Access Control & Identity Management



Biometrics for good governance
October 2009
On a national scale, biometrics can form part of a solution to good governance when included in proven, well run processes. Dr Jayant Kumar Banthia, chief technical advisor to the United Nations Fund ...

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Facial recognition comes of age down under
October 2009
Contrary to what most travellers think, customs officials are keen on moving people through airports as quickly as possible, as the Australian Customs Service is proving with its SmartGate automatic passport ...

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Taxi ranks go high tech
October 2009
Gijima AST has won the bid to supply a solution for Durban’s biggest taxi rank, to solve the problem of unauthorised taxis using this facility. There will also be a possible future roll out of 2000 more ...

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Specious syllogisms in the access control market
October 2009
STG enters the Sub-Saharan market through Mobi-Eye Surveillance. Having recently seen a headline similar to this, albeit associated to a different market, I was perplexed as to what it meant, so I referred ...

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The technology boom behind biometrics
October 2009
Biometric technology is fast emerging as one of the more affordable, more compact and useful technologies available to consumers. This is the view of Teryl Schroenn, chief executive officer at Accsys, ...

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Facial biometrics to fight crime
October 2009, Modular Communications
Facial biometrics can be deployed in the fight against the increasing number of armed robberies in South Africa. The number of armed robberies has escalated in the last six months to levels where it ...

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HID expands technology migration solutions
October 2009
HID’s multiCLASS family of access control readers simplifies the transition of EM1402 customers moving to iCLASS contactless smartcard technology. HID Global has announced the expansion of its multiCLASS ...

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GSC Systems releases Mifare sector reader
October 2009
GSC Systems has introduced the 718-10 Mifare reader. This Mifare card reader is user configurable to read data from a designated sector on the card using a designated key. Card readers are programmed ...

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FBI certified portable scanner
October 2009
Recently released in South Africa, RealScan-D is a portable dual fingerprint live scanner featuring Suprema’s optical image-processing technology. It has an extra wide platen which facilitates high-speed ...

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MALSWITCH proves biometric effectiveness
September 2009
The Malawi Switch Centre (MALSWITCH) was established in 1999 by the Reserve Bank of Malawi to create a mechanism of providing an easy to use, secure and guaranteed electronic payment infrastructure in ...

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Integrated Rose Bowl
September 2009
Honeywell and Clear Image provide integrated video and access control management for the new Leeds Metropolitan University Business School building – The Rose Bowl. Clear Image, Honeywell and ADI Global ...

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Protecting the best
September 2009
With 330 million supporters worldwide, Manchester United Football Club’s fame has spread well beyond the borders of the UK. Manchester United Football Club is using the Net2 system from Paxton Access ...

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India's Reliance uses Cardax FT
September 2009
Cardax FT has been implemented as the platform of choice for one of the largest integrated security systems in the world at India’s Reliance Group. The Reliance Group, founded by Dhirubhai H. Ambani ...

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Centurion releases ChronoGuard
September 2009, Centurion Systems
Centurion Systems has created a world first, developed in South Africa, a new, patented technology called ChronoGuard. ChronoGuard is a feature in Centurion’s new line of sliding gate operators and ...

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Electronic door lock
September 2009
Nexus Access Control Systems, sole agents for the MIWA family of Electronic Door Locks, has introduced the ALVH Smart Card Electronic Door Lock. As the system is based on contactless technology, there ...

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Hitachi's finger vein technology
August 2009
Hitachi Europe exhibited at IFSEC SA to promote its finger vein authentication technology. Seen here is Richard Rimmer (left), marketing consultant, and Paul Robertson (right), business development manager ...

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New depth to fingerprint scanning
August 2009
Improve the reliability of fingerprint biometrics by scanning under the skin. The manufacturing and industrial industries face many of the same security challenges that other industries face. However, ...

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Software fingerprint reader
August 2009
The ZK6000 fingerprint reader is a USB fingerprint reader designed for use with ZKSoftware’s enterprise software applications and developer tools. The user simply places their fingerprint on the glowing ...

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Using physical barriers
July 2009
Physical barriers play a key role in integrated security systems in the retail arena, often fulfilling the function of first line of defence against criminal activity. The quality of those barriers takes ...

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Eye on biometrics
July 2009
Arguably, the first form of fingerprinting recorded was in China in the 8th century AD when Chinese documents refer to fingerprints being impressed on business contracts. Due to the years of R&D into fingerprint ...

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