January 5, 2005—BSI2000, Inc. has acquired the rights to market an enhanced version of a widely used entry access control system under its own name to the homeland security markets. The new product, SECURUS2000, combines the security of Denver-based DPI International’s well-established Maxx-Net product with BSI2000’s secure optical card top-layer. Maxx-Net has been on the market for several years and has a large installed base.
BSI2000 envisions extensive markets for the new system throughout government and commercial areas such as airports, water treatment facilities, nuclear and hydroelectric installations, and commercial sites–high-value economic and government assets that need top-level but not overly expensive security, says the company.
Along with the access control software, BSI2000 is offering fully upgradeable, lower-cost magnetic stripe cards, smart cards, and proximity cards, providing an easy upgrade path for commercial facilities. Customers can start with magnetic stripe or smart cards and then move up to the intense security provided by optical cards as the threats or their needs increase.
This provision also enables SECURUS2000 to be installed in a controlled manner over an older legacy system by providing backward-compatible hybrid combination cards during the changeover process to magnetic stripe/optical, proximity/optical, smart card/optical, or a combination of all four card technologies.
Large government installations currently using the Maxx-Net technology include the Denver International Airport, where the system controls and monitors access to approximately 2,000 doors, elevators, and access points. Other installations include the Anchorage International Airport, the US Air Force Academy, the Federal Reserve, INS detention centers, Sterling Correctional Facility, San Francisco Water Management, and others. Commercial installations include Kmart headquarters, Papa John’s headquarters, Network Access Point/Miami, and others.
For more information or to view a streaming video of the product, visit BSI2000.
