HID, Soloinsight and Connected Technology Solutions have launched a self-service visitor kiosk that combines document authentication, facial verification and badge issuance for enterprises and critical-infrastructure sites.
The system links HID’s ATOM document reader and U.ARE.U Face Module with Soloinsight’s CloudGate visitor-management and physical identity and access-management platform. Connected Technology Solutions manufactures the kiosk hardware at its Wisconsin facility.
A host begins the process by pre-registering a visitor in CloudGate. The visitor receives an email invitation containing a QR code, scans it at the kiosk and presents an identity document. The ATOM reader supports passports, driver’s licenses, mobile IDs, barcodes and identity data held on RFID or NFC chips.
The U.ARE.U module then performs a live face check and compares the visitor with the portrait associated with the credential. The system can reject the transaction when the faces do not match or when it does not detect a live person. After a successful check, CloudGate records the visit, prints a pass and alerts the host.
The companies are targeting facilities where reception staff may have limited tools for authenticating documents presented by visitors and contractors. Moving those checks into a dedicated kiosk creates a common workflow and a central record of who entered a site, when the check occurred and which access credential was issued.
HID has been extending face matching across its access-control portfolio. It previously integrated Amazon Rekognition with its camera platform and recently demonstrated facial recognition and passwordless authentication for physical and logical access.
CloudGate can connect the visitor record with existing physical access-control systems rather than requiring a site to replace its full access infrastructure. Soloinsight says the platform includes roughly 30 physical-access connectors and more than 150 integrations spanning human resources, identity management, security monitoring and other enterprise systems.
The kiosk is designed for offices, hospitals, data centers, logistics facilities and other locations with substantial visitor or contractor traffic. Its self-service workflow brings identity proofing into the same transaction as temporary access issuance, while the centralized record supports security reviews and compliance reporting after the visit.
Sources: SecurityBrief Australia, Soloinsight
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
