Access Control & Identification - Articles - Page 97

HID Global’s Products Selected by a University Research Institute

April 22, 2014

HID Global announced that its networked access controllers and readers were selected by the National University of Singapore Suzhou Research Institute (NUSRI) in China to enhance campus security and facility management. The solution leverages the university’s existing TCP/IP network investment to deliver a Web-based access control system.

The PSIA Releases Draft Proposal of Physical-Logical Access Interoperability Specification

April 22, 2014

The Physical Security Interoperability Association (PSIA) reported that cost-effective, automated synchronization of physical and logical identities, privileges and credentials took a major step toward becoming an industry standard recently, with PSIA’s release during ISC West of a draft proposal of its Physical-Logical Access Interoperability (PLAI) specification.

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infinias Expands Integration Capabilities With Identity One Partnership

April 22, 2014

Indianapolis-based infinias, a manufacturer and provider of IP-based access control software and hardware, announced a strategic integration partnership with Identity One, a provider of biometric hardware.

Art Students Take Security Into Their Own Hands by Paying For Biometric System

March 18, 2014

After repeated intrusions highlighted the lax security situation at the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), art students took matters into their own hands by raising the money necessary to fund a project that led to the installation of Schlage HandKey readers on the six-building complex.

Observint Hits the Road with Infinias Certification & Education Events

March 18, 2014

Observint Technologies, a provider of video surveillance, audio surveillance and access control technologies based in Indianapolis, has planned a number of events around the country in coming weeks for integrators to either earn certification to sell certain of its products or simply learn more about the company and its offerings.

Top Security Consultants, Companies Connect at AMAG Symposium

March 18, 2014

AMAG Technology, Torrance, Calif., recently invited some of the security industry’s top consultants to Tampa, Fla., to learn more about the company’s solutions, partners and end users at its Security Engineering Symposium (SES).

Digital Shuffle: March 2014

The top apps and websites in the security industry.

March 18, 2014

Tyco Integrated Security, infinias, Elk Products, and more are featured in this month's digital shuffle.

Insider News & Business: March 2014

The latest news in the security industry.

March 18, 2014

On the heels of ADT’s announcement at CES regarding its partnership with McAfee to release collaborated products that offer both physical and digital security protection for its customers.

Considering Visitors First With Your Visitor Management System

If security were a puzzle, visitor management would be a traditional “last” piece — but that is starting to change.

Karyn Hodgson

March 18, 2014

Facilities of all types looking to secure their buildings typically look to CCTV, access control and intrusion detection as their top three “go-to” technologies.

Why Wireless Locks Are Becoming So Popular in Access Control

Wireless access control has opened the eyes of users to the idea that they can secure many things besides just doors.

Karyn Hodgson

March 18, 2014

Wireless locks today are much more than the standalone, battery-operated locks of the past. While they still are experiencing a few growing pains, more often they are being considered a viable alternative to — and even replacement for — hardwired locks.