The UAE is quickly emerging as the world’s leading innovator in the field of smart cities powered by technology sustainable development, environmental sustainability as well as digital change. Starting with Dubai’s Smart City initiatives to Abu Dhabi’s modern urban planning the combination with Internet of Things (IoT) technology is changing the way city’s function. The core of this change is smart safety and management of the workforce which is being powered by advanced access control system solutions. Combining IoT and advanced access technologies,