Patrick Rodwell, Product Marketing Manager, Identity Solutions, Lenel Systems International Inc. (A UTC Fire & Security Company) As the Smart Card industry continues to consolidate, and falling aggregate costs of raw materials continue to support the decline in chip and card prices, the physical access and asset management industries are beginning to consider the smart […]

Fidelica Microsystems has made available its FSC-3012 Biometrically Authenticated Smart Card. Fidelica’s smart card provides fingerprint imaging, enrollment and authentication contained entirely within an ISO 7810/16-format smart card. It offers a cost-effective and easy-to-use means for security professionals to add biometric authentication to an access control or IT system by upgrading cards. Features of the […]

Lester LaPierre, Marketing Business Development Manager, Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies, Schlage electronic security Wireless access solutions are now protecting tens of thousands of doorways, from government agencies to university residence halls, and their use will continue to expand. Open architecture designs means wireless solutions seamlessly integrate with existing access control system and provide limitless choices […]

Kieran Timmins, President and CEO, SmartCentric Technologies International In 2007, smart card use and acceptance in the U.S. was on the rise. Using contactless smart card technology for payments and physical and logical access became a solution that many campus institutions, both academic and corporate, embraced. With the continued demand and deployment of multi-application smart […]

Privaris’ plusID™ personal biometric token has been awarded the New Product of the Year by Access Control and Security Systems. The award honors excellence in new product development in the security industry and showcases the most innovative product of the current year. Privaris’ plusID products are personal identity verification tokens that provide secure access to […]

Imprivata released its OneSign, version 4.0 platform of identity-centric access and authentication services across system and geographic boundaries. With OneSign, organizations of all sizes can achieve complete centralized management and reporting of user identities across all of their physical, network and application access points. OneSign’s integrated authentication management, single sign-on and physical/logical convergence functionalities can […]

NASA will continue its ten-year relationship with Entrust increasing its utilization of the company’s PKI solutions. Via the One NASA initiative, each of the agencies facilities are standardizing on the Entrust Shared Service Provider offering through the Department of Treasury. The certificates empower NASA’s FIPS 201 PIV cards to secure e-mail, digitally sign agency forms […]