Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

New access control cards available from Electro-Com Australia

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Secura Key has announced that it is now offering HID compatible 26-bit Wiegand-effect access control cards. These cards are available from Electro-Com Australia. Wiegand card customers can also upgrade to the Secura Key e-tag contactless smart card line. Secura Key offers 4-color custom printing, optional mag stripe, laser engraved card numbers plus shorter lead times.

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GAO RFID has released a Wiegand-to-Ethernet RFID controller designed specifically for door access applications.

The network access controller, model 491018, is able to connect to any type of Wiegand reader such as magnetic stripe reader, RFID reader or fingerprint reader. It also offers a master card for adding or deleting access privileges directly from the external reader, thus acting independently without connection to a network or PC.

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BadgePass and Digital Identification Solutions have integrated BadgePass’s Identity Manager credentialing software with Digital’s EDIsecure XID 8300 Retransfer Printer for single step smart card encoding and card issuance.

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Idesco announced that it has updated and enhanced its DESCoder software package, offering security providers and end users alike more control over their contactless access control systems.

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HID Global announced the acquisition of EasyLobby, a provider of secure visitor management solutions.

EasyLobby’s product suite provides enterprise-class visitor registration, tracking, reporting, badge printing, asset and package management, Web-based pre-registration and employee/contractor time and attendance functionality.

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Hirsch Identive announced that its Velocity Access Control and Security Management software has been tested and verified to be compliant with the IF-MAP computing standard by the international industry standards organization, Trusted Computing Group.

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Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system.

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