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HID Global to demonstrate Identity Assurance solutions at Infosecurity 2013 show in London

HID will highlight its ActivID Appliance Authentication solution and conduct live mobile authentication demonstrations HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced it is demonstrating a comprehensive range of innovative Identity Assurance solutions that drive customer empowerment, including mobile identity credentials that can be used to secure access to the cloud, data and the door, at this year’s Infosecurity 2013 show in London. The...

Bosch access easy controller system helps telx monitor security at its facility

The Access Easy Controller reads the building's HID cards as unique data strings End user: telx has more than a dozen locations nationwide and is the leading provider of carrier-neutral Meet Me Room and Core Interconnection Facilities in North America. telx's network facilities deliver quality solutions for telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers and enterprise networks. One deployment at telx can seamlessly provide customers access to an abundance of global net...

ASSA ABLOY to showcase Aperio wireless locking technology range at IFSEC 2013

ASSA ABLOY will showcase its new Aperio L100 electronically controlled lock at IFSEC 2013 ASSA ABLOY and HID Global technologies help millions of customers to access their world securely. ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership incorporates the combined power of award-winning technology from leading brands HID Global, ABLOY, Yale, Mul-T-Lock, Traka and effeff. At IFSEC 2013, all these brands are showcasing the cutting edge in access technology on one stand. See demonstrations of...

SALTO launches ‘XS4 PBA12020’ panic bar solution for emergency exit doors

The XS4 PBA12020 is EN1125 tested and approved and is compatible with both SALTO Data-on-Card and SALTO wireless systems, providing full control of the door at all times. It is also available with a passive leaf panic bar for double emergency exit doors. SALTO advanced panic bar solutions enable emergency exit doors equipped with panic bars to be controlled with an innovative stand alone electronic locking system, providing all the class leading benefits of SALTO but for emergency exits. Len...

Mul-T-Lock to showcase its cutting edge access control technology at IFSEC 2013

Mul-T-Lock will showcase its Smartair eCylinder and Watchlock padlock security solutions at IFSEC 2013 ASSA ABLOY and HID Global technologies help millions of customers to access their world securely. ASSA ABLOY’s global leadership incorporates the combined power of award-winning technology from leading brands HID Global, ABLOY, Yale, Mul-T-Lock, Traka and effeff. At IFSEC 2013, all these brands are showcasing the cutting edge in access technology on one stand. See demo...

HID Global launches its enhanced FARGO HDP5000 Printer/Encoder at CARTES Asia 2013

HID Global's HDP5000 is the ideal solution for governments, corporations and universities HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced it has launched its enhanced FARGO HDP5000 High Definition Printer/Encoder, the industry’s most popular, reliable and cost-effective solution for retransfer printing at CARTES Asia in Hong Kong. Featuring the company’s fifth generation of High Definition Printing (HDP) technology, the enhanced HDP5...

HID Global’s iCLASS Seos wins SESAMES Award at CARTES Asia 2013

HID iCLASS Seos's universal card edge feature supports multiple technologies HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that its iCLASS Seos credential has won the Asian SESAMES Award in the software and applications category.  The award recognises the industry’s most innovative technological applications developed for the Asia Pacific market in the field of smart cards, digital security, identification, secure transactions, and...

HID Global and RedCloud to demonstrate integrated access control solution at ISC West in Las Vegas

HID has integrated its networked access solutions into RedCloud's portfolio HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that it has expanded its partnership with RedCloud to integrate HID Global’s EDGE EVO® and VertX EVO™ networked access control solutions into RedCloud’s complete line of web-based networked access control appliances, including RedCloud Express, RedCloud Enterprise, and RedCloud Virtual. RedCloud w...

HID Global demonstrates portfolio of healthcare secure access solutions at HIMSS 2013

HID's secure access solutions are designed to have minimal impact on patients and administrative staff HIMSS 2013 – HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently showcased the breadth and depth of its healthcare secure access solution portfolio at this year’s HIMSS in New Orleans. Protecting healthcare organisations and patients against unauthorised access to sensitive data, HID Global’s secure access solutions are designed to hav...

