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Scott Lindley

Scott Lindley is a 25+ year veteran of the contactless card access control industry and general manager of Farpointe Data.

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Smartphone Access Is More Cyber Secure than Card-Based

Scott Lindley

June 26, 2019

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For the past several years, there has been a focus by users to assure that their card-based access control systems are secure.

Is Your Access Control System a Gateway for Hackers?

With access control systems being prime entry points to hacking IT and OT systems, security professionals need to stress protecting security systems.

Scott Lindley

October 11, 2016

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Contactless card-based access control systems were developed to better protect facilities from unauthorized visitors, but it didn't take long for hackers to learn how to fool the system.

Choice Hotels Suffers Data Breach, Exposing 700,000 Customer Records

State Farm Suffers Data Breach

Study Says Paper Records is Most Common Type of Data Breach in Hospitals

What to Consider When Developing a Cybersecurity Strategy

Most Organizations Frustrated with SOC's Cybersecurity Effectiveness

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September 17, 2019

Building the Business Case for Critical Event Management

A critical event is defined as an incident that disrupts normal operations, such as severe weather, crime, violence and critical equipment or technology failures. Business continuity and crisis response plans can only go so far if there isn't buy-in across functions, with executive-level support.

October 17, 2019

How CISOs Can Turn Security Training and Awareness into Action

In this webinar, security expert Pieter Danhieux explores how CISOs and CIOs can inspire real change, fostering a positive security culture that enables their development teams to become more security-aware, more aligned with internal AppSec specialists and, ultimately, securing code as it is written.

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