U.S.-based SCM Microsystems, producers of smart card reader technology for network and physical access systems, says its Singapore manufacturing facility is one of the first in that country to receive BS 7799 certification, a best practices designation for information security management. Digital TV and PC security customers benefit from award of International BS 7799 Standard […]

The latest version of the LockLink software from IR Security & Safety is designed to enable campuses to manage their online access control systems and offline, dormitory-style locks from the same application. It manages multiple credentials such as biometrics, HID prox cards, and mag stripe cards. LockLink 7.0 Seamlessly Manages Online and Offline Access Control […]

Increased smart card adoption rates could hinge on how well smart cards are able to integrate with emerging logical and physical access control technologies–like USB tokens and prox cards–according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. Integration of Smart Cards with Upcoming Technologies Essential to Boost Adoption Rates PALO ALTO, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE)–The uptake […]

Fargo’s new HDP600 printer is one of the models selected by the U.S. Department of Defense for personalizing the Common Access Card. The HDP600 offers the versatility to encode nearly all commonly used ID technologies, including mag stripe, ISO 7816 contact chips, Mifare and iCLASS contactless chips, and HID proximity cards. Fargo Electronics Launches HDP600 […]

At its facility in Quantico, Virginia, the U.S. Marine Corps is conducting a biometric test that could be a precursor to the use of biometrics on the Department of Defense’s Common Access Card. Bioscrypt’s V-Smart iClass access control reader will be used to tighten access in high-secure areas and to examine the benefits of implementing […]

Arizona State University was looking for a “state-of-the-art” door access control system. Saddled with existing proximity and magnetic stripe cards, the university knew neither could handle more sophisticated security features such as biometrics. That was one of the reasons that led this large university to go with a contactless smart card produced by Irvine, California-based […]

On-Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) announced today that the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has extended the use of its BART OTI smart card for its employee security access control applications at BART offices and stations. With over 300,000 daily riders and 43 stations, BART provides Bay Area residents with a low cost, […]

Combine a watch from Casio, a contactless chip from Sony, and a suite of applications from JCB … and you get a payment and security token far cooler than your typical employee ID badge. Credit card giant JCB is testing the new wristwatch with a group of employees in Japan with plans to roll the […]

At Indiana’s Fort Wayne International Airport will use fingerprint biometric readers from Bioscrypt to secure access to key facilities. Fort Wayne is the latest in a series of airports in the U.S. and abroad looking to biometric technologies–either combined with a card technology or standalone–to increase security levels and monitor access. Bioscrypt’s Finger Scan Technology […]

Frost & Sullivan recently recognized Recognition Systems, Inc. with awards in two independent studies. Recognition Systems was named recipient of the 2004 Application Market Penetration Leadership Award for access control and time and attendance applications in Frost & Sullivan’s study, World Biometrics Market, and received the 2004 Technology Leadership Award in Frost & Sullivan’s Technical […]