Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies announced recently that its aptiQ™ multi-technology reader, which reads both proximity and smart credentials, now also reads magnetic stripe cards to provide users with a simple migration path to increased credential security levels, including various forms of proximity such as MIFARE® Classic, the industry standard for contactless smart cards, and MIFARE DESFire™ EV1, which leverages open global standards for both air interface and cryptographic methods. The readers are also Near Field Communications NFC compliant, allowing users the ability to easily migrate to mobile credentials in the future as needed.
“Many organizations who still deploy magnetic stripe technology have asked us for an easy migration path to smart cards,” emphasized Jeremy Earles, marketing manager for readers and credentials at Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies. “With our newly upgraded aptiQ multi-technology reader, organizations using magnetic stripe and/or proximity cards can switch over to smart cards as their budgets and planning allows.”
