Tag: mobile

AUSTIN, Texas – Identity solutions provider HID Global has announced the release of its HID Origo Technology Partner Program with a focus on mobile technologies. HID said the program was designed in response to an evolving security landscape, growing regulatory demands, and mounting privacy concerns. The program is designed to provide technology partners with the tools they need to innovate and grow market share. “When HID Mobile Access was introduced more than a decade ago, smartphones...

DRAPER, Utah – ProdataKey (PDK), a mobile cloud access control platform has added to its line of Red high-security devices with the launch of Red Aux 8. The Aux 8 is a input/output board designed to expand PDK’s footprint by extending support to auxiliary devices which require monitoring and control. The board’s eight inputs and outputs can be connected with door position sensors, motion sensors, alarm intrusion sensors, elevator controls, push buttons, and more. It connects...

The struggle is real in this COVID-19 world we’re all living in with so many uncertainties, concerns, distracted thinking, working from home … the list goes on and on. A huge concern that employers and employees must realize is that to enable continued, gainful employment and the ability to work from home, technology/hardware has to be protected from threat actors and processes have to be in place to fend off cyberattacks.  First, thinking must shift to that of protection,...

FREMONT, Calif.—Security Systems News caught up with Identiv’s CEO, Steven Humphreys, who talks about going from an orphan to CEO, and how his passions for education and robotics help him stay at the forefront of the industry. ARE YOU MARRIED? ANY KIDS? Yes, I am married and have two kids. One is working (yay!) and one is in college.DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS? I have two dogs, two cats and one snake. I know it sounds like a lot, but at least the parakeets, chickens, ducks, lizard, koi and turkeys...

Access control cards and readers long ago replaced mechanical locks and keys for enterprise security. Now, those plastic cards are giving way to mobile credentials that communicate with readers using a smartphone virtual key.It's a rapidly growing solution. Mobile credential downloads are estimated to increase by more than 100 percent annually between the base year of 2017 and 2022. By 2022, about 20 percent of currently installed access control readers are expected to be mobile capable.Convenience,...

QUINCY, Mass.— The National Fire Protection Association, a nonprofit devoted to enhancing fire safety based here, announced recently the availability of a host of products for mobile devices, according to a press release. NFPA's library of mobile solutions now includes mobile-friendly eBooks in PDF format. Also included are apps for both Apple and Android products. NFPA codes and standards are available as eBook files for the Apple, Kindle and Nook platforms. NFPA has made mobile access a core...