ACCREDIT & WICKET
ACCESS CONTROL
Accredit Solutions powers secure, efficient, and fully integrated accreditation for major events worldwide. Maintaining full visibility over who is in restricted areas at all times is critical, and the Accredit platform ensures that only authorized individuals are granted access. From registration and badge printing to advanced security measures like vetting and API integration, Accredit Solutions enhances security, reduces risk, and improves operational control. By centralizing accreditation data and integrating with existing security infrastructure, the platform provides real-time visibility, enabling events to operate with greater confidence and control.
Wicket’s facial authentication platform is fully integrated with the Accredit credentialing solution, allowing sports teams and other event organizers to easily manage access to sensitive and restricted areas.
By incorporating Wicket facial authentication into the Accredit registration process, credentialed individuals are able to opt into Wicket and then user their face at any credentialed access point in the venue—such as locker rooms, press boxes, field-level access, and more.
In 2022, Accredit and Wicket launched a small pilot at the home of the Cleveland Browns, enabling increased security for on-field access for players, photographers, and other VIPs.
The following year, the credentialing program expanded with a very successful pilot group of five other NFL Teams, which later expanded to a league-wide implementation in 2024—the largest facial biometric deployment in sports history. From the league-wide rollout, the joint Accredit and Wicket solution has seen over 250,000 credential holders enrolled and over 1,000,000 credentialing decisions as of January 2025.
HOW IT WORKS
STEP 1
A credentialed user follows an invitation link to the Accredit enrollment workflow.
STEP 2
The user enrolls, opts in to using Wicket, and uploads their selfie photo, which is linked to Accredit.
On the day of the event, all users have to do is show their face to a Wicket sensor, and go!
Wicket are fantastic partners to work with, bringing cutting-edge biometric technology that perfectly complements our expertise in sports credentialing and access control. Together, our combined offer delivers a seamless, secure, and frictionless solution that enhances security and builds safer environments for fans. This isn’t just about access-it's about setting a transformative new industry standard for effortless, next-generation game and event day entry and access control, especially benefiting ultra-secure and sensitive areas like the field of play, locker rooms, media centers, and more.
President, USA
"We set up facial authentication on all the doors at our team headquarters in 2020, and our security team loves it. After we set it up at headquarters our head coach came in and saw it, and said he wanted it on the door where the players come in, because players don’t always have their credentials.The players love it, and wanted us to put it out on the parking lot gate as well.
VP of IT
