Access Control & Identity Management



What is next for biometrics?
February 2008
Exploring the future landscape of the biometric market. Over the last several years, biometric technology has shown its real potential in safeguarding lives, information and properties. Today, it is ...

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Integrated security platforms for businesses
February 2008
An access control solution can be as simple as the use of electronic cards instead of keys to unlock a front door. This limited functionality still retains a considerable level of value in the foundation ...

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BMW ups access control
February 2008
Invisible security technology and fascinating architecture: security solutions by Bosch in the new Event and Delivery Center in Munich. Bosch has installed groundbreaking, comprehensive systems to protect ...

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33 zone detector
February 2008
Ranger Security Detectors has released its new 33 Zone Walk Through Metal Detector to complement the company's existing range of detectors. Based on the patented Intelliscan Technology, the 33 Zone detector ...

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The sexy way to manage exhibitor access
December 2007, Ideco Biometrics
At the end of September, Sexpo opened its doors for the first time in South Africa and proved to be a runaway success. Organised by Expo Works and held at Johannesburg's Gallagher Estate, Sexpo attracted ...

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'Handy' solution at New York amusement park
December 2007
Ingersoll Rand Recognition Systems’ biometric HandPunch reader simplifies season passes at Martin's Fantasy Island. Martin's Fantasy Island, a family theme park in the hub of Northern New York's Niagara ...

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Timekeeping advantage at La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club
December 2007
Seaside beach resort uses biometrics to track and manage employee time and attendance. The 90-room La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club, one of only two beachfront properties in the exclusive La Jolla Shores ...

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Access to hospital
December 2007, Elvey Security Technologies , Healthcare (Industry)
The alleged rape of a student doctor on the premises of Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Gauteng on 1 August grabbed media headlines around South Africa. In so doing, the incident highlighted serious ...

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Fingers on the pulse of the healthcare industry
November 2007, Healthcare (Industry)
In the fast paced environment of the emergency room, patients, medical information, and employees must be efficiently managed with very little time for extensive thought or time consuming practices. Healthcare ...

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IAM - the foundation of effective security
November 2007
The concept of identity and access management (IAM) has been top of mind in corporations for some time. The reason for its longevity is not the success companies have experienced in managing their security, ...

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Automated access and parking for hotels and resorts
November 2007
Large multidimensional resort hotels have been gaining immense popularity and with this increasing popularity, security and parking needs to become a major concern for the administrators of these resorts. ...

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Working in mysterious ways
November 2007, Fourier IT Innovation
Motivation The Salesian Institute, a charitable organisation that works with Cape Town's street children, is one of the latest converts to biometrics. The organisation, a Roman Catholic religious order, ...

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Bridging the Great Divide: the convergence of physical and logical security
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
What do a padlock key and an application password have in common? In one sense, almost nothing. After all, one is a 4000-year-old hardware device and the other is a modern-day software-based technology ...

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The do's and do nots of identity and access management
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
Many enterprises are planning or implementing identity access management projects. These initiatives are complex and expensive, requiring an approach that is both strategic and flexible. Many enterprises ...

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Converging security technologies
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
The convergence of physical and logical security technologies has come a long way, with the IT industry coming to terms with voice/data/video convergence, and the security industry taking advantage of ...

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Combine and standardise physical and IT security measures to minimise risk
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
Organisations incur significant overheads, as well as generate increased security risks, when employees misuse or abuse network resources. Serious losses – of financial and competitive edge in particular ...

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Physical security in mission-critical facilities
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
Physical security – controlling personnel access to facilities – is critical to achieving data centre availability goals. As new technologies such as biometric identification and remote management of ...

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Iometrics, identity chains and the four dimensions of identity
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
A Johannesburg company is taking a radical new approach to identity. Lynne Larsen discovered more about the innovative thinking and its practical applications. With one product already in the market ...

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Presence establishment - the art of integrating where I am with what I am doing
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
The establishment of presence can be defined as the verification of a subject or item’s presence at a specific location, at a specific point in time. This presence can be the physical presence of a ...

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Combined systems ease the burden on physical security, IT compliance
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2007
Security policy has typically meant different things to different people within an organisation. The facilities management department covers all physical access points, teaching staff to lock all doors ...

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