Quintron Systems Inc. announced that the Schlage AD Series locks integrate with Quintron’s security platforms to provide a simpler installation for organization’s wanting to deploy physical access control solutions. Quintron’s client-server physical access control solution is host and client operating system independent, supporting Windows, Linux and OSX servers and any combination of browser-based thin clients. […]

The February 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 […]

The Smart Card Alliance Identity Council and Access Control Council have released educational resources to help individuals and organizations learn more about PIV, PIV-I and CIV credentials. For a general overview of the three credentials, the alliance published a brief that compares the three types in terms of policies, processes and technical features. The alliance […]

The Nanchang Changbei International Airport in China selected HID Global to provide its networked access control solution, contactless smart cards and readers to safeguard terminals andincrease airport security. Changbei International Airport leveraged HID Global’s VertX V1000 controllers, the VertX V100 door/reader interface and iCLASS R10 contactless smart card readers in six core areas, including boarding […]

Multiple announcements on mobile ID and the enterprise Entrust Inc. is extending its Entrust IdentityGuard strong authentication platform to offer smart credentials on mobile devices for enterprise-grade security. Taking advantage of near field communication and Bluetooth standards, Entrust embeds biometrics and digital certificates on smart phones to create trusted identity credentials for stronger, more convenient […]

By Bob Fontana, President and CTO, Codebench Physical security professionals are hearing about public key infrastructure, or PKI, more frequently than ever before. This is because the federal government, through the National Institutes of Standards and Technology and the Interagency Advisory Board (IAB), are pushing for higher security in the physical access control world. The […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that six NFC service providers will showcase their solutions at NXP’s Mobile World Congress booth next week in Barcelona. Foursquare, DeviceFidelity and several others will gather at NXP’s “NFC concept café” to demonstrate NFC solutions powered by NXP’s mobile NFC technology, NFC tags, and contactless readers. First up, Touchanote works together with […]

3M Cogent announced that it’s biometric access control readers have passed the United States Transportation Security Administration’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) assessment. The two readers that have landed on the TWIC ICE Fixed Reader list, which is a list of the TWIC approved biometric devices, are the MiY-ID and MiY-Card. […]

The Smart Card Alliance plans to lead a secure identity credentialing workshop and a certification training course and exam for the Smart Card Certified Industry Professional/Government (CSCIP/G) designation at this year’s ISC West conference and expo held March 27-30 in Las Vegas. Put together by the Smart Card Alliance Educational Institute and led by the […]

Officials in southwest Texas wanted to issue physicians a credential that they could use at emergency scenes to validate their identities. “We were going to issue a disaster card,” says Eric Epley, executive director at the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC). “When a disaster happens your hospital might be cordoned off and we want […]