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An active IoT retail solution
February 2019, Retail (Industry), Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure
How can the Internet of Things transform the South African retail sector in tough economic times?
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The future’s not what it used to be
February 2019, News & Events
It struck me the other day that I was talking to people about what we will do in 2020. Time certainly flies, 2020 is less than one year away. Whatever happens this year, one thing we are guaranteed is ...
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From the editor’s desk: Converging access control
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, News & Events
Welcome to the Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019. We’re publishing this in January as opposed to our traditional end-of-year publishing schedule to make sure you have some bed-time reading for ...
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Trust but continually verify
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure
Hi-Tech Security Solutions looks at access and identity management and asks some industry players what ‘zero trust’ and ‘least privilege’ access means.
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Managing who, what and why
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Information Security
Today’s access control isn’t only concerned with who has access, but also what has access, why they need it and what they are doing with it.
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Physical/logical convergence
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Information Security, Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure
The convergence between physical and logical (or cyber) security will be a game-changer because it will change the way we do everything, from planning to design and all the way to installation and maintenance.
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The expanding role of IT in access control
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Access Control & Identity Management, Infrastructure
What role is IT playing in the world of physical access control and how far will its role expand in future?
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Taking augmented identity to the world
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
Hi-Tech Security Solutions spoke to Gary Jones, VP Global Channel and Marketing biometric access and time solutions) at IDEMIA (formerly Morpho) about his career with the company and its new vision of Augmented Identity.
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A scan of fingerprint biometrics
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management
Given the increase in the use of fingerprint technology in public and private organisations, as well as some recent announcements on the reliability or lack or reliability of certain types of sensors and algorithms in the fingerprint biometric market, Hi-Tech Security Solutions spoke to some of the leading fingerprint biometric vendors in the market to find out more about the state of this market.
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BIMS set to change identity management
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure
Local biometrics integrator, Ideco Biometric Security Solutions, has announced that its Biometric Identity Management System (BIMS) has been launched to market.
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Your face tells a story
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Surveillance, Government and Parastatal (Industry)
Facial recognition has advanced to the point where it can be rolled out over large areas and accuracy is no longer a hit-and-miss affair.
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The right access decisions
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Access Control & Identity Management
Making the right access control decision depends on what you want secured and how secure it should be.
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