Posts Tagged ‘standards’

RFID Looks Better Without The Hype

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

As technology priorities go, RFID seems to be the cheese that slipped off the cracker. You may remember the projections for market adoption that were being tossed around five or six years ago that never came close to reality. As recently as two years ago, the marketing drums still beat loudly. Business focus on cost… Read more >>

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GSA’s First Cloud-Based Physical Access System Is Implemented At Neal Smith Federal Building

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

BridgePoint™ Systems, the broadest provider of smart-card readers and enrollment software for Physical Access Control Systems (PACs), today announced that Neal Smith Federal Building has implemented its TrustAlert™ PACS (formerly TrustZone PACS). BridgePoint and its partner, EmbarkIT, installed the new system ahead of schedule and within the facility’s budget parameters. TrustAlert PACS is the only… Read more >>

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Upgrading existing physical access control to comply with PIV mandates

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Beginning in fiscal year 2012, U.S. government agencies must upgrade their physical and logical access control systems to provide federal employees and contractors with more secure and reliable forms of identification using Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials. These credentials must leverage smart card and biometric technology in accordance with National Institute of Standards and Technology… Read more >>

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New Access Control Readers and Contactless Smart Cards from HID

Friday, October 14th, 2011

HID Global’s new iCLASS SIO technology-enabled (SE) platform initiates a significant transformation in how secure identity is delivered and managed by introducing technology-independent digital credentials that can be deployed for use on smart phones, microprocessor-based cards, contactless smart cards, USB tokens and related devices. HID Global has announced the availability of its next generation access… Read more >>

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News – Cleveland School Buses Get CCTV Camera Upgrades

Monday, August 15th, 2011

When school begins in August, Cleveland City Schools’ buses will be on the streets with new camera systems and a new safety campaign. The CCTV cameras keep tabs on what’s going on in the buses and download the information to a new software system. If the need arises, video can be emailed to a school… Read more >>

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