IDpendant press releases
Higher Security, yet Lower Costs with the Employee ID of the Future
ESG relies on a trail-blazing employee ID solution developed by IDpendant
08.08.2008
Fürstenfeldbruck / München - Fürstenfeldbruck / Munich – In view of the construction of ESG's new headquarters, André Koloska played one card and scored a great success. In collaboration with IDpendant GmbH, a company headquartered in Munich, the IT security manager at ESG Elektronik- und Logistik-GmbH succeeded in implementing a system that combines both physical access including work time recording and logical system to IT systems – a worldwide first in the industry. The system sets new standards for security and user friendliness. One particularly remarkable fact is that employees working in ID issuing can continue to use the Interflex interface they are used to. However, in the background, the system offers extended and fully automated functionalities for the use of a PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) with certificates, allowing the management of logical access.
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Turning smart cards into all-stars: IDpendant is the first provider on the globe to introduce an unprecedented solution for Card Management Systems
07.11.2007
Unterschleissheim – Smart cards are nowadays ever-present in both our private and professional lives. We use them as ATM cards or credit cards, as company IDs or as key cards to access office buildings, to track work time or to access secure IT systems at work – the range of possible uses for these sophisticated cards grows constantly. However, despite all these positive developments and the advantages associated with smart cards, there used to be one important setback, especially from a practical point of view: all applications had to be managed separately, each requiring a separate system.
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A new provider of IT security solutions to enter the German market
22.02.2007
Unterschleissheim – The 21st century is marked by fast-paced digitization. In today's world, it is simply unimaginable that social and economic processes would not rely on information and communication techniques. In view of this development, corporate IT security is becoming increasingly important. This is partially due to the fact that companies are required to meet legal requirements including Basle II and SOX. However, industrial espionage or carelessness on the part of the company's own employees can, in serious cases, be an existential threat to a company.
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