to the way we work, shop, and enjoy leisure in our daily lives.
The industry will enter a new chapter of connected ID, thereby linking connected ID to the legitimate owner by applying multi-layered security strategies including biometrics.

4. Interest in personal information protection is expanding further
In a mobile and connected world, interest in privacy protection will expand further.
IDs will be extended beyond people and their personal IDs to include the IDs of things and the authenticity of things, highlighting the need for privacy protection among increasingly interconnected devices, services, and applications.

5. Security policies and best practices will become as important as technological advancements
From the U.S.'s first mobile driver's license to integrated credential management systems that support enterprises in handling facility and information security more holistically, we will focus more on how to do it, not just what to install and deploy. Rather than concentrating our capabilities entirely on breach prevention, we will render stolen IDs useless by adopting best practices for post-breach management.