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for all credentialing.”
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He further observes that “facial
recognition, as it becomes per-
fected, will likely gain wider ac-
ceptance in the near future.”
Jonathon Harris, Guidepost Solutions
cure facility; possibly through
passive credential scanning...”
Another recognized consulting/
design expert, Frank Scala, is
Senior Lead – Security Practice
at WSP Engineering.
After designing access control
for more than 20 years with all
types of authentication technol-
ogies, he points out that “BLE
(Blue Tooth Low Energy), Bio-
metrics and facial recognition
will soon become the standard
Frank also offered the unique
perspective that “card media
will improve as enhancements
in the metals and plastics will
evolve to be anti-viral and bac-
terial resistant”.
One large national end user who
has employed hand-wave and
fingerprint technology, as well
as conventional card readers
Frank Scala, WPS Engineering
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