Sentry Enterprises has announced an alliance with Allegion, bringing together SentryCard and Schlage’s Custom Encryption Key Service (SCEKS).
Sentry is the creator of the SentryCard, a private biometric identity and security solution that operates at the edge. The company says that by replacing a reliance on passwords with fraud-proof biometric authentication, the card moves security forwards with built-in resilience against various threats that involve stolen or forged credentials.
According to the company, its partnership with Allegion means they can now support end user owned encryption keys provisioned with Schlage’s SCEKS – enabling these keys to be configured to the MIFARE DESFire chip embedded within Sentry’s biometric credential. SentryCard’s two-factor authentication solution is interoperable with Schlage’s intelligent wired and wireless electronic lock portfolio, Schlage card readers and other NXP aligned hardware manufacturers.
“The alliance with Allegion delivers biometric authentication and trust that is critical in protecting assets and securing access for enterprises, governments and individuals,” said Mark Bennett, CEO at Sentry Enterprises.
“The ability to ensure absolute identity on our SentryCard means that only the individual authorized to access a door or lock is the person entering the door… Allegion offers strong solutions and a global market presence. Our technology offers absolute proof of identify for any end user that made the choice to tap Allegion for their access control needs. Using biometrics to activate credentials is an emerging solution and our technology makes the solution even stronger.”