SANTA ANA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 15, 2003–Hirsch Electronics announces a new line of high security access control devices using smart ID cards. ScrambleSmart(TM) integrates a hidden contactless reader into Hirsch’s ScramblePad(R), while BioSmart(TM) integrates the smart card reader into the industry’s most popular biometric device, a fingerprint reader. “We partnered with our supplier to develop a […]

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – Sentry Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVY) announced today, the upgrade of SmartTrack Mobile introduced this week at the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) conference in New Orleans. SmartTrack Mobile allows the user to view and control video images from SmartTrack, Sentry’s traveling CCTV system using a mobile […]

If you utilize an ID card for access control, there is a good chance that you have heard the term Wiegand (pronounced wee-gand). Typically, it is used in the context of “Wiegand output,” “Wiegand standard,” “Wiegand encoding,” or “Wiegand numbering scheme.” And more than likely, it has made the people at your organization responsible for […]

Nearly everyone anticipated proximity card technology would be utilized when Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA began evaluating a new access control system for the 3700 student campus. A new academic center was under construction and campus officials wanted this building, as well as the five freshman dormitories, to be secured via a card-based access system. […]

If one based his impression simply on the ease with which the term security is used in conversation at trade shows and in meetings, it would be logical to assume that most people understand the basic concepts of access control technology. However, that is not the case. In this rapidly changing arena, it is easy […]

ASIS International is an industry leading organization for professionals in the security industry. With more than 33,000 members around the world, ASIS helps define and shape the security policies and practices of the modern enterprise. In mid-September, the ASIS 49th Annual Seminar and Exhibits was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 135 educational sessions […]

On campuses across the country, metal keys are disappearing in favor of plastic cards. As witnessed by the hotel industry in the preceding two decades, these offline electronic locks are revolutionizing door access in college dormitories. And the growing flexibility of these systems is taking them beyond the dorms and into a variety of multi-access […]