Bytor Security Solutions offers unique and stylish lanyards and badge reels.

Bytor Security Solution introduces the latest additions to their popular family of identification products. With Awareness Accessories and the YourStyle™ Designer product line, Bytor Security again proves that they are on the cutting edge of stylish, meaningful, functional identification products.

Awareness Accessories  are a collection of products designed to help bring attention to a particular reason such as breast cancer and other causes. Customers are able to choose from a variety of popular Bytor Security products including lanyards, heart shaped badge reels and a stylish credential wallet for personal items. Ideal for large group fundraisers or work environments that allow for a personal flair, Bytor’s awareness accessories allow the wearer to show support for their cause at an affordable price.

Bytor Security Solutions is also unveiling their YourStyle™ Designer line of lanyards. The trendy, beaded lanyards are available in Winter Night, Blue Cherry, Dream Pearl, Racienna and Sea Glass color options. Also available from Bytor Security are leather lanyards. Sleek and lightweight, the new leather-look lanyards from Bytor’s Your Style™ Designer line are available in black and brown, and are fashioned to accommodate most styles of ID badges. The YourStyle™ Designer line is a great new way to express style with a professional level of personal identification.

Bytor can guide you in your purchase of awareness lanyards, stylish beaded lanyards and heart shaped badge reels.

For more information visit our site at www.bytorsecurity.com

Bytor Security Solutions has everything for your business or school TEMPbadge needs.

Bytor Security Solutions has made the task of ordering and implementing a visitor management badging system easier than ever, with the introduction of TEMPbadge Solution Packs. The pre-packaged kits, available for business and education applications, contain all of the components necessary to implement a complete visitor management program.

“The TEMPbadge Solution Pack from Bytor Security Solutions was based on providing our customers with a positive experience when ordering and implementing a badging system,” said Lee Porter, Marketing Manager for Brady People ID, Bytor distributor. “In content and method, the new pre-packaged kits offer unmatched value and deliver a badging solution that is nothing short of visitor management in a box.”

TEMPbadge Solution Packs are available in both manual (badges written by hand) and printable (badges completed using a direct thermal printer) versions for either office or school environments. The kits are housed in a rugged storage box that neatly holds all components in easy to access compartments. Also available are custom solution packs that can be configured with different stock products, quantities or custom printed versions. A direct thermal printer can be added to any of the printable solution packs.

The kits are available in a variety of choices from TEMPbadge and may contain reusable clear plastic card clips, expiring badges (front parts), expiring back parts with bars, reusable cardbacker badge holders, lanyards and a visitor log book. Each pre-packaged kit, designed for either businesses or schools, contains everything necessary for 1,000 visitors

Bytor Security Solutions is your one-stop shop for Manual TEMPbadges, Thermal Printable TEMPbadges, lanyards,  and badge holders for all of your temporary security needs.

For more information visit our site at www.bytorsecurity.com

Bytor Security Solutions in Seattle WA are HID Access Control Cards and HID ProxCard experts.

In the past few years, perhaps no security industry buzzword has been defined in articles and promotional materials as many times as ‘convergence’. These definitions have most commonly referred to the integration of physical security and IT systems, with occasional elements of building control. These definitions, while helpful to end users, beg the ultimate question: ‘How do I make it work?’

Convergence uses data generated by both physical security and IT systems to drive both business process efficiency and security, and its framework defines a migration path for organizational growth. Here are some basic elements required to ensure a solution is truly converged.

Common security policy management and control

The IT infrastructure is the backbone of a converged solution, sharing knowledge of key business data across systems. The physical security system does not inherently know critical business data such as employee status, staffer security clearances and training certifications. A computerized HR system, though, often has this knowledge. IP-enabled security systems therefore allow users to take advantage of fixed investments and improve Return On Investment (ROI).

Developing common protocols for managing access to company assets and data enables more efficient provisioning and management. An organization develops role-based policies that can manage badge issuance, enrollment and revocation processes by leveraging XML/SOAP interfaces for integration with identity management solutions. The key benefit is that building security personnel continue to use tools best suited to their jobs and HR personnel continue using HR tools. 

Organizations should identify:

1. Authoritative sources (the system that has the ultimate say) for each person who has a building badge or an IT account.
2. Sources (IT systems or people) of key data used to determine whether a person has permissions to use a resource or access an area.
3. Compliance or audit needs where the data exists on multiple systems.
4. Any business or security concerns that are unique or are especially important to an organization.
5. Key business processes (onboarding, offboarding, change of position) and determine the responsibilities of different systems.
6. A policy platform that supports customizable workflow creation tools to easily model processes and approvals.

Common user provisioning

Convergence drives the business to contemplate the inter-relationship of physical security on IT security and vice versa. How many organizations can definitely claim that terminated employees or contractors are immediately removed from their building access control systems? How many are confident that a former employee who tailgates into the building does not have active IT accounts? How many are confident current employees would recognize former employees and know the person has been terminated? Provision dynamics are evolving and driving user permissions in non-IT and external IT systems.

Organizations must:

1. Determine how many terminated employees or contractors still have active building badges and IT accounts.
2. Determine how many contractors who have not been on site for the last three months still have active building badges.
3. Perform studies to see if anyone questions tailgaters.
4. Benchmark how long it takes for someone to be provisioned or de-provisioned.
5. Educate employees on security risks.

Single access credential

Building security starts with a badge, often a prox card. IT security, meanwhile, starts with a user name and password. When organizations want to add more security to a card, they can add a PIN or a biometric. As IT systems look to increase security, however, the choices are not equivalent.

