CUPERTINO, Calif. — Alcatraz, a provider of facial biometric authentication for physical access control, has announced a major platform and device update that brings over a dozen new capabilities to ...

Editor's Note: State of the access control market, part I revealed the top five, current trends in the market as explained by industry-leading physical access control-minded security professionals of ...

Access control has been a mainstay of physical security for ages with the first known locking device originating from Egypt around 6,000 years ago. For thousands of years, ‘access control’ methods ...

Editor’s note: This is the 74th article in the “Real Words or Buzzwords?” series about how real words become empty words and stifle technology progress. First physical security devices were labelled ...

The following materials are intended to function as fundamental information for those involved in the planning, implementation, and ongoing management of physical access control systems. Looking ...

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine physical access security at federal buildings. Its December 20 report highlights the oversight difficulties faced by agencies when ...

Most people don’t think much about opening doors: insert key, turn knob and walk in. If your workplace issues ID badges there may be a bit more thought that goes into it as you tap the badge on a ...

In the cybersecurity world, we often talk about firewalls, zero trust, MFA and digital perimeters. However, in high-risk environments, like utilities, airports, energy, pharma and manufacturing ...

Most people think of physical access control in terms of authorizing entry to a building. It is, but physical access goes far beyond the front door. Access-control systems are essential anywhere you ...

ID verification technology supplier Bioscrypt has chosen a fingerprint sensor from UPEK for use in its physical access control readers, bringing the reader into FIPS 201 compliance. Bioscrypt still ...

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