Roll-call has now become an automated process at schools in Hong Kong, Japan, India and Singapore, with the use of biometrics and smart cards, according to FutureGov. The days of manually taking attendance are over, leaving teachers with more time spent teaching. No more calling parents to inform them about kids missing school. These systems […]

A German news report stating that physical access control systems at some airports were compromised may have been overstated, according to sicherheit.info. The system, however, is vulnerable to attacks, similar to the original Mifare hack in 2008. New reports suggest that journalists did not actually gain access to restricted airport areas, as originally reported. Instead […]

Anviz has announced two new professional access controls available in global markets. VF30 professional fingerprint access control and VP30 proximity card access control are the newest editions to Anviz’s Bio-office brand of security systems for small and medium businesses. The products feature fingerprint identification, smart cards, door locks monitoring, burglar alarm, access control and attendance […]

Following a burglary over the Christmas break, the State College of Florida is planning to improve security, reports Bradenton.com. College President, Lars Hafner say two things to be included in the upgrade are surveillance cameras and changing conventional door locks to the issuing of ID badges. While no student information was compromised in the burglary, […]

idOnDemand introduces the a new PIV full lifecycle employee smart card using the Software as a Service approach. With an idOnDemand SmartID, customers can compile visual, physical and logical authentication into a secure digital identification card into a pay-as-you go model without the complex infrastructure. The software consolidates credentials that are traditionally separate like building […]

STAR Technologies, a developer of biometric and other security technologies, has announced a new facial recognition product suite and software development kit designed for use by government, law enforcement and commercial sectors. The product suite, called STARFace is intended to be especially useful for proactive surveillance, perimeter security, border control, physical access control, and security […]

Dates: March 23 – 26, 2010 Location: Las Vegas, NV Venue: Sands Expo and Convention Center URL: http://www.iscwest.com/ Description: Join end-users of security, system integrators, dealers/installers and manufacturers from around the world at the one event that connects the entire security industry.   

Security veterans and former Lenel colleagues, Bill Moran and Kevin Wine, have joined PlaSec as Vice President of Sales and Vice President of Marketing respectively. PlaSec builds physical security solutions with IT-centric technology to ease convergence of physical and logical access functions within an organization. Wine and Moran will be leading efforts to build channel […]

At the Hamburg Airport in Germany, the Chaos Computer Club was able to remotely scan the contactless smart cards and gain access to restricted areas, according to a report on Deutsche Welle.com. German broadcaster ARD aired the report. The researchers reportedly were able to gain entry to the airside area without detection. An airport spokeswoman […]