The first wave of mobile credential adoption is behind many institutions. Mobile IDs are live, students are tapping their phones at residence hall doors, and card offices are fielding fewer walk-ins during orientation. But for many campuses, that progress has...
The University of Arizona (UA) pioneered a different approach to managing credentials as well as the integrations with downstream services such as access, housing, dining, events, and parking. Instead of relying on systems primarily controlled by a single vendor, they...
Campuses are being asked to do more with access than ever before. What once centered primarily on opening doors has expanded into a broad ecosystem of physical and digital touchpoints that shape daily campus life. From dining and retail to...
The Security Industry Association (SIA) released its Corporate Credential Design Guide, a new resource produced by their Credential Design Working Group. It specifies recommended practices for the design and implementation of credentials and badges by card issuers and security teams....
For years, campus technology leaders have discussed the coming shift to cloud-based systems, flexible credential options, and non-proprietary hardware and solutions. According to Danny Smith, owner of ColorID, that transformation is no longer theoretical – it’s happening now, and it...
ColorID announced that it has achieved HID Elite Technology Partner status within the HID partner ecosystem. This designation recognizes them as one of a select group of partners demonstrating advanced technical expertise, strategic integration capabilities, and excellence in delivering solutions...
In this episode of CampusIDNews Chats, Rosty Chen, ID Administrator at Michigan State University, explains how his campus card office undertook its first comprehensive rate study to ensure it was charging appropriately for student, staff, and departmental ID cards. Launching...
A new California law will require public schools serving grades 7 through 12, community colleges, California State University campuses, and University of California campuses to add an LGBTQ youth hotline number to student IDs and campus cards. Assembly Bill 727,...
When the University of Alabama transitioned to a Mobile First credentialing model, physical student ID cards were largely eliminated. Students, however, still had an affinity for the plastic memento, and thus the UA commemorative was born. Courtney Petrizzi, Communications Director...
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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
