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

LochIsle enables online access control management

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

LochIsle Inc., an Ottawa-based access control company, has launched an access control system that enables businesses to manage and monitor system through a Web interface. The iLoch system is available for licensing by access-control system manufacturers.

The iLoch system grants or denies people access based on the access rights set by the lock owner using an online interface. Instead of traditional keys, the iLoch is opened with an iButton or other credential. If an iButton is lost, the iButton owner can easily associate permissions to a new iButton using the online interface, rendering the lost keys inactive. The projected cost for an iLoch system is less than half that of competitive solutions, the company states. [end] 

The Beijing Metro has deployed a new access control system that uses HID Global’s network access controllers and contactless readers.

HID is providing its VertX V1000 network access controller and iCLASS R10 readers for the new system, which enables control center staff to monitor and control access to a variety of facilities, including offices, electrical substations and parking lots, along the Metro’s 11-station Fangshan line.

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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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Online identity protection provider Yubico and cloud server security provider CloudPassage have teamed up to provide authentication services for administrative network access in the cloud.

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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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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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