Mercury Security has officially launched its embedded application environment for open architecture access control hardware, marking its transition from initial concept to full commercial availability.
This move allows technology partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to develop and deploy secure applications directly on Mercury’s MP Intelligent Controllers, utilizing the latest firmware.
Expansion through Embedded Applications
This advancement extends Mercury’s open architecture capabilities by enabling applications to operate directly at the edge. By integrating business logic and connections within the controller, organizations can drive innovation, enhance security, and expand functionality without overhauling existing infrastructure. Introduced a year ago, the embedded application environment broadens the potential of access controllers.
Developer Program Structure
This structure ensures that all applications meet stringent performance and cybersecurity standards
Supported by a detailed developer program, partners undergo a four-step process: proposal submission, technical evaluation collaboration, access to development tools, and a security review before distribution. This structure ensures that all applications meet stringent performance and cybersecurity standards, facilitating quicker market introduction.
The launch signifies a growing network of OEMs and developers utilizing Mercury’s platform. By offering a secure, open environment directly on the controller, Mercury facilitates the creation of innovative capabilities.
Enhancing Value for End Users
This platform enables applications to improve integration, analytics, and orchestration from within the controller. As a result, partners can distinguish their offerings and deliver enhanced value to end-users. "This is a milestone moment," stated Steve Lucas, Vice President of Sales at Mercury Security. "We’ve created an environment where partners and developers can build apps on MP Controllers, supported by a growing list of certified app developers."
Partner Innovations
Mercury is collaborating with new partners to explore innovative possibilities within the app environment:
- Commend Edge Bridge: This app delivers real-time, hardware-level data directly to Commend device displays and audio products, eliminating the need for middleware.
- HiveWatch: Integrating access control hardware with HiveWatch’s cloud security operations platform, this app enhances visibility into physical security events and facilitates efficient incident response.
- KeyShare Connect by PassiveBolt: This app allows the verification of government-issued digital IDs for physical access within a Mercury-powered ecosystem, removing the necessity for separate access credentials.
Commitment to Security and Flexibility
Security and compliance are integral to the embedded application environment. Applications undergo rigorous testing to ensure alignment with enterprise cybersecurity standards. Designed with open standards, these controllers allow partners to integrate efficiently and help end users stay adaptable as regulations and integration needs evolve.
The embedded application environment will be showcased at ISC West, Booth 8053, demonstrating the operation of applications directly on Mercury controllers and the structured innovations supported by the developer program. This commercial availability underscores Mercury’s commitment to delivering a secure, open platform for modern access control solutions.
Mercury Security, a pioneer in open architecture access control hardware, announces the commercial launch of its embedded application environment.
With developer onboarding active and partner applications in progress, the platform moves from concept to execution, enabling technology partners and OEMs to build and deploy secure applications directly on Mercury MP Intelligent Controllers equipped with the latest Mercury firmware.
Embedded application environment
Mercury introduced its embedded application environment one year ago to expand what access controllers can do. Today’s announcement marks the platform’s transition from preview to commercial launch.
The platform extends Mercury’s open architecture by allowing approved applications to run directly at the edge. By embedding business logic and integrations on the controller itself, organizations can accelerate innovation, strengthen security and scale functionality without reengineering their core infrastructure.
Structured developer program
Supported by a structured developer program, technology partners follow a four-step onboarding process that includes submitting proposals, collaborating with Mercury on technical evaluation, accessing development tools and completing a security review prior to distribution. This framework ensures applications meet performance and cybersecurity expectations while helping partners bring solutions to market faster.
The launch highlights the growing community of OEMs and developers building on Mercury’s platform. By providing a secure, open environment at the controller, Mercury empowers partners to create new capabilities that operate directly at the edge.
Delivering additional value
Innovation is no longer confined to upstream systems. Applications can now enhance integration, analytics and orchestration within the controller itself. This ecosystem approach allows partners to differentiate their offerings, while delivering additional value for end users.
“This is a milestone moment,” said Steve Lucas, Vice President of Sales at Mercury Security. “We’ve laid the groundwork with a secure, open controller platform and validated distribution through OEM channels. We’ve created an environment where partners and developers can build apps on MP Controllers. Now, we have the program and tools to support a growing list of certified app developers.”
Partner application highlights
Mercury is working with three new partners to demonstrate the range of innovation possible within the app environment:
- Commend Edge Bridge: The Commend Edge Bridge app will deliver real-time, hardware-level data directly and securely to Commend device displays and audio products, without requiring any middleware.
- HiveWatch: The HiveWatch app on Mercury controllers will securely connect access control hardware to HiveWatch’s cloud security operations platform. Security teams will gain centralized visibility into physical security events, with the ability to isolate device health events at the panel level, enabling faster diagnostics, proactive maintenance, and more efficient incident response.
- KeyShare Connect by PassiveBolt: The KeyShare Connect app will enable government-issued digital IDs — such as mobile driver’s licenses — to be verified for physical access within a Mercury-powered environment, running natively on the Mercury controller at the edge. Together, PassiveBolt and Mercury will help eliminate the need to issue, manage, or pay for separate access credentials.
These partner applications will join the Mercury KS210 device app, which enables OEMs to integrate up to 32 KS210 OSDP server cabinet locks per controller.
Embedded application environment
Security and governance are foundational to the embedded application environment. Applications undergo structured testing to ensure performance integrity and alignment with enterprise cybersecurity expectations.
Controllers designed on open standards allow partners to integrate more efficiently while giving end users flexibility to adapt over time. As regulatory requirements evolve and integration needs expand, the Mercury app environment supports phased modernisation rather than wholesale replacement.
Attendees can experience the embedded application environment in action at ISC West, Booth 8053. Demonstrations will showcase how applications run directly on Mercury controllers and how the developer program supports structured innovation across the ecosystem. With the app environment now commercially available, Mercury reinforces its commitment to providing the secure, open foundation that powers modern access control and enables what’s next.
