Datakey, Inc., (DKEY.OB; www.datakey.com), a leading developer of information security software products that simplify and secure authentication to corporate information systems, and Indala Corporation, (www.indala.com), the leading manufacturer of multi-technology cards and readers for physical and network access control, have formed an alliance to combine user access technologies onto one smart card. Datakey will offer […]

Offers Indala Customers Unparalleled Flexibility for New and Legacy Upgrade Applications Indala Corporation announced today its highly-flexible EM SERIES of proximity card readers, which are available with two popular, industry-standard communications protocols for three separate options–26 or 40-bit Wiegand and ABA T2–in the same reader design. For the first time, due to its open-protocol platform, […]

Facilitating a “desktop to doorway” solution, HID and Datakey have announced a partnership whereby the two have signed a bilateral reseller agreement and have established an inventory of integrated contactless and contact chip Smart ID Badges. The inventory was established to facilitate fast turnaround of orders up to 1,000 cards, targeting pilot programs for large […]

TSA Announces 8 Airports Participating in an Access Control Pilot Program “Rear Adm. David Stone, Acting Administrator for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), today announced that eight airports have been selected to participate in TSA’s Access Control Pilot Program which will test Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, Anti-Piggybacking technology, advanced video surveillance technology and various […]

CardTech/SecurTech, Washington, D.C. and FREMONT, CA, April 26, 2004 – SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today introduced the Physical Access Control Terminal (PACT), the company’s first products for the physical access market. The announcement came at the 14th annual CardTech/SecurTech exhibition, taking […]

HID Corp. is making it easier for campuses that want to move from magnetic stripe to proximity cards for security and access control. Thanks to the company’s purchase last year of reader manufacturer Dorado Products and further development of the combined mag stripe and proximity readers, HID can now provide colleges with a new option […]

Reader Infrastructure Investments Today Not Obsolete with Future Standards DALLAS, TX (April 21, 2004) – With the development of radio frequency identification (RFID) 13.56 MHz standards, end users for smart label, payment, transit, access control, logical access and other proximity communication applications expect that their RFID infrastructure be fully interoperable, allowing them to use tags […]

A major technology deployment at Canadian Airports is to offer physical access control and biometric authentication for personnel entering restricted areas, according to HID Corporation, which is to supply the system’s contactless access control cards and readers. HID’s combination Prox and iCLASS 13.56 MHz contactless smart cards will be deployed at major airports in Canada […]

The Practical Nomad blog: Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Edward Hasbrouck voices his concerns on the next round of trials of the Transport Worker Identification Credential. “The general idea behind the TWIC is that all transportation workers throughout the USA, including workers at air and sea ports and public transit facilities, highway and pipeline workers, […]

IRVINE , Calif. , March 31, 2004 – HID, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, today announced the expansion of its original equipment manufacturer (OEM) product family with the OEM50 module, a low-power, 13.56 MHz contactless smart card read/write module designed for embedding into small-format products to […]