 Feature of the week: How campuses can move away from the brass key Allegion’s Jeff Koziol discusses limitations of the age-old brass key, why many campuses are still leaning on metal keys for accessing secure or sensitive areas on campus, and ways to upgrade. |
 Entrust launches new ‘Visitor Management as a Service’ solution Trusted identity, payments and data protection provider, Entrust, launched its new Adaptive Issuance Visitor Management as a Service (VMaaS) solution that enables a more modern, trusted approach to enterprise visitor management. |
05 Nov, 2020Mobile credentials for the masses: Key considerations for implementation and student adoption
Allegion’s Jeff Koziol discusses the expectations that students now have when arriving on campus, and how mobile credentials have become a part of that landscape. Koziol covers all the top considerations, including cost and procurement factors, ways to support the Android user base, areas on campus that can benefit from mobile credentials, and pathways forward for universities trying to achieve mobile implementation.
30 Oct, 2020Transact launches capacity management app to help keep campuses safe
To support higher education leaders in creating safe plans for reopening and maintaining healthy, secure campuses, Transact Campus has launched a self-service capacity management app. The app is called Transact Capacity Management, and it enables institutions to help control the number of individuals that enter a building at one time, as well as reduce physical touchpoints and manage social distancing.
30 Oct, 2020Entrust launches cloud-based, direct-to-card desktop issuance solution
Trusted identities, payments and data protection provider, Entrust, has announced its new cloud-based, direct-to-card solution for physical and remote ID card issuance. The next generation Entrust Sigma series card printer has been built with today’s cloud environments in mind, leveraging encryption, trusted HSM technology and secure boot to issue highly secure credentials.
28 Oct, 2020CR80 Chats: How ColorID is helping campuses to navigate contact tracing
In this episode of CR80News Chats, we catch up with ColorID’s David Stallsmith to talk about how ColorID has been helping universities tackle contact tracing and other COVID-19 related challenges. Contact tracing, in particular, is an emerging conversation for universities of all sizes, so we talk through some of the options available to campuses as they try to implement a contact tracing system that best suits their needs.
23 Oct, 2020Starship delivery robots roll onto Oregon State campus
A fleet of 20 Starship delivery robots began processing student orders at Oregon State University this week. The popular autonomous delivery robots are now serving OSU students, faculty and staff with contactless delivery across the university’s sprawling 500-acre campus, and marks the first arrival of Starship to a campus in the state of Oregon.
23 Oct, 2020U. of Georgia makes OneCard available to online students
The University of Georgia is now providing its online students with their own UGA OneCard complete with ID photo. The move will provide online students with the same credential as their on-campus peers, as well as provide digital learners with all of the benefits of the UGA OneCard.
23 Oct, 2020Maryville University launches Transact Mobile Credential
Maryville University has launched Transact Mobile Credential for its campus community, moving the Saints ID onto student mobile devices. Students, faculty, and staff can now add their Saints ID card to Apple Wallet or Google Pay to use their iPhone, Apple Watch, or Android device to access buildings on campus, purchase meals, and more.
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