The end-user will need to complete and submit the HID authorization form directly to HID before we can begin manufacturing.
No. Due to the amount and sophistication of the electronics within the SentryCard, it is unable to be punched. That said, Sentry provides an acrylic card sheath with both a vertical and horizon tab for a lanyard that provides a convenient way for the user to access the biometric sensor for use.
Yes. you can print directly on the SentryCard using a RE-TRANSFER printer but due to the texture on the credential DTC (Direct to card Printers) do not currently work well. We have tested the HID/FARGO 5000 and Canon IX-R7000 printers. The only caveat is that you cannot apply an additional laminate overlay on the sensor side.
There are numerous reasons, starting with the understanding that a phone, although a convenient answer, is not a secure answer. 1) In the vast-majority of cases, phones are owned by the user and not the enterprise; 2) The user controls the loading of biometrics on the device; 3) Multiple biometrics can be loaded/changed on the device by the user; 4) Phones still utilize a back-door PIN code for access that can be shared/stolen; 5) Phones are always connected (Wi-Fi or Cellular) and thereby discoverable by bad actors; 6) Phones have innumerable other applications within them, allowing malware and back-door access to the device; 7) Phones aren’t allowed in most enterprises secure environments, call centers and other critical areas; 8) Imagine the number of different types of phones within an enterprise, all with potentially different levels of operating systems. What would the help-desk burden be to manage access control issues across so many different versions?
Yes. Because a SentryCard will work with your existing infrastructure, you can integrate the use of Sentry while phasing out your existing/older ID populations.
The FAR is 1 in 50,000. That said, consider that the biometric within the SentryCard is decentralized, meaning that 50,000 unique people would have to be in possession of the credential to attempt a false acceptance. Compare that scenario again current solutions, where there could be hundreds of thousands of user biometrics in a database that one user’s biometric could be matched with.
(either due to ethnicity or being worn-out) don’t work well with readers?
SentryCard utilizes a capacitive fingerprint sensor produced by Fingerprint Cards, a Swedish manufacture that has deployed a billion+ sensors. The SentryCard uses a large sensor array (160 X 160 pixels) with 508 DPI resolution, enabling the most robust matching capability in the market. There will always be exceptions, but the capacitive technology within the SentryCard has proven to overcome the otherwise most common matching issues.
No, once the biometrics have been enrolled onto the SentryCard they are irreversible and no longer able to be changed.
Generally, less than 30-seconds to load two different fingers.
No, any two fingers can be selected, a thumb from each hand is recommended.