HID Global announced availability of its next generation EDGE EVO and VertX EVO controller platform and associated Developer Tool Kit for advanced and highly customizable networked access control solutions. EDGE EVO and VertX EVO offer an open and scalable platform that support a wide range of access control functionality, including remote management options, real-time monitoring, […]

Kaba Saflok and Loews Hotels & Resorts have inked an exclusive three-year preferred vendor agreement. Kaba will provide Saflok Quantum locking systems to Loews Hotels’ properties for both existing and new-build implementation. Saflok Quantum locking systems feature a two-piece modular design that comes with either insertion card or RFID reader option. The state-of-the-art system will […]

Ericsson has launched an NFC access control pilot at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT ICT) Labs campus in Kista Science City, Sweden. Starting this month, EIT ICT Labs staff, researchers and students will be able to access the Electrum facilities using just an NFC-enabled phone or smart card. Participants will have access […]

Following the successful completion of an NFC pilot at Villanova University, The CBORD Group and Ingersoll Rand are wrapping up a second test, this one at the University of San Francisco. Like the Villanova pilot, the first phase of the USF project involved door access. Additionally, it included payments at laundry terminals. Both access and […]

The Transportation Security Administration wants its inspectors to be able to spot fraudulent IDs or boarding passes without using a magnifying glass. To that end, the TSA has initiated a pilot program to test technologies supplied by three companies. The end goal is for inspectors to spot fake documents via electronic scanning. The first pilot […]

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will implement a pilot program to test MorphoTrust USA’s ID scanners as an means to provide a smoother airline passenger security screening process. The new system is called Credential Authentication Technology / Boarding Pass Scanning System (CAT/BPSS) and will automatically verify multiple security features on an ID document. The […]

Poland’s Poznan Lawica Airport has awarded an access control and intrusion detection contract to Nedap to cover security in its terminals. Nedap’s Security Management System AEOS will be implemented in the airport’s existing terminal and also in its new terminal, the fire department and the cargo terminal. Nedap’s Polish partner Atrem S.A. will install 120 […]

The National Association of Campus Card Users awarded Arizona State University its Innovative Technology Award in recognition of the school’s work piloting an NFC-enabled smart phone to control door access. To conduct the test, which was completed last summer, a group of ASU staff and students were given NFC smart phones containing HID Global’s Secure […]

The May meeting of the influential Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board (IAB) was recently held in Washington D.C. FIPS201.com was on hand to cover the event and has provided, as a service to the IAB and the smart card community, an audio recording of the presentations. Click on the link below to access a […]

Jacksonville International and Tallahassee Regional airports have opened expedited security lines with services from Flex Pass. The service is different from other screening programs in that there is no background check – participants don’t even have to give a Social Security number – or biometric component. Clear, the other privately run expedited security program, conducts […]