Genea is a cloud-based smart building security provider that recently entered the higher education market via a partnership with Transact+CBORD. CampusIDNews talked with the company’s President and CEO Michael Wong to learn about the company and its offerings. Though new...
In this episode of CampusIDNews Chats, Rasheed Behrooznia and Taran Lent of Transact+CBORD discuss the company’s efforts to continue to advance product offerings. Behrooznia confirmed increased investment in research and development, with 2025 marking yet another rise. On the product...
In this episode of CampusIDNews Chats, Emily Dieker, Director of the GWorld Card Program at George Washington University, discussed the critical role her team plays in campus emergency response and lockdowns. When she assumed the director role in 2019, she...
CampusIDNews caught up with Detrios’ Amanda Imperial to discuss the company’s DAX product and its applications in higher ed. DAX is an off-the-shelf middleware solution that connects event management systems and housing systems to an institution’s access control system. It...
In a move to modernize campus access, University of California at Irvine trialed Amazon One, a contactless biometric system that uses palm vein recognition for identity verification. Wayne Fields, UC Irvine’s Assistant Director for Student Affairs IT, says he was...
In this episode of CampusIDNews Chats, ColorID’s Danny Smith discusses the evolving landscape of identity management systems in higher education. He describes his concept of "critical identity infrastructure," which encompasses credentials, reader infrastructure, and the software used to manage identities....
Allegion and Atrium announced a strategic alliance, whereby the “two companies are establishing a formal partnership to revolutionize access control, credentialing, and campus one card solutions,” says the Allegion press release. The release is short on details, but it likely...
Brigham Young University’s robust security program includes 25 officers, 15 supervisors, and 400 academy-trained student employees. To better coordinate these departments, BYU wanted a solution that would unify operations and improve efficiency. They selected Genetec's Operations Center, a solution for...
The current state of campus access control was the focus of a joint panel discussion with members of the Northeast Colleges and Universities Security Association (NECUSA) and NACCU. Topics surrounded reporting structures, obstacles, investments, lockdowns, and plans for access control...
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Great inverview on the Public Key Open Credential (PKOC) standard with ELATEC's Jason Ouellette, Chairman of the Board for the @PSIAlliance.
Attn: friends in the biometrics space. Nominations close Friday for the annual Women in Biometrics Awards. Take five minutes to recognize a colleague or even yourself. http://WomenInBiometrics.com
