White Papers


HID SAFE Adoption Guide


Security Innovations Report

The Security Product Innovations Report highlights award-winning technologies recognized for advancing security through exceptional product innovation.


Meeting the Challenges of Cybersecurity in Access Control: A Future-Ready Approach

Access control has become a critical part of cybersecurity. This white paper shows how Zero Trust, encryption, and lifecycle integrity strengthen systems—helping organizations close gaps, meet compliance, and stay secure in an increasingly connected world.


How CISOs should approach their identity security programs: a first principles guide

This paper shows how CISOs can take a step back and return to first principles. Instead of adding more tools, leaders can rationalize identity programs by focusing on the three pillars that matter: IAM to authenticate, IGA to govern broadly and PAM to secure the highest-risk systems.


A CISO’s field guide to unified cloud access

Built by practitioners, this guide helps CISOs and their teams assess where they are on the cloud identity maturity path. No fluff, no pitches—just a clear framework to navigate today’s fragmented production access landscape.


The path to Least Privilege – a deployment guide

If you're struggling with the tradeoff between strong security and developer agility, this is a practical guide to implementing Just-in-Time (JIT) access.


The evolution of Privileged Access Management

This paper traces the journey of Privileged Access Management through three distinct eras—vault-led, bastion-led, and API-led—highlighting why legacy tools are breaking down and what modern environments really demand.


Unlocking Mid-Market VMS Potential

Discover how your peers are preparing for the future—and how solutions like Milestone’s open-platform VMS can help you build the right system for your needs. Download now!


Push to Talk Over Cellular for Security

Remember when Nextel revolutionized business communications? Today’s Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) provides individual and group calling and location-based dispatching using existing 4G/5G/LTE networks for fast and low-cost deployments.


The Truth Behind 9 Mobile Access Myths

Mobile access is a revolutionary leap ahead for access control security and convenience. Yet, some organizations still have hesitations based on outdated perceptions and incomplete information. This eBook covers the most persistent myths around mobile access.