Tag: Wiegand

Weighing the hacking risks

April 16, 2008 ... It’s a story that seems worthy of front-page headlines: A hacker exposes a major flaw in the protocol that underlies many of the world’s access control systems, defeating it in minutes with some clever programming and off-the-shelf components. That’s exactly what happened during the DefCon conference in Las Vegas last August, when Zac Franken demonstrated how to attack the widely used Wiegand protocol. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/weighing-the-hacking-risks/

Open Standards Development for the Security Industry

November 28, 2005 ... As the access control industry becomes more and more “IT-centric” the push for devices that can simply plug-in to an existing network is growing. Along with this is a push for a clear and defined way to communicate with those devices. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/open-standards-development-for-the-security-industry/

The Value and Importance of Open and Interoperable Access Control Products

November 21, 2005 ... Historically, access control systems have been anything but open. Early electronic access control systems were custom-built by independent entrepreneurs. It could take up to 16 weeks to order new cards. In 1996 the Wiegand Reader Interface became the first interoperability to access control systems. But it is still a long way to go for the security industry, especially for smart cards. https://futurelab.assaabloy.com/en/the-value-and-importance-of-open-and-interoperable-access-control-products/