AMAG Technology hosts 12th annual Security Engineering Symposium in California

The symposium provides an opportunity for AMAG and its partners to engage in conversations with security engineers AMAG Technology, an access control, IP video and intrusion management security solution provider, hosted its 12th annual Security Engineering Symposium (SES) in San Diego, California at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort on March 1-4, 2012. AMAG experienced its largest crowd ever with nearly 100 consultants attending.  Immediately following the SES, 35 Symmetry Au...

HID Global adds SlimFlex Laundry tag solution to its RFID tags

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced the addition of its industry and logistics SlimFlex™ Laundry tag solution to the expanding SlimFlex Tag family of broadband UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders. This introduction provides integrators with a rich feature-set of RFID tags that deliver the characteristics of the SlimFlex tag’s durability and flexibility in a format ideal for automated tracking and inventory for commer...

Genetec continues growth with new US office in Moonachie, NJ

The new office provides a local base for its North Eastern team Genetec™, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, recently announced the opening of a new US office in Moonachie, NJ.  Located in close proximity to Manhattan and major airports, the new office features a state-of-the-art training center and showroom, and provides a local base for the company's North Eastern team. "The opening of...

PSA Security Network announces IQinVision as a new Premier Vendor Partner

PSA Security’s PVP program enhances the value of the PSA relationship to its vendor partners PSA Security Network recently announced that IQinVision is the newest addition to their Premier Vendor Partner (PVP) program. IQinVision is a market leader in high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras. The program was created to enhance the value of the PSA relationship to its vendor partners and subsequently to its owners and customers. The PSA Premier Vendor Program has a defin...

HID Global and ASSA ABLOY Showcase Seos ecosystem at Mobile World Congress 2013

The showcase highlights the use of secure digital keys and identity credentials for mobile access HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced it will showcase its secure digital keys and identity credentials for powering mobile access together with parent company ASSA ABLOY at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The company will be demonstrating its award-winning Seos digital credentials that can be embedded in Near Field C...

AMAG’s Symmetry™ security management system certified with HID Global’s EasyLobby SVM software

AMAG Technology, an access control, IP video and intrusion detection (IDS) solution provider, announces that Certified Partner, HID Global®, has certified its EasyLobby® Secure Visitor Management (SVM™) v10 software with AMAG’s SymmetryTM v7.0.1 Security Management System, which combines the latest generation of visitor management software with AMAG’s newest version of Symmetry access control software.  AMAG and HID Global cooperatively tested and certified this in...

HID Global adds dual interface PIV credentials to pivCLASS government solutions portfolio

HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced the addition of a dual-interface (contact/contactless) Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential to its pivCLASS® Government Solutions portfolio, which simplifies issuance of PIV cards and the process of upgrading an existing physical access control system (PACS) to support Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 201 (FIPS-201) standards.  The new pivCLASS smart card and the company’...

HID iCLASS chosen by Merrill Lynch for versatile interoperability and multiple application support

Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading financial management and advisory companies with offices in 38 countries and territories. With its headquarters in New York City, the financial capital of the world, and subsidiaries and affiliates located globally, the company services client assets that total approximately $1.7 trillion. Driven to meet the special needs of its international as well as individual clients, Merrill Lynch adopts innovative technologies and leverages operations that are b...

AMAG Technology to host Security Engineering Symposium and Reseller Insight Conference in California

The conference is AMAG's annual education and networking event for security engineers and resellers AMAG Technology, an access control, IP video and intrusion detection (IDS) solution provider, will be hosting its 12th annual Security Engineering Symposium and Reseller Insight Conference, March 1-5, 2013 at The Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego. The conference is AMAG’s annual education and networking event for security engineers and resellers.  Nearly 100 secu...

HID Global to showcase authentication and secure identity solutions at RSA Conference

HID will demonstrate its best-in-class suite of technologies, products, solutions and services HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that it will showcase the industry’s only end-to-end solution portfolio designed to protect organisations against unauthorised access to everything from the cloud, to the data, to the door at this year’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. The company will also unveil its new turnkey and ver...

HID Global FARGO printers boost efficiency at Ryerson

The challenge A company doesn’t get to be the size and significance of Ryerson without focusing on efficiency. Ryerson, a leading distributor and processor of metal, based in Chicago, is guided by three fundamental principles, one of which is an intense focus on operating efficiency. Perhaps that’s why Thomas Wojtowicz, Ryerson’s Senior Analyst and Engineer, looks with pride on the company’s decision to print its ID cards in-house. Ryerson, whose products are found in e...

