As campuses switch to contactless smart cards for student IDs and move more applications to the chip are the mag stripe's days numbered? Greater security, increased convenience and reduced wear and tear on cards and readers are just a few...
Following a burglary over the Christmas break, the State College of Florida is planning to improve security, reports Bradenton.com. College President, Lars Hafner say two things to be included in the upgrade are surveillance cameras and changing conventional door locks...
AMAG Technology, a security management and digital video solutions provider, has partnered with Allied Fire & Security, a security system integrator in the Pacific Northwest, and DAP Technologies, a rugged handheld computer manufacturer, to provide an integrated security solution to...
Contactless smart cards have found a home on college campuses for physical access control. But Santa Clara university in California is taking it a step further by using the cards for payments as well. Nirmal Palliyaguru, director of ACCESS and...
The CBORD Group is helping colleges and universities protect their one-card access control investments by integrating its campus ID card systems with Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies’ new Schlage AD-Series security platform. The modular design of the new AD-Series lets higher...
The CBORD Group has formed Integrated Security Solutions Group designed to focus on the company’s growing security business. The new sector is expected to support the deployment of CBORD’s growing catalog of security hardware and software. Mathew Birnbaum, Integrated Security...
Every year half of all organizations suffer a security breach, said Michael Peele, associate engineer for facility and security systems at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. “Of those, 99% had both firewalls and anti-virus protection in place,” he adds. “There...
Drury University, Springfield, Mo., has added new card readers in four campus buildings to provide greater security as well as 24-hour access. Before installation of the readers, which began in May, students didn’t feel safe because some doors were often...
By Andy Williams, Associate Editor, Avisian Publications From managing the comings and goings at an event like the Academy Awards to making sure high school students are where they’re supposed to be, ID management systems have come a long way...
When Hope College in Holland, Mich. had to close campus in the middle of the day last fall due to a virus outbreak, it alerted everyone with a text message. While it’s the only time so far that the new...
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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
Feb. 1 webinar explores how mobile ordering enhanced campus life, increased sales at UVA and Central Washington @Grubhub @CBORD
