JKS Security - The Convergence of IT Security and Physical Access Control

Numerous concurrent impacts have driven associations to connect the generally isolate areas of physical and IT security with a specific end goal to discover a way to deal with clients’ personalities and get to by means of a solitary certification. These impacts incorporate an expansion in the event of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) around the world, and additionally a reduction in the control of IT resources because of authorized and unsanctioned BYOD (“Bring Your Own Device”) reception. Furthermore, numerous representatives have become tired of being required to convey more than one gadget and to keep up various passwords, also tying-up costly assist work area assets with replacing and reset these gadgets and passwords.

An essential advantage of merging is that it empowers endeavors to influence their current certification venture to make a completely interoperable, multi-layered security arrangement crosswise over organization systems, frameworks and entryways.

A converged identity/access control system can replace one-time password (OTP) tokens and key fobs with a single card or smartphone, negating the need for users to carry multiple devices or re-key OTPs to gain access to all the physical and IT resources they need. In addition this increased convenience for users, this type of overarching solution can reduce long-terms costs associated with the maintenance of multiple access solutions, while allowing for increased security at the same time. 

The ability to combine access control for physical and IT resources on a single device that can be used for multiple applications improves user convenience while increasing security and reducing deployment and operational costs. It will eliminate the need for separate processes for separately provisioning and enrolling IT and PACS identities. Instead, it will be possible to apply a unified set of workflows to a single set of managed identities for organizational convergence. Organizations will be able to seamlessly secure access to physical buildings and IT resources, such as computers, networks, data, and cloud applications. 

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JKS Infrastructure with Legrand Evolution Series Floor Boxes

Wood, Concrete and Raised floor developments. Carpeted, wood, tile, exposed concrete and even terrazzo floor surfaces - One Floor Box for all. Evolution Series Floor Boxes.

The Evolution Series Floor Box is the main floor Box that works each sort of floor development wherever large capacity A/V, electrical power and correspondences administrations are required. Working as a floor box for wood, concrete, raised floor developments – regardless of the surface material, it's a more effective approach to do business.

Floor Types:

• Wood
• Concrete
• Raised
• Carpet
• Tile
• Terrazzo

Box Finish Types:

• Nickel
• Brass
• Bronze
• Gray
• Black
• Aluminum

Benefits of Evolution Series Floor Boxes:

• Sliding Doors create Reduced Trip Hazard – Auto close doors automatically wrap around cables when the cover is closed
• Easy Interior Access – the cover opens 180 degrees, making it easy to work inside the box
• Plug load control – plug load control is up to 30 feet when the cover is closed
• High Capacity Furniture Feed – these boxes are created for concrete, wood, and raised floor options
• Accepts standard Size Device Plates – single, double, and triple size wall plates
• Keeps cables Organized – the built-in cable management guides make it so the cables are kept orderly in the appropriate location
• Two Hour Fire rating – these boxes are fire classifies for up to two hours and are pre-assembles for fast, easy installation
• Maximum depth behind modules – all boxes allow the end user maximum plug and hand access, including 3.5 inches of wire space behind the device plate
• Various Knockout sizes – from ¾ inch to 2inch trade size
• High capacity – able to accommodate 4 to 10 gangs
• Flexible – accepts a wide range of A/V and communication devices

JKS can help you determine the correct Legrand Evolution Series Floor Box for your business!

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Cisco Meraki MV Cloud Managed Security Cameras

Meraki MV security cameras have arrived, and they remove much of the hassle IT administrators and security camera specialists have dealt with for quite a long time. With high compose continuance, strong state stockpiling on every camera, the MV family has turned the system video recorder (NVR) and standalone video administration programming (VMS) into relics of the past. Administration through the dearest program based Meraki dashboard permits clients to view video from anyplace, sparing time and cash. MV cameras, accessible in both an indoor and outside model, have been composed from start to finish on account of effortlessness.

Security cameras are important to keep each business, big or little, protected and operating smoothly. While purchasers have started to observe some cloud-based security camera solutions, the truth in the endeavor world is that these attachment and-play solutions don't exist, and the buyer centered solutions have huge data transmission restrictions of their own.

