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A scan of fingerprint biometrics
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management
Given the increase in the use of fingerprint technology in public and private organisations, as well as some recent announcements on the reliability or lack or reliability of certain types of sensors and algorithms in the fingerprint biometric market, Hi-Tech Security Solutions spoke to some of the leading fingerprint biometric vendors in the market to find out more about the state of this market.
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BIMS set to change identity management
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure
Local biometrics integrator, Ideco Biometric Security Solutions, has announced that its Biometric Identity Management System (BIMS) has been launched to market.
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Your face tells a story
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Surveillance, Government and Parastatal (Industry)
Facial recognition has advanced to the point where it can be rolled out over large areas and accuracy is no longer a hit-and-miss affair.
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The right access decisions
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Editor's Choice, Access Control & Identity Management
Making the right access control decision depends on what you want secured and how secure it should be.
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IP is no stranger to access control
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions, Infrastructure
Just as the surveillance market made the move to IP-based communications, the access control market is also moving to IP (or some say it already has).
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Applying the SaaS model to access control
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
The software-as-a-service model has proven transformative to many organisations, and even entire industries. The benefits it can offer are undeniable, but in the security sector which is risk-averse by necessity, we wanted to hear the views of some local experts in access control as a service (ACaaS) to find out what some of the pros and cons are.
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Cloud-based access control
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
Running your access control through a cloud service has made people nervous in the past, but today’s solutions are hard to beat.
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Controlling access in the cloud
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
In the access control arena, hosted or managed services have been around for a few years, and the adoption of cloud-based access control only continues to grow as companies become more and more open to the idea of relying on it to perform such a vital function within their business.
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They sure don’t make them like they used to
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Surveillance, Integrated Solutions
The latest offerings in the market with respect to doorbells and intercoms, and what functionality they offer.
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Questions on workforce management
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management
To find out a little more about workforce management today, Hi-Tech Security Solutions asked Paul Chari from dormakaba for his insights.
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Deploying an integrated access control solution
Access & Identity Management Handbook 2019, Access Control & Identity Management, Integrated Solutions
The challenge of controlling access into premises and then controlling where staff and visitors go within the premises is one that requires careful consideration and planning.
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NEC XON talks Industry 4.0 and disruption
November 2018, Editor's Choice, Information Security, Integrated Solutions, Conferences & Events, Training & Education
NEC XON held its seventh annual summit at Sun City in October this year in which it focused on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4) and how it would disrupt the status quo.
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