Strengthen Security with Tetragate Platform

Filed in archive Privacy and Security on October 9, 2006

A lot of people say that RFID is not secure but this latest implementation would banish all those claims. Nowadays corporate depend upon key cards for recognizing the person entering the premises but what if one of the employees keeps the door open for the other to sneak through? You never know when an unknown person might enter the premises and cause irreparable damage to the organization. With cut throat competition on the rise companies need to be more vigilant regarding the person entering the company, he or she could be here to steal your data or probably be a threat to the lives of your key employees.

In order to deal with this issue American Barcode and RFID has come up with Tetragate platform which combines RFID ID cards with facial recognition software and video cameras. Now companies would be able to scan hundreds of people entering their premises with ease. These RFID ID cards are equipped with UHF RFID inlays as compared to LF or HF inlays used in key cards and have a pretty good read range of 25 feet and in the event some one opens the door for the employee to get in without punching their key card to the access control reader, the Tetragate reader would sense the UHF Tetragate reader card from within a purse or a bag. In order to make it foolproof a networked digital facial recognition camera is used for authenticating every person entering the premises. With this images can be captured from a distance of forty to sixty feet from the entrance and thousands of faces can be captured per second and compared with the database of employees. So in case an unauthorized person is detected in the premises an e-mail is shot off to the security incharge along with the image of the person and this would make it easier for figuring out the questionable person.

With this you could not only track people entering your premises but also keep a tab on the assets of your company being carried by your employees. As of now the system has been tested in laboratory conditions but the company is in talks with a number of interested parties in this regard. The total package has a starting price of $25,000.

If it turns out to be a success it would certainly strengthen the security of the companies and ease pressure on the security personnel.