Monthly Archives: April 2012

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How a Hand Reader Works

  

   Ever wonder how a hand reader works? 

 

   Check out this explanation by Schlage.

HID's New pivCLASS Eases Federal Compliance Mandates

Source: GovernmentIDNews.com

 

HID Global, announced the availability of its pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio, a product suite that enables the U.S. federal government, government contractors and other facilities to comply with federal identity mandates without having to replace their existing physical access control system (PACS). 

 

The pivCLASS family is designed to make it easy for agencies to meet requirements and use their PIV and other smart cards for physical access control, resulting in compliance, interoperability and high security.  HID Global’s pivCLASS solutions work with existing… (read more)

 

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Access Control Trends and Technologies from ISC West 2012

Last week Las Vegas hosted the premier Security show in the country, ISC West.  This is the main opportunity for all the big security, video, and access control vendors and manufacturers to wow the industry with the greatest  up and coming technology.  So, in the aftermath of the show the talk is of course on the latest trends  to be impacting access control.

 

Here’s a list of 5 technologies and services that were showcased heavily at ISC West and promise to lead access control into the next generation of physical security.

  • The Move to IP
  • Growing Acceptance of Managed Services
  • Cloud-Based Solutions
  • Near Field Communication (NFC)
  • Further Integration of IT with Security

 

How well is your firm positioned to deal with the changes in the industry?