Sig-Tec Corp. has incorporated its logical access software solution to work with OMNIKEY desktop readers as well as HID’s iCLASS, Prox and multi-technology card solutions. This means organizations ...

A dual interface reader with contact and contactless capabilities to support the increased demand for badging and other personal ID applications, has been launched by SCM Microsystems. This ...

More and more, companies that formally used only keys are now asking about keyless or electronic access control (EAC). Whether called badges, tokens or cards, they limit access to a facility to only ...

ISMANING, Germany, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SCM Microsystems, Inc., a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange ...

Sony has found a new friend in Global HID. The two companies are partnering to develop contactless smart card readers for laptop computers. HID Global will bringing its iCLASS card and reader ...

Contactless smart cards are plastic cards (usually the size of a credit card) with an embedded radio frequency identification transponder. The RFID microchip can store a serial number and other ...

A few years ago, we saw a project from a few researchers in Germany who built a device to clone contactless smart cards. These contactless smart cards can be found in everything from subway cards to ...

On the consumer front, contactless payments are being promoted by payment providers without necessarily being demanded by consumers. Aimed at displacing cash, which is generally disliked by merchants ...

There are now billions of EMV-enabled cards in the world, but they are not foolproof and can be made more secure through new authentication technologies. In most retailers today, customers don’t swipe ...

A smart card, also called chip card or integrated circuit card is a type of pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits which can process data. This card can receive input which is processed ...

Minneapolis, MN - Sig-Tec Corporation, a provider of logical access desktop and laptop solutions, has incorporated full support for the OMNIKEY CardMan 5121 contactless smart card readers into its ...