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When it comes to access control cards and credentials it is difficult to have a discussion about technology without considering some of the seemingly contradictory trends in the marketplace. For example, the largest installed base of cards is proximity — a 20-year-old technology with known security issues. Yet in an industry that often seems to move at a glacial pace, the credential space is filled with some of the hottest buzzwords inside and out of the security industry, including Near Field Communications (NFC), Bluetooth, biometrics and even wearables such as the Apple Watch.

HID Global introduced vanGO, a visual security solution that enables universities, enterprises and state and county government agencies to create and issue personalized, secure IDs with higher levels of protection.

 The government market is a completely different animal when it comes to card and credential security and any integrator or manufacturer who works in that space knows the complexities involved. Several things are happening now that are changing the government market, from the FICAM certifications to FIPS 201-2. SDM spoke with several industry professionals that work in the government market to find out the latest, and how it may impact the credential market in the future. 

Yale Locks & Hardware’s next-generation access control solutions for the multi-family and small business markets offer flexible, scalable access control tailored specifically for the needs of these market segments.

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Home entertainment was the focus of one family’s home system upgrade, and the result was an award-winning modernization that delivered everything the clients wanted.

Opportunities for earning RMR through cloud-based abound right now, making it a perfect time to think about offering hosted or managed access control.

Exacq Technologies, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, integrated with the Brickstream LIVE sensor from Nomi Corporation, an in-store marketing and analytics provider, for a unified security and retail analytics solution in a single platform.

HID Global’s iCLASS and 125kHz ProxCard users can now integrate the Zwipe Access biometric card, eliminating the need to add biometric readers to an existing HID Global iClass or Prox-based system.

Boon Edam Inc. conducted a survey in late 2014 that looked at perceptions and trends with respect to the issue of tailgating entry into buildings.