Today's endeavor security solutions depend on-reason equipment, the NVR, to store video footage. On top of the equipment and working expenses connected with these on-prem solutions, the NVR can bring about significant migraines when executives need to recover video after an occasion has happened. Considering the high expenses connected with introducing up and coming reconnaissance solutions, numerous organizations proceed, even in 2016, to work utilizing NVRs as a part of conjunction with DVDs, thumb drives, and VHS at times. The fresh out of the plastic new MV family evacuates these agony focuses and streamlines the whole security camera association, from establishment to administration to programming redesigns, in regular Meraki design.

MV uses 128GB of industrial grade, high compose perseverance, strong state stockpiling on each camera to dispose of the NVR. At dispatch, every camera will have the capacity to hide away to 20 days of day in and day out, 720p footage on the edge.

The MV21 indoor model elements an improved mechanical outline, chopping down fundamentally on establishment and support time, while the MV71 open air model is IP66 climate appraised and IK10 sway evaluated to withstand requesting situations. Both models highlight infrared light for evening time vision, so clients won't be left oblivious.

Best of all, MV is overseen through the Meraki dashboard, right nearby our remote, exchanging, system security, versatility administration, and interchanges solutions. Clients can make video dividers in a snap to gathering video streams and view them from anyplace on the planet with any Internet association. Obviously, this asks the essential inquiry—how can this influence a client's data transmission utilization? The Meraki dashboard is sufficiently shrewd to consequently recognize whether the review PC is in the same system as the cameras and will stream video locally over the LAN if conceivable, sparing transmission capacity on nearby observing.

Shouldn't something be said about when the client is remote? The dashboard will intermediary video through the cloud to the viewer. All MV interchanges, both administration and video conveyance are encoded. It is impractical to arrange the framework to convey video over an un-scrambled convention. Keeping in mind the end goal to minimize WAN data transmission utilization in this utilization case and to enhance the general client experience of MV, Meraki engineers have endeavored to construct some intense, and exceptionally cool elements:

·         Motion Search

·         Video Clip Export

·         Granular Access Controls

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JKS Access Control Solutions Week – KABA ILCO RezShield Software & 79 Lock Series

RezShield software, combined with Kaba 79 Series Locks, provides optimum safety and security for residents while enhancing operational efficiency and improving the bottom line. Using the latest in contactless RFID read-write technology, Kaba 79 Series Locks offer a high level of security for management and operating convenience for residents. The ergonomic design of the lock requires users to simply present the credential in front of the lock reader to engage the lock. This feature is especially useful for residents in senior living communities with limited mobility and dexterity.

The 79 Lock features an all-in-one style that is ideal for both new construction and retrofit properties. Its robust, tamper-resistant design features a sealed reader and covers holes in doors left from previous deadbolt cutouts.

Software Features

• User-friendly, intuitive solution protects client investment and simplifies integration with other building systems
• Reduces material and labor costs associated with rekeying
• Standard connectivity (Ethernet LAN -TCP/IP) makes it easy to network with existing compatible systems programming functions
• Resident and employee credentials can be cancelled on an individual basis
• Time-based access control system includes user-selectable keycard expiration
• High security key encryption, proprietary and unique to each installation
• Eight (8) authority levels to enable access controls.
• Extensive reporting capabilities with a complete system audit trail
• Eleven (11) lock-access levels for greater key control

Lock Features

• All-metal, heavy duty locksets
• One-inch solid metal deadbolt for added protection and privacy (optional automatic deadbolt)
• Infrared communications link for programming and auditing
• Mortise, cylindrical, exit device, and remote access controller available
• Standard mechanical key override
• Drainage system designed to prevent internal build-up of condensation

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JKS Access Control Solutions Week – HID Lumidigm® V-Series V4xx Fingerprint Sensors and Modules

The Lumidigm V4xx Fingerprint Sensors and Modules combine convenient and reliable biometric authentication with variety of security features including strong liveness detection, data encryption and tamper resistance to provide an exceptional user experience while eliminating fraud and protecting identities.

Ideal for banking applications, the V4xx offers individual bank customers easy and worry-free access to their accounts. And, because institutions need to know who is actually present for the transaction rather than simply who has the card or knows account details, the V4xx provides a cryptographically secure channel that is protected by tamper detection for true end-to-end security.

