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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Biometric Time Attendance System

In the era of Science and Technology, Biometric Technology is becoming more and more useful with it’s bunches of applications. Now a day there are very rare areas where biometrics not used. It is useful at shops, schools, offices, organizations, companies and libraries no matter how small or big it is. Biometrics has wide range of applications ranging from visitor management, access control system, biometric door locks, finger print readers and face recognition systems.

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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Companies Fail to Take Precautions to Secure the Weakest Link in their Information Infrastructure - Paper

Recent well documented stories in the media have shown how easy it is to cause breaches in security by careless handling of paper documents. IT managers need to understand that not all attacks are malicious, and employees can inadvertently be involved in accidental data loss.

While millions of pounds have been spent by corporations on security networks to ensure that data entering and leaving cannot be accessed by anyone without permission, many companies still fail to take any precautions to secure perhaps the weakest link in their information infrastructure – paper.

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Holding Down The Fort

Seldom has there been a more difficult marriage than the one between electronic technology and physical barrier portals. While access control systems are faster than ever before and filled with control and data base management features, regular hinged swinging doors are still the barrier portal of choice. Fire and light-safety codes, not to mention moral responsibilities, mandate that exits require no special knowledge to use.

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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Managed access control: How to get through the door. By Daniel Gelinas - 07.2009

Security is all about protecting lives and assets, detecting intrusion and restricting access. More and more traditional intrusion alarm companies are seeing the value of adding managed services, and many are saying one of the best managed services to tack on is access control. But what does it take to start managing a client’s access control needs? What is the return on investment? Is managed access control one more added-on RMR driver, or should it be something upon which you exclusively focus?