They include the P-620 Denali Mullion-Mount Reader and Keypad, the P-640 Patagonia Wall Switch-Mount Reader and Keypad, the Delta6.2 Mullion-Mount Contactless Smartcard Reader and Keypad and the Delta6.4 Wall Switch-Mount Contactless Smartcard Reader and Keypad. Today, Farpointe Data offers four different, very popular access readers which utilize an integrated keypad. Card and PIN is also considered a solid solution to address the threat of card cloning. Additionally, it is good practice to consider setting keypad readers installed at perimeter doors, often a secured facility’s first line of defense, to Card and PIN at the very least afterhours. For example, Card and PIN can provide stricter access to prescription drug cabinets or network server rooms. Card and PIN is more common in higher security applications. This is true two-factor access utilizing the PIN to verify the credential. Cards, assigned to frequent users, would be used by employees.Ĭard and PIN means that both a credential and a PIN are required to gain access. In Card or PIN applications, typically PINs are assigned to less frequent users, such as the cleaning crew, which accesses the site only once a week. The PIN is simply used as an alternate form of identification. Card or PIN means that, for access, either a credential, such as a card or tag, or a PIN may be used as identification. There are two main applications for keypad readers, Card or PIN and Card and PIN. As Stephen ‘Shep’ Sheppard, Farpointe’s Key Account Sales Manager stated in an article titled A Simple Solution to Address Card Cloning, “this means the threat of card cloning is nullified as a PIN is not contained in a credential and, therefore, cannot be sniffed, copied or cloned.” The PIN number is essentially as secure as the vigilance of the user. Using credentials and PINs, heightened security can therefore be based on something you have, a credential, plus something you know, a PIN. This is because the PIN is something known only by the system and the user. It can also act as a form of verification, complementing an access credential. There’s even an international standard that applies to PINs, ISO-9564, published by the International Organization for Standardization.Īs the acronym implies, a PIN can act as a form of identification. They are used just about everywhere including applications as varied as banking, computer unlock and car access. PINs are not just used in electronic access control. PINs are typically four to six characters in length, though they may be longer or shorter, depending upon purpose. Farpointe’s keypad readers support PINs comprised of characters, including numbers, letters and symbols. This is the code entered into the system via a keypad. In access control, a PIN stands for Personal Identification Number. By Francisco Alcala, West Coast Sales Manager
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