Launching a brand new campus card program isn’t as easy as signing a contract and cutting a check. There are many steps a schools needs to go through before they even choose a vendor. CR80News asked questions to campus card vendors asking what a school would have to do if starting a campus card program […]

Liberty PlugIns (LPI), a developer of secure access technologies for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, has announced the successfully integration of HID Global’s iCLASS 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology into its Synchronous Codes Generation product line. LPI’s Synchronous Codes products enable parking pay systems to perform the billing portion of an EV charging transaction. […]

John Kendall, director of national security development for biometric technology developer Unisys, spoke on the new developments in the biometrics industry and how technology in conjunction with new trends in adoption are increasing the level of security by slowly edging out the easy-to-fool traditional fingerprint scanners, according to a ZDNet article. Among the trends and […]

idOnDemand announced availability of its Onsite Card Issuance feature. The service extends idOnDemand’s cloud solution enabling customers to issue fully compliant and globally trusted identity cards on their premises with minimal investment. The new feature is aimed at organizations that require immediate onsite production of credentials, as well as for remote offices to produce and […]

Micropross has announced the product availability of new test tools able to support the latest very high bit rates (VHBR) contactless technology for smart cards. Micropross’s latest generation of contactless testers is able to communicate and spy a VHBR communication at speeds up to 6.8 Mbit/s (maximum bit rate specified according to ISO/IEC 14443 today […]

Shanghai-based HUAYUAN has announced the release of its new 13.56MHz contactless key chain. Constructed from water-resistant ABS or PVC, the key chain comes with several chip options to ensure compatibility with leading standards, including Mifare series ISO14443A, I CODE SLI ISO 15693/ISO 18000-3, Unique 125kHz EM4102/4100 or GK4001, and Atmel T5557. According to HUAYAUN, the […]

Missouri Southern State University in Joplin has implemented its new campus-wide, one-card program utilizing the CBORD Group’s CS Gold that will power door access, dining purchases, snack/beverage vending, printing, bookstore purchases, health center charges, recreation center privileges and other transactions across campus. Previously, the school’s magnetic stripe ID card was used only for identification and […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a draft of FIPS 201-2, the revised smart card specification for government employees. Comments on the draft will be accepted through early April. The revised standard includes changes to biometrics and other authentication mechanisms for physical access control. PKI at the door has long been discussed as […]

In the latest edition of the Regarding ID podcast, Anna Fernezian, program manager for identity and assurance at CSC, fills listeners in on PIV-I, the smart card specification that can be used by non-federal issuers to create highly-secure credentials. Fernezian talks about the specification and why it’s important as well as the role it may […]

Idesco was chosen by the Kuopio Prison in Finland to supply its access control readers during a recent renovation and expansion project of its prison building. The access control systems to be deployed in the Kuopio Prison will include hundreds of readers and tags. Inmates will each receive a personal tag, which will open their […]