CoreStreet announced a strategic investment and technology advancement agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the broader U.S. Intelligence Community. This agreement will allow for development and enhancement of new converged security solutions, including breakthrough Card-Connected technology.
“Card-Connected technology uses strong cryptography to extend central access control to standalone doors and mobile locks, at a fraction of the cost of wired doors,” said Chris Broderick, CEO of CoreStreet. Within a CoreStreet-Enabled access control system, standalone electronic locks and physical access control systems communicate by reading and writing digitally signed data (privileges and logs) to and from smart cards. In this way, cardholders become an extension of the physical access network where cards, instead of wires, carry information to and from the standalone locks.
Physical security products incorporating CoreStreet’s Card-Connected technology enable enterprises to deploy physical access controls easily. The Card-Connected products are a series of locks, such as the Kaba E-Plex 5900, that authenticate electronic credentials and enforce the enterprise’s policies. These locks allow the enterprise to audit access to physical resources, manage the locks, and enforce policies in remote locations without dispatching support personnel or installing network connectivity. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/archive-4.gif)
