HID Global announced that its network access control solutions and contactless readers have been selected by Shenyang Transformer Group Co. Ltd. in China to enable access level settings and area control to prevent unauthorized entry. The access control solution is interoperable with the plant’s existing credentials and integrates with a range of hardware and management […]

RFID Hotel, a supplier of RFID keycards and credentials, announced it opened a new sales and order fulfillment center in Nashville, Tenn. This location complements RFID Hotel’s global headquarters in Orlando and its centralized location will enable more than 70% of the country to be accessible via two-day ground shipping. Working with both independent properties […]

Unilever announced that it has chosen Nedap to provide a physical access control solution. Nedap’s AEOS security solution was a major reason for the Unilever’s selection. The company requires flexibility and scalability as Unilever has mroe than 800 sites spanning the globe. AEOS will allow Unilever to create management reports for all disparate locations from […]

Fiatech conducted an international case study using RFID technology to monitor and control large workforces at Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), based in Athens, Greece. The report, entitled “RFID for Access Control in Construction Sites,” looks at new technologies that may provide more rapid, accurate and reliable personnel counts at the gate with an enhanced security […]

Inventive uses for NFC technology are starting to come out of the woodwork, and Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) has provided an interesting take on the house key. A GizMag report reveals that SIT’s ShareKey app uses NFC to enable physical access to your front door. Similar apps have been developed in the […]

HID Global announced it acquired Codebench, a provider of physical security identity management focusing on the government sector. The acquisition brings together two offerings in validation software and solutions for government credentials and will enable HID Global to offer solutions that ease deployment for its federal agency and contractor customers. The Codebench offering joins HID […]

The mandate to achieve FIPS 201 compliance means that many government departments and agencies must upgrade their access control systems. In 2012, the U.S. Army Reserve Control (USARC) achieved their upgrade with the help of Monitor Dynamics’ FICAM Platform. Before the upgrade, the Army Reserve relied on proximity and magnetic stripe technologies. This is what […]

By Debra Spitler, Vice President, Mobile Access Solutions, HID Global The Bring Your Own Device movement coupled with near field communication-enabled smart phones are on a course to change enterprise identity management. The latest pilots of mobile access control reinforce the need to support both of these trends with an infrastructure that delivers security and […]

Holder Construction and WS Bellow Construction, two construction companies based in Texas, have installed an RFID system to monitor some of their most valuable assets – their workers, according to Constructech. The system, created by ADR Software LLC, uses RFID tags affixed to hard hats and ID badges to keep tabs on workers as they […]

AVISIAN Publishing is pleased to announce the release of the interactive version of the winter 2012 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 […]