Sun Microsystems, a software and technology developer responsible for developing the Java programming language, has integrated their Java System Access Manager with Biometric Services Platform from Aware, a biometric systems vendor. The new product has Sun’s identity security and management combined with fingerprint, face, and iris reading technology from Aware. The new product is aimed […]

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has announced that they will be hosting a symposium to target issues such as credentialing and access control as they relate to aviation security, according to an Aviation News article. In addition to workshops set out to review current credentialing programs in place at airports, the symposium will […]

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, has released a new student identification card that includes ATM and debit functionality, but not credit. The new RamCard Plus is linked to a First National Bank free checking account and Visa debit account that enables students to make purchases anywhere Visa is accepted. Some 600 cards were issued to […]

Dates: September 15-18, 2008 Venue: TBA Location: Atlanta, Georgia URL: www.asisonline.org/asis2008 Description: Take part in the most prestigious, comprehensive education and networking event in the security industry and the largest show in the world dedicated to security, attracting more than 23,000 professionals. Submissions may cover the gamut of current and emerging industry and management issues, […]

Privaris, a developer of biometric identity verification technologies, has announced the release of a new version of their plusID system, plusID Manager Version 2.0; an identification verification token for both physical and network access control. The aim of the new system is to ease the trouble large companies have rolling out their token system to […]

The International Biometric Group has announced that it will begin testing for a new qualified product list for access control for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. Products that make it through IBG’s testing and are included on the list will then have the opportunity to potentially be implemented at any of a number of airports […]

Datastrip Inc. and Codebench Inc. are helping seaports save money while tightening security. The two companies are offering ports a way to tie ports existing physical access control systems to new Transportation Worker Identification Credentials. The system already has been deployed at a port in the southeastern U.S., the companies report. After obtaining a TWIC, […]

By Chris Corum, Executive Editor Most physical access control systems protect a building’s main entrances but neglect interior doors. Cambridge, Mass.-based CoreStreet Ltd. is looking to change that with a different twist on physical access control. “95% of doors don’t have electronic access control,” says Chris Broderick, CEO of CoreStreet. “Systems typically secure public areas […]

LEGIC Identsystems Ltd. has partnered with RF IDeas Inc. to develop and manufacture cost efficient USB, RS-232, and Ethernet readers for a variety of off-the-door applications for LEGIC customers. RF IDeas manufactures proximity and contactless card readers that can expand functionality of building access cards to hundreds of applications. The applications include employee identification, computer […]

UK-based Salisbury District Hospital has selected electronic access control technology from SALTO Systems to upgrade their security requirements. The hospital awarded the contract to Vidsec Ltd., a SALTO Independent Service Centre. Salisbury District Hospital has in place a system of codes and key control and replaced it with a modern electronic access system that could […]