Diebold Inc. announced GateMaster, a security system designed for points of entry to military bases and other government campuses. GateMaster provides tools that assist in the positive identification of entering personnel and visitors, verification of vehicles and detection of unauthorized entry attempts. GateMaster is an automated gate entry solution that integrates RFID, access control, bar […]

Smarter Security Systems (SSS), a provider of physical access control and other security systems, has announced the availability of their new biometric reader. The reader, called FastScan Vascular Reader (VR), touts the same high accuracy as other vascular authentication devices available, but also operates at a rate of .4 seconds per authentication. The FastScan VR […]

Diebold Inc. announced the delivery of a security system for the Lincoln Hall building on the campus of the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington. A challenge with the access control system was how existing and next-generation Common Access Card credential would impact the new system. Diebold future-proofed the blueprint for the access system to […]

Angelo Faenza, general manager of Persona, part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, gave an in-depth presentation of its university locking systems during an interview posted at SecurityStockwatch.com. While explaining the benefits of its programmable key cards that enable access to buildings, Faenza also discusses the company’s success story at Quinnipiac University, a 32 building and […]

Gemalto and Open Communications Security S/A, a Brazilian company specialized in information security, have entered into a partnership to collaborate on sales, consulting, implementation and support of Gemalto´s Protiva authentication solutions in Brazil and other countries in the Mercosur, a regional trade orgainzation including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The two companies will target telecom […]

CoreStreet announced that its CoreStreet PIVMAN Solution will be used during FEMA’s “Spring Ahead” demonstration, taking place the week of May 18. The purpose of the demonstration is to showcase FIPS 201 interoperability, with credentials issued from multiple jurisdictions utilizing the same technology as recommended in the draft National Incident Management System Credentialing Guideline. Coordinated […]

By Salvatore D’Agostino, IDmachines IDmachines has focused from day one on the opportunity created by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and the requirements in the access control market place that would emerge as a result of Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201). It hasn’t always been the most popular position, given the extent […]