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A Responsible and Relevant Solution to Proximity Vulnerabilities

By Shep Sheppard
Sales Manager Key Accounts, Farpointe Data

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend CONSULT, a technical security symposium, with some of the electronic security industry’s best and brightest specifiers. As a member of the reader and credential community, I gravitated to topics relating to the secure identity of users within an electronic access control system. One fact that stood out was that there is a lot of 125-kHz proximity technology deployed and still being deployed. It raised the question, how can 125-kHz proximity, and the systems that depend on this technology, be made more secure in an efficient and cost-effective way?

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TECH NOTE: Farpointe Data Solutions Not Affected by the Log4j Vulnerability

Please be aware that Farpointe Data’s solutions, including mobile CONEKT®, long-range Ranger®, Delta® and Pyramid Series Proximity® do not rely on Apache Log4j. Further, we have not integrated third-party libraries that make use of Apache Log4j.

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Product Spotlight: Rugged Readers that help you maintain access control security even in extreme conditions

In situations that may damage conventional readers, Farpointe's rugged Guardian™ and Gibraltar™ Series readers keep performing. As a result, end users eliminate costly repairs or replacements, while integrators avoid nuisance service calls.

From all of us at Farpointe Data, we wish you a happy and safe holiday season! Please note that Farpointe's offices will be closed on the following days:

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