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Unclonable RFID chips deliver authentication to secure IDs and access cards
Verayo has launched its next generation of RFID ICs based on the company’s innovative Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF) technology. The first chip of the new product family, the Vera M4H, delivers authentication and security to broader markets such as mass transit tickets, secure IDs and access cards and consumer product anti-counterfeiting, where cost has been an impediment for adoption.
The Vera M4H provides an unlimited number of local (offline) authentication events. Verayo’s first unclonable RFID IC, the Vera X512H, provided low-cost authentication, and required a network to access a back-end for authentication with a pre-provisioned number of authentication events. The Vera M4H’s non-networked, unlimited authentication feature extends the reach of Verayo’s PUF-based RFIDs to broader markets while preserving the technology’s significant cost benefits.
“Enhanced security and authentication for RFID solutions will reduce end user uncertainty and facilitate adoption in a dive... [ more ]
CBC teams up with 802 Global to protect park-and-ride car parks for Maidstone Borough Council
Maidstone Borough Council in Kent, which operates the park-and-ride facilities, has also successfully used the cameras to reduce the number of vehicles entering the town centre, improve the local environment and cut vehicle emissions. Drivers parking their cars naturally expect a reasonable level of security, but three of the sites had no specific CCTV system to protect them. Increasing the number of site attendants wasn’t a cost-effective option, compared with the more efficient alternative of camera monitoring by the Council’s specialist CCTV control room operators.
Following detailed sites surveys, CBC’s Ganz C-Allview PTZ domes were installed. These high-speed rugged PTZ cameras, which are sealed to IP67, are designed for installation in harsh and challenging environments. Their vandal-resistant features include bodies cast from aluminium, which are hard anodised and powder coated to protect them from scratching, oxidation or attack from solvents. Operationally, C-Allview offers... [ more ]
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