March 11, 2005—S2 Security Corporation (S2) has introduced a Web services-based Application Program Interface (API) for its S2 NetBox line of integrated security management network appliances. The API allows an enterprise IT system to issue and revoke access credentials for areas controlled by an S2 NetBox, the company says.
The first installation of the new API is at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. The Foxwoods IT department linked an S2 NetBox to its enterprise IT system that accesses customer information, so it can assign certain access privileges to its guests, the company says.
S2’s proprietary authentication methodology, already in use in its networked devices, is also used to protect communication between the IT system and the security system through the API, the company says. In addition, S2’s high-level API protects software developers from product changes that often become obsolete due to subsequent software revisions, a problem common to lower level database integration methods, says S2.
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