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Digital Access Control Credentials

Stop thinking of access control credentials as strictly physical devices, or cards. Today’s technology brings credentials into the realm of the digital.

Karyn Hodgson

October 1, 2013

Stop thinking of access control credentials as strictly physical devices, or cards. Today’s technology brings credentials into the realm of the digital.

PSIA Announces New Physical-Logical Access Interoperability Working Group

ASIS 2013 NEWS

September 24, 2013

This group will develop a specification to unify logical and physical identities so that security industry manufacturers, integrators and end users can develop cost-effective, easily administered solutions that span the physical and logical security domains.

Axis Communications Extends Its Network Expertise to Access Control

September 24, 2013

In a move that surprised some, but delighted many industry professionals, Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., announced it has entered the physical access control market with the introduction of its first network door controller: the open, IP-based AXIS A1001 Network Door Controller.

Social Media Company Standardizes on Tailgate Detection System

September 3, 2013

A leading social media company completed an internal pilot this year of Door Detective® Compact and has standardized on Door Detective to enhance door security with tailgate detection, announced Smarter Security Inc., Austin, Texas, a provider of entrance control and outdoor security solutions.

Viscount Systems’ Technology Receives U.S. Government Certification

September 3, 2013

Viscount Systems, Burnaby, British Columbia, said it received U.S. Government FIPS 201 certification for its new Freedom VeriCert software from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

New IMS Report on Door Phone Market Describes Shift to Video-Centered Systems

August 6, 2013

The $1.8 billion global door phone market is transitioning from audio to video technology, with video set to grow and account for 50 percent of unit shipments in 2017, think the authors of a new report entitled “The World Market for Audio and Video Door Phones,” published by IMS Research, now part of IHS.

PSA Security Network Partners with Vanderbilt

August 6, 2013

PSA Security Network® announced the addition of Vanderbilt Industries to its vendor partners’ line-up. Vanderbilt innovates access control technology by designing, manufacturing and distributing systems that make environments safe, secure and easy to maintain, according to a statement released by PSA Security Network.

Purpose Not Product Sells Entry Controls

Why ‘entry control’ is such an important term for integrators to know — and why its definition is so hard to nail down.

Karyn Hodgson

July 18, 2013

If you ask 12 different security people what “entry control” means, you will likely get 12 different answers.

Secura Key Publishes RFID Card Capabilities Guide

July 16, 2013

Secura Key, Chatsworth, Calif. recently published its new e*Tag Card Capabilities Guide. This guide presents all of the available credential options, so that the customer can select the credential that is exactly suited to their application.

Solution Enables End Users to Access Rented Spaces With Legacy Technology, Existing Smart Cards & NFC Smartphones

July 8, 2013

Irvine, Calif.-based HID Global® announced that its EdgeReader® ERP40 networked access control solution and iCLASS SE® platform readers were selected by systems integrator Performance Buildings® to create an intelligent facility management system for “on demand” access to shared and temporary offices.