Key Benefits

• Eliminates fraud — Knowing who is transacting is critical. Biometric authentication binds a credential to an individual, ensuring that the person transacting is who they claim to be.
• Establishes trust — Data communications between the V4xx and the institution's systems are secure, ensuring the integrity of the transaction.
• Simplifies access — Quick and easy to use, the V4xx allows individuals to access their accounts with a single touch of a finger.

The V4xx supports multiple deployment scenarios to meet the specific system requirements of each business. Simplify financial transactions for users while eliminating fraud for financial institutions with the Lumidigm V4xx Fingerprint Sensors and Modules.

Key features of the Lumidigm V-Series V4xx Sensors and Modules are as follows:

• Cryptographic toolkit
• Physical tamper resistance, detection and response
• Mutual authentication between the host and the sensor
• Encrypted and authenticated firmware updates
• Lumidigm multispectral fingerprint technology with liveness detection

The customizable V4xx may be deployed unlocked in anticipation of future enablement of cryptographic features; off-the-shelf with one of five provided cryptography transaction models; or as a fully customized solution with a proprietary, customer-specific cryptography transaction model.

For maximum flexibility, the unlocked V4xx is backwards compatible to SDK v2.50 and can be deployed alongside previously deployed Lumidigm V3xx sensors.

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JKS Access Control Solutions Week – HID EntryProx™

HID's EntryProx™ stand-alone reader truly stands alone in what it delivers. Compatible with all HID proximity cards and key tags, EntryProx™ provides single-door proximity access control and is ideal for unique applications. The reader, designed to be both weather and vandal-resistant, can be mounted indoors or outdoors up to 10 feet away from the control unit using the detachable antenna module. The versatile, attractive unit is easily modified to become an on-line reader by switching to Wiegand output mode, allowing it to connect to any OEM controller and provide card and PIN output.

The ADA-compliant 12-position keypad features large white-on-black numbers, enabling PIN entry or programming, with optional audio feedback and a raised dot on the 5 key. For extra security, EntryProx's keypad incorporates the "invalid PIN" lockout feature, preventing unauthorized trial-and-error PIN code entry.

The reader also features faster programming, enabling end-users to batch load up to 2,000 HID cards or key tags, in any format up to 37 bits, by entering a single keypad command sequence. A Block Delete feature allows for efficient badge administration by deleting a sequential range of cards / key tags from the EntryProx by user location.

Key Features

• Ideal for Unique Applications - Proximity access control for small installations or remote locations.
• Trouble-Free Keypad Input - Extra secure keypad enables PIN entry or programming.
• Remote Monitoring - Configurable to be used in conjunction with an on-line system.
• Faster Programming - Batch load up to 2,000 HID cards or keytags with a single keypad command sequence.
• Efficient Badge Administration - Block Delete allows deletion of cards/keytags by user location.
• LEDs - Bi-Color (Red/Green), Amber, Infrared (use with optional palmtop printer)
• Sounder - 4000Hz, defeatable

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JKS Access Control Solutions Week – HID CP1000 iCLASS SE Encoder

The iCLASS SE® Encoder provides an ideal solution for encoding and managing credentials and configuring readers. The encoder makes it possible for end-users to add an additional layer of security to card credentials, independent of card technology.Adding Secure Identity Objects (SIOs) to card credentials enhances overall system security by enabling cards and readers to establish that they are part of a trusted access control population. Both reader and device establish trust through mutual recognition of the SIO prior to permitting access. The system will deny access to any device that does not contain the SIO, such as cloned or other unauthorized credentials.The iCLASS SE Encoder provides a flexible solution to easily facilitate migration from one card technology to another. The encoder accomplishes this by allowing users to simply extract the existing access control data from a credential and write the data to a new credential. Alternatively, users can first “wrap” the existing access control data in an SIO for higher security and then write the data back to the existing credential.

