New Mercury research finds a growing cybersecurity gap in physical access control infrastructure

Mercury Security , a global leader in open architecture access control hardware and an HID brand, recently released its 2026 Trends in Access Controllers Report, revealing how changing cybersecurity requirements, interoperability needs, cloud adoption and emerging technologies are putting greater emphasis on the role controllers play in long-term physical access control strategy. Based on a global survey of 561 physical security and cybersecurity professionals, including respondents from the Mid