Articles Tagged with ''smart cards''

Smart badges use grows globally

February 8, 2023

The smart badges market has been projected to reach a value of $50 billion in the next 10 years due to increasing demand for better access control.

Smart Card Uses Continue to Expand Across Sectors

Healthcare, higher ed, critical infrastructure and the corporate world embrace ID cards for security and more.

Ed Finkel

May 1, 2017

The same secure chip technology that’s been rolled out in the banking world for ATM and credit card transactions is sweeping across sectors throughout the American economy.

Reduces Cost of Repairs from Vandalism or Harsh Environments

September 1, 2015

These rugged smart card access control readers feature stainless steel construction, epoxy encapsulated electronics, audiovisual feedback, and a modern low-profile design, which helps reduce the cost of repairs and replacement due to vandalism and harsh environments.

How EMV Technology Could Address Fraud and Shift Liability

Tom Misson

August 11, 2015

A technology most Americans have never heard of is helping to reduce fraud in the Payment Card Industry (PCI).

Adds Biometrics to Proximity and Smart Card Readers

April 1, 2015

Enterprises currently using proximity card readers, as well as those using smart card readers, can now add biometric authorization to their verification process without having to implement biometric readers.

Future-Proofing with Smart Card Investments

The buzz around the Vanderbilt University Medical Center was that proximity cards were the next step in hospital security and data protection

Claire Meyer

June 1, 2014

While the system is indeed better protecting patient information, enabling students to access dormitories and laundry rooms, and even presents the possibility of connecting with point of sale systems across both the university and hospital campuses, one measurable impact of swapping technologies is the reduction in maintenance.

Target to Accelerate Chip-Enabled Smart Card Program

February 4, 2014

Target Corp will speed up a program to implement the use of chip-enabled smart cards to protect against cyber theft.

Smart Card Solutions to 8 Security Headaches

Keep your head out of the technology razzle-dazzle – focus on furthering your enterprise’s business needs.

Bill Zalud

September 1, 2013

For enterprises considering higher level and more integrated physical and logical security, identity and access management solutions through smart cards or more sophisticated credentialing, keep your head out of the technology razzle-dazzle.

Calgary Kills Transit Smart Card Contract After Chronic Glitches

November 8, 2012

New smart-card machines will be removed out of all Calgary Transit 1,000 city buses and 160 LRT pay machines after repeated glitches and delays.

Villanova Tests Access Control with Smart Phones

March 24, 2012

Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies and the CBORD Group are in the midst of an access control trial at Villanova University in Pennsylvania involving NFC and smart phones.

Organizations continuously monitor their networks and systems for risk, yet the people with legitimate access are often the least monitored part of the model. Discover a Workforce Risk Intelligence Framework that adds a dedicated layer focused on workforce risk.

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