National Basketball League: NBA Case Study
As one of the most esteemed sports leagues in the country, it was Ardian Group's pleasure to collaborate in bringing them into the modern age of access control. With games across the globe and thousands of employees always on the move, developing a system that could move with them was key. Through our years-long collaboration, we were able to not just meet expectations but exceed them.
This was more vital than ever when all systems were put to the test during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was in those trying times when Ardian Group and the NBA were able to collaborate on the creation of a safe, reliable system to ensure contact safety called "The Bubble".
About Ardian Group: For over 25 years, Ardian has delivered safe and connected experiences for national and international clients in sports, entertainment, and government entities. Ardian deploys projects with a commitment to privacy, inclusion, and collaboration for our partnerships. Our team is empowered by our intelligent technology solutions: PVITL, our proprietary data management and organization software platform, and our RFID-enhanced "smart credentials".
NBA Events: In 2012 the NBA, along with other professional sports, entertainment, hospitality, and leisure organizations began to re-evaluate their on-sire and digital security procedures and protocols. The elevated importance of security, identity verification and data protection made the partnership between Ardian and the NBA a natural one. For nearly a decade, our solutions have been, and continue to be deployed across the Association and its affiliate organization' high visibility events as well as at individual team facilities. Most recently, Ardian traveled to Orlando, FL to help ensure the 2020 season could continue inside "The Bubble".
The Scope: The NBA and teams across the league need a secure way to collect & maintain media, staff, and vendor registration data on a centralized platform. Since much of the relevant data transfers from event to event and year to year, the Association hoped to identify a solution that was easy to configure, access and update, without having to re-submit the recurrent data from season to season, game to game or event to event. Ardian solutions did just that — allowing the NBA to focus its energies on expanding onsite security and providing a safer player and fan experience with total confidence that their data is current, complete and secure. Over the years NBA and Ardian have transformed league-wide registration, credentialing and sensitive data handling practices. Ardian has been proud to provide the NBA with the expertise, on-site support, and technology needed to keep players on the court, fans in the stands and facilities operational.
The Solution:
Setup & Segmentation
User-centric interface powers the easy segmentation of media, team staff, and vendor groups, along with complete control over how data is organized.
Sensitive Data Handling
Versatile data handling, storage capacity, and over 1000 security and privacy controls enabled the NBA to scale identity data management on demand.
Communication & Collaboration
In-platform social networking, messaging & report sharing provides NBA and team staff with a rapid & secure way to collaborate around sensitive, league-wide data.
Credentialing & Ticketing
Custom credentialing and our identity data handling solution provided a rapid and compliant process for team personnel, media, and outside vendor identity verification.