Trusted identity solutions provider, HID Global, has announced its most feature-rich implementation of the latest MIFARE DESFire EV3 credential. HID’s credential based on MIFARE DESFire EV3 implements the technology’s full range of capabilities including AES128 encryption, a secure channel for protecting card data from man-in-the-middle attacks, and a random unique identifier (UID) for protecting user privacy.

Trusted identities solutions provider, HID Global, has added a new advancement to its Signo line of readers, incorporating biometrics into the HID Signo Biometric Reader 25B. The biometric reader is designed to capture and read fingerprints in real-world applications and conditions.

HID Global will be presenting a pair of webinars as part NACCU’s Virtual Expo Showcase. The two virtual events will cover the move to mobile and physical security at university healthcare and research facilities. We caught up with HID’s End User Business Manager for Higher Education, Tim Nyblom, to discuss some of the topics to be covered in HID’s upcoming webinars.

Access control solutions provider, ASSA ABLOY has launched its new HES ES100 Wireless Electric Strike, which enables an easy, affordable retrofit solution for remote control and monitoring at an entryway. The HES ES100 combines features from the existing HES 1500 and 1600 Series electric strikes with Aperio wireless technology.

George Washington University has made changes to its residence hall visitor management policies that will keep the campus in line with COVID-19 restrictions. Students living in on campus housing can now invite one guest from their residence hall into their room at a time.

In this CR80Chat, Allegion’s Business Development Manager, Jeff Koziol discusses the limitations of the age-old brass key. We talk so much about the emerging technologies in the access control space that we almost entirely forget that many campuses are still leaning on metal keys for accessing secure or sensitive areas on campus.

The University of Oregon has installed Gantner smart lockers to secure student valuables on its Eugene campus. The smart locker deployment is being used throughout a major science building on the campus with multiple usage configurations ranging from daily rentals to assigned lockers for personnel and staff.

Scheduling solutions have quickly jumped to the forefront as a vital campus service – not just for normal times, but even more so now in response to new regulations surrounding COVID-19. Wake Forest University is leveraging ASSA ABLOY Aperio locks and a software-based scheduling solution from Detrios to help coordinate busy day-to-day life on campus.

As higher education grapples with new options for access control and security on campus, issues surrounding credential technologies, reader technologies, future proofing, and open standards are forefront. CR80News caught up with Rich Price, Director of User Experience at WaveLynx Technologies to learn about the company’s work in these areas. We also get an update on WaveLynx’s work at the University of Georgia in an interview with UGA’s director of IT for Auxiliary Services, Bill McGee.

HID Global’s new Signo line of access control readers has been awarded New Product of the Year for 2020 by Security Today magazine. Recognized in the Access Control Devices/Peripherals category, the new access reader line was chosen for features that foster an adaptable, interoperable and secure approach to access control.