HID Global was selected by Switzerland-based technology company Performance Buildings to create an intelligent facility management system for on-demand access to shared and temporary offices. Using HID Global’s EdgeReader ERP40 networked access control solution and its iCLASS SE platform readers, this new solution enables end users to access rented office spaces with legacy technology, existing […]

A partnership between hospitality vendors OpenWays and FCS Computer Systems has produced a self-service mobile app that contains OpenWays’ embedded mobile key. The FCS i-Guest app is a self-service mobile application for hotel guests and the inclusion of OpenWays’ Mobile Key is expected to make the guest arrival process more convenient. The combination of FCS […]

HSPD-12 was first signed more than eight years ago and since then some 5 million credentials have been issued to federal employees and contractors. Few would argue that the credentials are prevalent, but many bemoan the level of utilization. Two years ago, the White House Office of Management and Budget – the agency tasked with policing […]

Virginia-based Electrosoft Services, in partnership with Quantum Secure, has been chosen to provide an Enterprise Physical Access Control System to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Quantum has deployed four of its employees to assist with the project on a part-time basis, while main contractor Electrosoft and its primary partner Deloitte are providing the majority of […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the spring 2013 issue of Regarding ID. The interactive feature enables a miniature mode that you can thumb through as well as a full screen mode that allows you to read the magazine as if it were on the desk in front […]

Quantum Secure introduced “SAFE for CIV,” a software solution that aims to close the physical identity management gap between PIV and non-PIV badge holders for government agencies, creating one system to manage all identities while maintaining the security standards of PIV credentials. Quantum Secure’s SAFE for CIV software solution enables users to manage the entire […]

The Smart Card Alliance’s Access Control Council will stay the course, as the use of standards-based, secure identity credentials for both physical and logical access as well as government ID will remain the focal point of its activities in 2013. The Access Control Council made strides in 2012, advancing the use of standards-based secure identity […]

HID Global has expanded its pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio focused on the federal identity market with the addition of the PIVCheck Plus software solution from Codebench, an HID Global company. The pivCLASS solution provides PIV and PKI functionality at the door for government agencies and contractors enabling them to comply with federal identity mandates. The […]

The U.S Department of Homeland Security is developing a standards-based application that will be able to validate first responders arriving to a scene using smart phones. Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has been working on a smart phone app so that officials can verify and track first responders arriving at a scene as well […]

SALTO Systems has launched a brand new version of its SALTO GEO (Global Electronic Opening) electronic cylinder specially developed in response to demand for computing, data storage and IT companies. The new electronic cylinder lock provides a wire-free fully stand alone electronic access control solution to secure access to server racks in increasingly important and […]