Idesco's Access 8 CD reader line offers a significant improvement to access control security by combining configurable MIFARE® technology with an unprecedented  flexibility in platform configuration and customizability.

The biggest improvement is that Access 8 CD readers are fully customizable in their deployment of MIFARE®security. This is because 8 CD readers can be built in three different operational modes: MIFARE®DESFire, MIFARE® Classic and a dual mode. Dual mode allows you to anticipate a future migration from Classic up to DESFire. That migration process itself involves nothing more than the swipe of a configuration card!

Of course, in choosing MIFARE®, Idesco also ensures the full power and security of that technology is made available to you.  For starters, ciphers no less powerful than 3DES or AES are deployed in Access 8 CD readers configured for MIFARE® DESFire.  Additionally, 8 CD readers are fully capable of reading application-specific data from one or more selected applications and files of MIFARE® DESFire cards. For maximum security, the 8 CD readers can even be programmed to interrogate data strings combined from different data blocks stored in different files.

The 8 CD comes in a wide variety of housings: Basic, Slim, Slim Pin, Quattro, Quattro Pin and Desktop. The first five models can be optionally-equipped with optical tamper switches for even further security. Pin reader keypads are built with capacitive sensing technology to increase reliability and have configurable backlighting LEDs for illumination.