In 2025, access management can be a whole lot easier. By making access part of their digital processes, businesses can put time-consuming key management and the cost of changing the locks firmly behind them. Making this switch is a lot easier than many people think, as ASSA ABLOY explains here…
Security and facilities managers everywhere are all too familiar with the drawbacks of outmoded access management workflows. Cumbersome keychains, lost keys, security staff tied to their desks, and mountains of manual key tracking. It can often be a time-consuming, repetitive daily task.
The eCLIQ digital key solution, part of the suite of Digital Access Solutions from ASSA ABLOY, transforms access management almost overnight. With eCLIQ, security managers replace multiple keys by issuing each keyholder with a single digital key which is programmed with personalised access permissions. With eCLIQ, authorised users carry one key which unlocks every opening they need. Operating eCLIQ is 100% familiar for anyone who has ever used a mechanical key.
Access and key administration, too, become simpler. Key cupboards, complicated spreadsheets and bulging ring-binders are a thing of the past. Instead, daily access management tasks are performed via intuitive, user-friendly software which can be integrated with existing business process and security management systems for additional time savings.
Digitalising with eCLIQ also saves money. If someone loses their key, or it’s stolen, there is no longer any need to change the locks and re-key. A few clicks in the software, accessible securely from anywhere with a Web connection, cancels the key’s access rights with no need to change cylinders anywhere in the building. Mobile workers can even update their access rights on-the-go, by making a secure Bluetooth connection between their key and smartphone.
The innovative eCLIQ solution provides an efficient, effective way to retrofit digital access control to almost every opening – doors, cabinets and more – in almost any location, inside or outside any type or size of building. It is quick and easy to make the switch. To install, simply change the existing mechanical cylinder for one of more than 60 different wire-free eCLIQ cylinder and padlock types. There is no need to drill new holes, replace the door or run wires. Lock electronics are powered by the regular battery inside each key; typical battery life for standard eCLIQ keys is 10 years.
Stephan Schulz, Product Manager at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA, comments: “For classrooms, offices, workshops, kitchens, studios, labs, treatment rooms, canteens, garages, gates, lifts, lockers, machines, medicine stores and many more spaces, customers of every size and type already rely on eCLIQ.”
The solution’s flexibility and straightforward management software ensure keyholders get access only to openings, and at times, which security managers choose. If workflows change, or when staff leave, access can be cancelled or amended instantly. There’s no hanging around for handover meetings; no more delays when running busy offices with multiple tenants and service providers.
The solution’s flexibility also helps manage access for temporary workers and contractors. For example, multi-residential housing providers may grant cleaners specific access at dedicated times only. The software makes it simple to set their digital key to work at specific times and selected openings only.
Stephan continues: “Site managers all over the world already rely on this secure, proven digital solution. Now, they never worry about missing keys or need to change the locks if someone loses theirs. With just a couple of clicks in the intuitive management software, they trace every interaction between eCLIQ keys and locks at their site, or update mobile workers’ access by app.
“It all adds up to a big saving in the cost – and headaches – of manual security management. It is simple to switch and a breeze to use: our customers tell us that digitalising with eCLIQ makes a difference from day one.”
To learn more about eCLIQ, head to assaabloy.com/group/emeia/solutions/topics/access-control/cliq/ecliq
Contact ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEA Digital and Access Solutions
Thomas Schulz
B2B Product PR & Media Relations EMEIA
Dukes Court
Dukes Street
Woking
Surrey GU21 5BH
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0049 30 81062970
Website: www.assaabloy.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/assa-abloy-opening-solutions
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