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Contactless Technology for Secure Physical Access |
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Contactless Cards Provide Advantages for Physical Access
Contactless cards are increasingly accepted as the credential of choice for controlling physical access. They are both robust and flexible, giving security professionals the ability to reduce maintenance costs, improve employee productivity and increase security.
Contactless smart cards offer advantages to both the organization issuing the card and the cardholder. The issuing organization can support multiple applications on a single card, consolidating an appropriate mix of technologies and supporting a variety of security policies for different situations. Applications such as logical access to computer networks, electronic payment, electronic ticketing and transit can be combined with physical access to offer a multi-application and multi-technology ID credential. The issuer can also record and update appropriate privileges from a single central location. The organization as a whole incurs lower maintenance costs over the system life, due to the elimination of mechanical components and reader resistance to vandalism and harsh environmental conditions. With hybrid and dual-interface cards, issuers can also implement systems that benefit from multiple card technologies.
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