Howard A. Schmidt accepted the chairman of the board position with Secure Network Systems (SNS). He is a former White House, eBay, and Microsoft executive with a heritage that also spans law enforcement. Mr. Schmidt possesses a perspective on real-world convergence solutions that has yielded measurable, cost-effective security improvement across multiple sectors. “I am proud […]

St. Joseph Health System announced that it will deploy more than 1,500 energy efficient Wyse thin clients to automate and streamline patient care procedures throughout its hospitals and clinics. The Wyse thin clients will dramatically reduce energy costs and provide doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals with real-time access to vital patient information resulting in […]

AuthenTec’s biometric fingerprint sensors have been selected by Privaris for its plusID™ line of personal hand-held biometric security products. Privaris plans to certify interoperability between its plusID family of personal, handheld biometric identity verification tokens and RSA SecurID two-factor authentication technology from RSA. The RSA SecurID one-time password (OTP) algorithm will be embedded within plusID […]

HID Global recently launched a new version of the company’s RP40 multiCLASS™ reader. In continued support of the multiCLASS reader line, the RP40 now supports Indala 125 kHz proximity and AWID, in addition to HID proximity. The reader now provides additional support for users upgrading from proximity cards to contactless smart cards. With multiCLASS, the […]

AuthenTec’s biometric fingerprint sensors have been selected by Privaris for its plusID™ line of personal hand-held biometric security products. Privaris plans to certify interoperability between its plusID family of personal, handheld biometric identity verification tokens and RSA SecurID two-factor authentication technology from RSA. The RSA SecurID one-time password (OTP) algorithm will be embedded within plusID […]

FreedomPay’s contactless payment system is now fully capable of reading and writing to HID’s iCLASS 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology. The combination of FreedomPay’s cashless network with HID’s iCLASS technology makes it possible to use the cards for payments within corporate and higher education campuses. FreedomPay® Announces Full Integration with HID’s iCLASS® Contactless Smart […]

The MorphoAccess™ 500 Series of indoor and outdoor biometric access control terminals is now available from Sagem Morpho. The MA500 Series terminals have dual-core ARM9 microprocessors with multi-thread processing capability and have an internal database storage capacity of up to 50,000 records. The terminals also have a large area optical fingerprint sensor that is FBI […]