ASSA ABLOY announced that the Corbin Russwin Access 700 and SARGENT Passport 1000 IP-enabled campus access control locks now include HID multiCLASS SE technology. As a result, the Access 700 PIP1 and Passport 1000 P1 Power over Ethernet (PoE) and...
Frustrated with having to dig through your bag to find your Charlie Card? A group of undergraduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have conceived Sesame Ring, a wearable alternative to the Charlie Card that provides a fun and...
Heartland Campus Solutions, a division of Heartland Payment Systems, has published a two part series on enhancing the campus card program by using contactless smart card technology. The company touches upon the implementation process, looking at three main areas -...
College students have enough to juggle when it comes to school, work and their social life. Fighting fraud often doesn’t make their list of priorities. College-bound students are susceptible to identity theft, however, and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) recommends...
The University of Southern California, a private, not-for-profit school in central Los Angeles, recently installed fingerprint scanners in each of its 14 dormitories to better secure access. Prior to the fingerprint scanner installation, a simple swipe of the student’s ID...
Ellen Arndt, Communications Manager, AlphaCard The functionality and usability of student ID cards has come a long way over the years. When I attended college, our student ID cards weren’t nearly as valuable as they are today. In fact, I...
Boston University has announced that it is using CBORD’s CS Gold campus card system for its campus ID system. In the search for a secure, campus experience, Boston University officials decided on the CBORD solution and its iCLASS contactless cards...
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks facial recognition has been both touted as a magic bullet for spotting terrorists in a crowd and derided as an invasion of privacy. In truth, the technologies true application lays somewhere in the...
The University of Chicago, together with the campus Police Department, is launching a new smart phone application called Pathlight that will enable students an easy-to-use way to increase their own safety. Developed by The CBORD Group, the same company that...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
