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 ...

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 ...

IRVINE, Calif., October 11, 2006 – HID Global, a leading manufacturer in the access control industry, today announced the launch of FlexSmart MIFARE and DESFire Contactless Smart Card Readers. The ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — SCM Microsystems Inc. (Fremont, Calif.) has entered a cooperative agreement with the Integrated Circuit Group of Japan's Sharp Corp. to develop and market contactless smart card ...

Wincor Nixdorf and HID Global, a provider of secure identity systems, have introduced an ATM system with a contactless smart card reader, allowing a single piece of equipment to process ATM and ...

Chatsworth, Calif.-based Secura Key announces an addition to its line of e*Tag contactless smart card readers. The ET4-AUS-D is a desktop reader/writer unit with a standard USB cable, which works with ...

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 ...

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 ...

A credit card or ID card that contains a chip. When the card is inserted into a reader (contact) or held close to the reader (contactless), data are transferred to a central computer. Also called a ...