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Access Control & Identity: Got NFC?

  • Ron Oetjen is the president of Intelligent Access Systems (IAS) in Garner, N.C.

  • Jason Hart is Identive Group's executive vice president, Identity Management and Cloud Solutions.

  • Photo courtesy CBORD

    A student at Villanova University in Philadelphia waves her smartphone at the reader to gain secure admittance to her building.

  • Photo courtesy CBORD

    At the University of San Francisco students use their cell phones and NFC to pay for laundry.

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Once phone manufacturing technology catches up, Near Field Communications (NFC) on cell phones promises to be a secure, effective solution for access control. With NFC, users simply wave their cellphone, instead of an access badge, at a reader, as a credential for access to labs, office suites or other secured areas. “NFC is an exciting and promising technology for the electronic security industry but for the most part it’s still in the pilot program phase in the U.S. market,” said Ron...
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