HID Global releases its projections for the top secure identity trends of 2013

HID Global's projections include visitor management , secure credential issuance, and RFID tagging HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently released its projections for the top secure identity trends of 2013. The predictions span a broad range of market segments including physical access control, logical access control, and mobile access control using NFC-enabled smartphones. Other market segments covered in the company’s projections include...

PCSC enters into reseller agreement with HID Global

The agreement will enable PCSC to resell HID Global’s EasyLobby® Secure Visitor Management (SVM™) software PCSC, a designer and manufacturer of quality access control solutions confirms that it has entered into a reseller agreement with HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions. The agreement will enable PCSC to resell HID Global’s EasyLobby® Secure Visitor Management (SVM™) software as part of PCSC’s LiNC-NXG™...

HID Global announces projections for the top security identity trends of 2013

The predictions span a range of market segments including physical, logical and mobile access control HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently released its projections for the top secure identity trends of 2013. The predictions span a broad range of market segments including physical access control, logical access control, and mobile access control using NFC-enabled smartphones. Other market segments covered in the company’s projections...

HID Global announces Bridget Burke as new Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Ms. Burke is responsible for HID Global’s business applications and data networking HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced Bridget Burke has joined the company as Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO). With a goal of enhancing overall information capabilities, Ms. Burke is responsible for HID Global’s business applications, data networking and infrastructure and customer information programs. Burke will als...

HID Global partners with BehavioSec for fraud detection system

The joint offering brings a new layer of security to HID Global’s fraud detection system HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced it is partnering with BehavioSec, a leading behavioural biometrics company, to combine BehavioSec’s Behaviometrics technology with HID Global’s 4TRESS Authentication Server. The joint offering brings a new layer of security to HID Global’s Fraud Detection System without sacrificing...

HID Global in Education: Mercyhurst College, Pennsylvania

Founded in 1926, Mercyhurst College, named one of the “Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, is a leading liberal arts college. Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, Mercyhurst’s 75-acre main campus has 50 buildings and supports over 3,500 students, faculty and staff. In 1991, the college purchased a 100-year-old seminary for a second campus called Mercyhurst North East. At that site, nestled in the bluffs just west of the New York state line, 700 st...

Security one2one Winter Summit to be addressed by Executive Director of National School Safety Center

Security Executives will meet face-to-face with leading solution providers in the security industry Security one2one Winter Summit by ISC announced recently that Dr. Ronald D. Stephens will be joining the Summit discussing "Risk Management - Implementing a Responsible Strategy" on Monday, February 25 at Chateau Elan in Braselton, GA. Dr. Stephens is the Executive Director of the National School Safety Center and is an internationally acclaimed expert on school security who has...

Mission 500 seeks applicants for Mission 500 CSR and Humanitarian Awards

The Awards will be presented at a special cocktail reception on April 11, 2013 during ISC West in Las Vegas Mission 500, a non-profit initiative focusing on the security industry and dedicated to serving the needs of children and communities in crisis, is seeking applicants for the 2013 Mission 500 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award and Humanitarian Award. The Awards will be presented at a special cocktail reception on April 11, 2013 during ISC West in Las Vegas. The...

HID Global’s network access control solutions selected by Shenyan Transformer Group in China

The new access control solution is interoperable with the plant’s existing credentials HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announced that its network access control solutions and contactless readers have been selected by Shenyang Transformer Group Co., Ltd. (Shenyang TBEA) in China to enable access level settings and area control to prevent unauthorized entry. The new access control solution is interoperable with the plant’s existing creden...

Secura Key continues to be a reliable source for Wiegand cards for the access control industry

Secura Key also manufactures multi-technology Wiegand cards, such as Wiegand + Contactless Secura Key, located in Chatsworth CA, has been and continues to be a reliable and trusted manufacturing resource for many types of Access Control cards. Now, Secura Key is the only resource for Wiegand Cards to the industry.  HID® Global Corp has recently notified its customers that it is obsoleting its Wiegand card and reader line as of January 31, 2013, except for some iCLASS...

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