Key Features

• Supports a wide variety of credential technologies including; iCLASS Seos®, iCLASS SE, iCLASS, MIFARE DESFire™ EV1, HID Prox and other technologies
• Enables upgrade from standard HID access control credentials to credentials secured with more secure HID Elite or user defined custom keys
• Programs Genuine HID or third-party credentials by downloading appropriate Encoder Credential Credits
• Manages custom data on contactless cards such as iCLASS Seos to enable third party applications (i.e. time and attendance)
• Available as either a desktop encoder or as an embedded solution within a FARGO® card printer

Host Interface

• Host Interface: USB 2.0 CCID (also compliant with USB 1.1)
• Transmission speed: 12 Mbps (USB 2.0 full speed)

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Welcome to JKS Access Control Solutions Week – HID SmartID & SmartTrans

The SmartID® ISO 14443 reader and The SmartTRANS® ISO 14443 and 125 kHz reader are flexible, highly secure and stylish contactless smart card readers that are ideal for customers that require a customizable reader for new or existing installations and customers migrating from the most popular 125 kHz readers to 13.56 MHz ISO 14443 smart cards. Designed for a wide variety of applications from entry level access control to secure ID management, the reader family is completely configurable for every access control application challenge.

Both of these readers offer the ultimate choice in interoperability and programmability. Its unique capabilities, such as reading any MIFARE® sector and/or DESFire® application data file, meet all installation requirements.

SmartID

This line includes single-technology 13.56 MHz, multi-technology 13.56 MHz and 125 kHz (HID Prox) and single-technology 13.56MHz with biometric authentication. Augmenting the iCLASS® product line, SmartID launches HID into mature MIFARE/DESFire 13.56 MHz markets, with the ability to provide card and reader solutions no matter what the smart card technology.

SmartID readers provide one of the broadest ranges of card compatibility in the industry and can be configured as a specific solution for each project. The SmartID reader is available with or without keypad, adding an extra layer of protection for higher security installations.

Key Features:

• Custom Configurations - Completely configurable for every access control application challenge.
• Open Architecture Design - ISO 14443A MIFARE®/DESFire® Contactless smart card, compatible for broad card interoperability.
• HID MIFARE - Supports secure MIFARE applications including HID Corporate 1000 card formats
• Field Upgradeable - Use cards or a serial connection to upgrade reader firmware and/or field configuration

SmartTrans

SmartTRANS readers offer one of the broadest ranges of card compatibility in the industry and can be configured as a specific solution for each. The SmartTRANS reader is available with or without keypad, adding an extra layer of protection for higher security installations.

Key Features:

• HID Prox Compatibility - Fully compatible with all HID Prox 125 kHz card formats.
• Custom Configuration - Completely configurable for every 13.56 MHz access control application challenge.
• Open Architecture Design - ISO 14443A MIFARE®/DESFire® Contactless smart card, compatible for broad card interoperability.
• HID MIFARE - Supports secure MIFARE applications including HID Corporate 1000 card formats
• Field Upgradeable - Use cards or a serial connection to upgrade reader firmware and/or field configuration

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JKS Collaboration Week #2 - Cisco BYOD

JKS Collaboration Solutions – Cisco BYOD

What BYOD does

• Provide more work options

Give employees the flexibility to work where and when they want.

• Strengthen security

Reduce your employees' risk of introducing malware or losing sensitive data.

• Streamline operations

Decrease company expenditures, alleviate work delays, and lower operating costs.

• Help your staff get more done

Improve collaboration and productivity with greater speed and efficiency.

How you can use it

• Education

Allow students and teachers to complete their tasks on any device while protecting their data.

• Healthcare

Give doctors and administrators access to patient data and help them do their jobs efficiently.

• Retail

Keep stockrooms fully stocked, sales staff informed, and customers knowledgeable.

• Hospitality

Give guests the comfort of home. Allow them to use their devices on a highly secure connection.

What's inside

• Access points

Cisco is dedicated to delivering the world’s most versatile and reliable wireless network. We offer advanced indoor, outdoor and industrial wireless access points. 

• Wireless LAN controllers

controllers support small and large network deployments with flexible models, including new virtualization options. 

• Dynamic policy control

The Cisco Identity Services Engine enables you to control all access throughout the network from one place. You can see and share rich user and device details, and stop and contain threats.

• Highly secure mobility

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is a lightweight endpoint agent with extensive capabilities. It provides remote access while protecting your data.

• Cisco Catalyst Multi-gigabit Switching

• Wireless services

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