The Future of Access Control?
Daniel Gelinas writing for Security Systems News, announced the arrival of the SafeRise security solution to the US Market.
See the article here: http://www.securitysystemsnews.com/p=article&id=ss200912Oku0rm
SafeRise was created by Tel Aviv based FST21 (http://www.fst21.com) and is described in their literature as a comprehensive "intelligent" access control system that utilizes "2nd generation biometrics, video & voice analytics."
The SafeRise system does not use any keys, proximity cards or RFID but rather, "combines facial recognition, video analytics, speaker recognition (the system recognizes a speaker’s specific voiceprint), speech recognition (the system recognizes spoken commands), and license plate recognition to completely secure a building and allow access only to those pre-vetted to be there."
Unlike biometric fingerprint and retinal scanners, which can be perceived as inconvenient or intrusive by requiring users to touch or look into a reader, the SafeRise system purports to identify persons and vehicles as they approach the building entrance without requiring any specific interaction from the user. An authorized person can simply walk up and open a secured door without any conscious interaction with the access control system.
If the SafeRise system works reliably as advertised, it has the potential to make proximity card based access control systems seem relatively insecure and out of date in the very near future.
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