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many other traditional smart card
applications.
This shift that is, the corpo
rate identity badge and access card
moving onto NFCenabled smart
phones ushers in an entirely new
level of user convenience. It will
also enable new forms and ad
ditional factors of authentication
for increased security of a user's
identity in a world where security
threats continue to grow and
privacy assurances are increasingly
critical. Mobile access control al
lows users to add GPS (where you
are) as well as biometrics to tra
ditional authentication methods
(something you know, such as a
password and something you have,
such as a phone). The addition of
gesturebased access control to this
model will take authentication a
step beyond by enabling a user
to define a series of handmotion
sequences or gestures to be used to
control the operation of an RFID
based device.
This means that when gesture
based access control is incorporat
ed into an NFC smartphone, users
will be able to define gesturebased
passwords that can work in a
twodimensional mode similar to
a combination lock. Users will also
be able to utilise 3D motions such
as moving their phone to the left,
right, forward and backward to
trigger a door to open. So in the
future when you see someone wav
ing their phone at a secure door
and it opens, don't be surprised.
"Open Sesame' has arrived. n
It is often said that innovation
comes from the confluence of sev
eral existing technologies. Today,
we have such an event occurring
in smartphones, with the de facto
inclusion of accelerometers, the
addition of personal wireless tech
nology (NFC and Bluetooth), and
a powerful computing platform
that is (almost) always connected.
Voila!
This is a perfect recipe for
disruptive innovation in the access
control market. Mobile access
control, or using one's NFC
enabled smartphone to access
buildings, makes it possible to
use a smartphone in the same
way one uses a mechanical key
or smartcard to open a door.
Thanks to NFC a smartphone can
now securely house "digital keys"
with a user's identity data. These
smartphones with digital keys can
be incorporated into the business
infrastructure not only to open
doors, but also to login into com
puter networks and to perform
voice of
the security market
NFCenabledsmartphonesmight
replacetraditionalkeysandcards
Could today's mobile phones signal the end of a
pocketful of keys and cards? The answer is yes,
according to Ian Lowe, senior product marketing
manager at HID Global. He argues that modern per-
sonal wireless technology such as NFC and Bluetooth
already now is revolutionising the access control
market.
By Ian Lowe, senior product marketing manager, Identity Assurance, HID Global.
These smart-
phones with
digital keys can
be incorporated into the
business infrastructure not
only to open doors, but also
to login into computer net-
works and to perform many
other traditional smart
card applications.
Ian Lowe, senior product marketing
manager, Identity Assurance,
HID Global.
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