FingerTec Features To Business Value:
Utilizing Existing Cards in New and More Secured Fingerprint System
by Elvis Law

Amongst the various access control authentication methods in the market, proximity card system leads the way; amongst biometric access control system, fingerprint authentication is the leader. To get the most powerful authentication system in the market, the logic is to combine card and fingerprint authentication methods to serve the entire market effectively. 

In comparison between the two systems, fingerprint is much more secured, as it utilizes biometrics, body parts of an individual. Nevertheless, combination of cards and fingerprint could bring about the flexibility and higher security level to users.

If the new system can accept the card types that are currently being used by the staff, it will be a good bridge to allow the new system to be seamlessly integrated to the current corporate system without adding in extra cost to purchase the new cards. In addition, the management does

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not have to spend extra time to input data to the cards when employees are utilizing the same card for the new system. The choice to add in biometrics feature to the time attendance or door access system provides confident to the employer and in worst case scenario where a user’s fingerprint failed to be enrolled or recognized by the reader, an option of using card system is always available.

Who wouldn’t want a system with higher security level, various options for authentication combination and doesn’t require additional cost of implementation? Clearly combination of card system into fingerprint system offers great value and effective operation for all kinds of companies.
 
In FingerTec® product family, models that support cards are listed below:
1.
TA103-R: Optical Fingerprint Scanner with RFID (EM) card for time attendance system
2.
R2: Optical Fingerprint Scanner with an option of RFID (EM) card, MiFare and HID (coming soon)
3. i-Kiosk 100 and i-kiosk 100 Plus: Optical Fingerprint Scanner with RFID (EM) card for time attendance and door access system
4.
AC802 Plus MC – URU Fingerprint Optical Scanner combine with MiFare Card Reader for time attendance and door access system
 
In short, consideration to use fingerprint with card system depends on the type of card currently used by a company or an organization. Once the FingerTec reader can accept the cards being used, everything else will fall into places.
 
  Brief information about card type:
MiFare card: MiFare card can store fingerprint for conducting secure, efficient and high tech 1:1 fingerprint identification. As the data is encrypted inside the card and the reader can read the fingerprint from the card to conduct matching without storing it inside the terminal, it will be the best choice to corporation that requires high security and high volume of users per terminal.
RFID card: The most commonly used card type, low cost and well accepted.
HID card HID card systems are popular amongst enterprises. HID is offering various type of proximity cards to users depending on your requirements and needs. In terms of cost, HID might be the most expensive but it is also the most secure kind of cards available in the market.
 
Other than multi-card types supported, administrator can even assign different access method per user basis, for example Peter enrolls for fingerprint only, John enrolls for card and fingerprint and Mary goes for card, fingerprint and password.
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