A collaboration between Higher One and HID Global has led to development of a campus card that includes both proximity access control and a debit MasterCard. Unveiled at NACCU, the new card can monitor access to dorm rooms and campus buildings while also being used to buy books, meals, clothing and more both on- and […]

Want to learn more about smart cards…way more? The Smart Card Alliance has unveiled a six-hour, nine module $99 course that covers security, contactless cards, biometrics, card issuance, access control, financial applications, and more. PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ – Smart cards are becoming commonplace around the world, used in financial, healthcare, identity, security, transportation and telecommunications […]

In 2004, a significant challenge faced the physical security industry. An important government directive was signed by President George W. Bush requiring all government agencies to comply with a strict identification standard. That mandate, HSPD-12, required the use of smart card technologies that were still under development. As significant as the challenge was for hardware […]

Support for the iCLASS® contactless technology from HID is expected to be available (Q2 2007) in the SmartCity® smart card offering from SmartCentric Technologies. According to SmartCentric, this will include cashless purchases at POS, vending machines, laundry, printers, and dining as well as both logical access and physical access. The SmartCity platform is used by […]

RFID access control system manufacturer epcSolutions today announced new additions to its “Any Asset, One Network™” application – suiteFixedAssetManager. The latest features include the capability for maintaining fixed asset inventories, integrated barcode asset tag printing/encoding, generating reports and has easy to use wizard based software. FixedAssetManager is “easily integrated with existing asset management systems such […]

A California electronic security systems integrator and remote surveillance monitoring company will be implementing an access control and surveillance monitoring system with smart card technology from Cubic. IRVINE, CA –Remote Surveillance Technologies, Inc., which recently began trading in the public marketplace, announced it has been chosen to install and implement an internal access control system […]

Diebold has achieved HSPD-12 certification from the GSA, enabling the company to deliver FIPS-201 compliant Homeland Security solutions to federal agencies. Specifically, the certification will allow Diebold to help agencies deploy and apply their ID credentials to both physical and logical access control systems. NORTH CANTON, Ohio– Diebold, Incorporated, one of the nation’s largest security […]

An increase in security threats coupled with government mandates “…makes the case for smart card based access control solutions more compelling than ever,” according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The market for regulating physical and logical access by smart cards could top $158.5 million in the next five years, the report predicts. […]

Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Stephen Neff, Vice President Sales and Business Development LEGIC Identsystems Ltd The Cartes show held recently in Paris confirmed my feeling that the year 2007 will be a great one for the whole contactless smart card industry. The almost overwhelming number […]

Part of the AVISIAN Publishing Expert Panel series to be published throughout December 2006 Dave Ella, VP of Products, AMAG Technology The world of security is always changing. Below are five trends we’ve noticed that are moving at a rapid speed. Trend #1: Large organizations are maintaining all of their identity information in a single […]