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Kaba enables flexibility for physical access control

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Mark Allen, marketing manager at Kaba, talks about the company’s E-Plex 5800 series and its compatibility with FIPS 201-compatible credentials. He says the locks enable organizations to choose if they want a simple or sophisticated system based on its particular security requirements.

GSA implements cloud-based physical access system

The General Services Administration (GSA) has implemented its first cloud-based physical access system at the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines, Iowa.

The GSA contracted with BridgePoint Systems to utilize its TrustAlert Physical Access Control Systems. BridgePoint partnered with EmbarkIT to install the system, which replaced the GSA’s 10-year-old legacy system. The system leverages the GSA’s Kansas City, Missouri-based WAN and remote IT infrastructure, which allows the building to shrink its carbon footprint.

Codebench releases PACS SDK

Florida-based Codebench has released IDSync, a software development kit that enables automated provisioning and deprovisioning of users and credentials into a supported physical access control system.

Upgrading existing physical access control to comply with PIV mandates

By Dave Adams, Senior Product Marketing Manager, HID Global

Beginning in fiscal year 2012, U.S. government agencies must upgrade their physical and logical access control systems to provide federal employees and contractors with more secure and reliable forms of identification using Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials.

Hirsch’s certification enables greater convergence

Hirsch Identive announced that its Velocity Access Control and Security Management software has been tested and verified to be compliant with the IF-MAP computing standard by the international industry standards organization, Trusted Computing Group.

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