Safetrust is showcasing its Aliro card and mobile credentials together at the 2026 Global Security Exchange (GSX) in Atlanta, Georgia from September 14 to 16. The company is demonstrating live Access Control Emulation (ACE), the Neural Adapter, and Badgeless Access utilising facial recognition technology at booth 3545 located at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Visitors can also attend a presentation by Jason Hart, Safetrust's CTO and Co-Founder, on how the Aliro standard eliminates vendor lock-in. This session, titled "One Credential, Any Reader: How the Aliro Standard Ends Vendor Lock-In," will take place on Tuesday, September 15, from 2:45 to 3:45 PM ET in Room B308/B309.
Understanding Aliro
Aliro, developed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance, achieved its 1.0 specification and certification earlier this year. It is designed to provide a non-proprietary foundation for credentials, locks, and access systems, compatible with ecosystems from Safetrust, Apple®, Google®, and Samsung®. This cross-ecosystem interoperability allows for the utilisation of credentials across different suppliers and readers without compatibility issues.
Last week, Safetrust launched the Aliro 1.0 Migration Card, a badge facilitating the transition from proprietary systems to Aliro without the need for new hardware installations. This solution allows organisations to issue and manage digital certificates in-house, offering compatibility across a range of Aliro-compatible readers.
Real-time solutions at GSX
At the GSX event, Safetrust is exhibiting how Aliro physical badges and mobile credentials, provisioned through an organisation's own certificates, function across multiple vendors. The company's Neural Sensors and Neural Adapter devices demonstrate Aliro's capability to extend to both modern and legacy systems without requiring extensive hardware changes.
The Aliro standard offers several advantages to different sectors:
- Security and identity teams gain a system that replaces traditional credential systems with certificate-based mutual authentication, akin to methods already standard in enterprise IT.
- IT and procurement sectors benefit from the significant cost savings associated with using commodity credentials from multiple vendors, eliminating single-vendor dependence.
- For multi-tenant structures and campus operators, tenant-managed credentials reduce the need for frequent re-badging while maintaining control over common infrastructure.
- Aliro’s protocol layer design ensures it is prepared for future cryptographic requirements, including post-quantum readiness, in alignment with FIPS 203 and FIPS 204.
"Aliro changed the conversation from 'what if' to 'what now'," according to Jason Hart, CTO and Co-founder of Safetrust. "We’re showing an open, certificate-based standard in production: one credential across card and mobile, working across vendors, with no proprietary lock-in."
Exhibits at booth 3545
The exhibition at booth 3545 allows attendees to explore:
- Aliro Card and Mobile: Witness the Aliro Migration Card and mobile wallet credentials in action, using digital certificates provisioned across multiple vendor platforms.
- Access Control Emulation (ACE): This technology virtualises iSTAR® and Mercury™ controllers on Neural devices, capable of enrolment over IP while eliminating the need for physical panels and power supplies.
- Neural Adapter: By adding Aliro, MIFARE DESFire, and mobile wallet capability to existing OSDP readers, this device enhances systems without necessitating door rewiring or hardware replacement, supporting features like tamper detection and remote updates.
- Badgeless Access: This feature uses facial authentication with advanced liveness detection through the Neural Sensor's integrated technologies, such as camera and LiDAR systems.
A single Neural device can handle tasks as an Aliro-ready reader, an emulated controller, and an AI vision sensor, all managed through the Safetrust Cloud platform. "Running credentials, controller emulation, and vision as edge applications on one device lets organisations manage physical access under the same IT governance as the rest of their network," stated Daniel Bailin, VP of Product Management, Safetrust.
