SALTO Systems access control installations have won awards in the 2008 Building of the Year contest for the projects in Bulgaria at the Hotel Metropolitan-Sofia and the Park Hotel Pirin-Sandanski. The Hotel Metropolitan-Sofia won the category for the best Business Hotel and the Park Hotel Pirin-Sandanski won the category for the best Holiday Hotel. The […]

In an effort to simplify and better secure their health information systems, Brunswick, Maine-based Parkview Adventist Medical Center has implemented a new biometric solution, according to an Advance Web article. The system is an product from medical technology developers Medtech and biometric developer Imprivata. It includes single sign-on via fingerprint authentication that enables password management […]

VASCO Data Security International Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products, launched the DIGIPASS 855, a smart card reader offering multiple authentication functions. The DIGIPASS 855 is an upgraded version of DIGIPASS 850. DIGIPASS 855 can be used for PKI-based authentication, digital signature, and access to corporate networks. It offers strong authentication for […]

Adirondack Solutions Inc., a Bridgewater, N.J. software provider for colleges, is offering a dedicated button on its software configuration panel for PERSONA-powered locksets making it easier to integrate the card reader locking system into a campus run by Adirondack’s housing management software. The PERSONA and Adirondack software are interfaced together, eliminating the need for the […]

The initial phase of the Israeli smart card system that will identify commercial and general aviation aircraft flying into the country will launch in April, according to a Flightglobal.com news report. At first all general aviation pilots approaching Israeli airspace will have to identify themselves using the system and the program will be rolled out […]

The United States Coast Guard has chosen Datastrip, a developer of mobile biometric tools, to supply them with as many as 300 handheld authentication devices as part of a $300 million contract to get the Coast Guard compliant with the Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program, according to a TMC Net article. […]

Washington-based campus card provider Blackboard Inc. says some 14 colleges, universities and K-12 institutions, have selected the Blackboard campus commerce and security management platform. These institutions have joined hundreds of others which have signed up for campus ID card technology, on- and off-campus payment solutions, facility access control and other security solutions. Some of the […]