Organizations can add:

• An RSA token or biometric that authenticates the correct person.
• A contract smart chip – embedded either in a card or in a USB dongle – that authenticates the correct person, and is also used for non-reputable digital signatures. Digital signatures are important in regulated environments to verify a person did approve or take action. A single-card solution that includes a contact smart chip for IT and proximity technologies (contactless smart or 125 kHz prox) enables the organization to manage one resource for each employee, thereby minimizing both material and administrative costs. An optimized card issuance process allows building security to continue issuing badges and the badge issuance process will be connected to IT systems for provisioning as a single process.

Steps to take:

1. Building security teams should discuss access credentials with their IT counterparts to identify opportunities to leverage cards across the organization.
2. IT departments should review authentication and PKI requirements / needs.

Correlation of events

By connecting systems, organizations can correlate seemingly disparate physical and IT security events. For example, it may not seem suspicious for an employee to download large amounts of data. However, system correlation might show the employee only downloads the data when he is in the room by himself.

Organizations must identify:

1. Thresholds of normal employee behavior by job classification. It may be necessary to audit current behaviors.
2. Business events that may cause security breaches (receipt of a resignation notice, termination for cause, unexpected change in work hours).
3. IT resources and / or locations with sensitive information (intellectual property, identity data) and develop a plan to lock down for normal security levels and for a heightened security level. Organizations must determine the return on risk for each sensitive item and develop security response plans accordingly.
4. Normal usage for each sensitive resource and what would be considered abnormal (downloading all customer data or customer credit cards).

Convergence provides substantial benefits

Convergence is the first step for any organization to connect its critical systems to provide a comprehensive and coherent security policy. By integrating systems to share information, an organization can see vulnerabilities in real-time and link IT security events with physical security responses. These abilities all drive real-time security policy management. The next step will be proactive threat management, which enables correlation of real-time information with historical information. The system will ‘learn’ how to manage the current environment and react in a real-time manner, increasing system value and improving ROI.

The system, for instance, can classify behavior such as a certain employee trying to access random doors every few days or unusual behavior by a subset of employees who all had security clearances processed by a specific adjudicator. Using a converged system can reap substantial benefits and will provide additional benefits in the future as convergence continues to evolve. How organizations choose to implement these new toolkits is up to them and their individual security and compliance requirements.

Bytor Security Solutions offers a full range of products for badge materials , Smart Card printers, and software.

For more information visit our site at www.bytorsecurity.com

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Bytor Security Solutions has the awareness lanyards and badge reels to show your support.

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of early breast cancer detection. Bytor Security is showing its commitment to breast cancer awareness with the introduction of pink security products.

Show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness with Bytor Security Solutions Custom badge reels and lanyards and wear your cause with pride.

For more information visit our site at www.bytorsecurity.com

Bytor Security Solutions  makes the quest for “Going Green” easier with the introduction of their Eco-Friendly Family of products. Lanyards, badge holders, strap clips and PVC Cards are now manufactured using environmentally friendly techniques and materials. 

Bytor Security’s new Eco-Friendly lanyards are manufactured of Bamboo Fiber – a regenerated cellulose fiber, which is produced from raw materials of bamboo pulp, can achieve natural degradation in the soil, and will not cause any environmental pollutants. Repeated tests have proven bamboo fiber’s durability, stability and tenacity. And the thinness and whiteness degree of bamboo fiber is similar to classic viscose.

Manufactured with EVA (Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate) material that is fully recyclable, Bytor Security’s Eco-Friendly badge holders and strap clips are both durable and environmentally friendly. The products are also RoHS compliant, and are available in both vertical and horizontal formats. Fashioned with slot and chain holes, the Eco-Friendly badge holders are able to accommodate multiple accessories and work with all different styles of identification.

Bytor Security’s new Eco-Friendly PVC card is the best non-crude oil alternative to anyone’s ID card needs. Made of corn, a renewable energy resource, the cards are compatible with existing commercial recycling programs (including industrial composting). The Eco-Friendly cards are virtually identical to Bytor  Security’s traditional plastic cards and provide all the same printing and personalization options.

Bytor Security Solutions has Eco-Friendly lanyards, badge holders, strap clips and PVC cards for all of your security needs.

For more information visit our site at www.bytorsecurity.com

Bytor Security Solutions can guide you in your purchase of lanyards, arm bands and badge holders for all your security needs.

 Security-minded professionals can now choose from a variety of identification products from Bytor Security Solutions with an added focus on personal safety.  From lanyards to arm bands  to badge holders, a full selection of Antimicrobial and Photoluminescent and Reflective products are on display this week at ISC West.

“In many industries, professionals need more from their identification solution than a way to hold badges and accessories,” said Mark MacDonlad, Brady People ID, Bytor Security distributor.  “With the addition of our Antimicrobial, Photoluminescent and Reflective products, we have extended our offerings to give those in the health, food service, emergency and other industries an added measure of safety.”

Included in the Photoluminescent/Reflective line  are lanyards, badge holders, arm band holders and badge reels.  All can be custom printed to your needs, The preprinted lanyards are manufactured with reflective and glow-in-the-dark technology on UltraWeaveTM premium quality fabric in numerous colors for added durability and comfort.  For added visibility in safety-conscious environments, Brady also introduces their new Photoluminescent badge reel labels.  Printable in two colors, the badge reel labels can be customized with any Brady reel – domed or flat.

Included in the Antimicrobial offerings on display are armband straps and lanyards, made with innovative nanotechnology. The lanyard material contains nanoparticles which coat the fibers and inhibit the growth of germs and kills odor-causing bacteria. The lanyards and badge holders, available in several colors, offer those within food service, medical, research and other industries assurance that their identification is clearly visible and safe for their working environment.

For more information visit our site at www.bytorsecurity.com