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Sentry Enterprises announces alliance with Allegion for biometric authentication

Sentry Enterprises, maker of biometric identity solution SentryCard, recently announced an alliance with Allegion and support for Schlage’s Custom Encryption Key Service.

“The alliance with Allegion delivers biometric authentication and trust that is critical in protecting assets and securing access for enterprises, governments and individuals,” said Mark Bennett, CEO, Sentry Enterprises in a statement. “The ability to ensure absolute identity on our SentryCard means that only the individual authorized to access a door or lock is the person entering the door.”

Sentry now supports end-user owned encryption keys provisioned with Schlage’s Custom Encryption Key Service (SCEKS) – enabling these keys to be configured to the MIFARE DESFire chip embedded within Sentry’s biometric credential. SentryCard’s two-factor authentication solution is interoperable with Schlage’s intelligent wired and wireless electronic lock portfolio, Schlage card readers and other NXP aligned hardware manufacturers.

“Allegion offers strong solutions and a global market presence,” added Bennett. “Our technology offers absolute proof of identify for any end user that made the choice to tap Allegion for their access control needs. Using biometrics to activate credentials is an emerging solution, and our technology makes the solution even stronger.”