There are fewer than 3,000 dealer-owned central stations in the industry, but there are tens of thousands of security dealers operating without a central station who offer monitoring through the use of third-party central stations. 

Proximity technology is the giant of the access control industry. It is so prevalent that it has trickled down to almost every type of application and has an enormous installed base. 

Codebench Inc., Coconut Creek, Fla., a provider of TWIC / HSPD-12 / FIPS-201 authentication and physical access control middleware, formed a partnership with Quintron Systems Inc. to provide the federal government and its agencies with a high assurance access control solution that meets guidelines as outlined by the National Institutes of Standards and Technology.

Matrix Systems, a Miamisburg, Ohio-based access control and security management solutions provider and manufacturer, is forming a value-added reseller (VAR) network to provide sales, installation, integration and customer support for its new product offerings, Frontier^™Web Essentials and Frontier^™Universe.

RSA, the security division of EMC, last week announced that it had been hit with a sophisticated cyber attack that could reduce the effectiveness of the company’s SecurID authentication service.

How would you define wireless access control? Is it wireless at the reader, wireless at the panel, or both? Systems integrators use different types of wireless technology to get a perfect fit.

 Once again in 2011, the security industry will come together at ISC West in Las Vegas to learn about must-see developments and acquire tools to better their businesses. ISC will offer educational sessions April 5, 6 and 7 presenting technology panels, executive forums, PSA-led education and several education tracks including end-user – physical security, central station, access control and hosted security.