Who we are...
XTec™ - World leader in authentication and security
solutions
As the private and public sectors expand their networks
and continue adding physical and logical security components
to their business models, their choices become as unlimited
as their risks. The search for practical and secure implementations
in physical and logical access management, credential management,
information dissemination and commerce is the mission that
drives XTec.
For more than a decade XTec has been a world leader in
security and authentication systems and in the development
of the standards used by the Federal Government to establish
error-free and secure authentication.
XTec has led the way, through its innovative and patented
technologies and research, with easy to use and highly secure
solutions for government and businesses.
Since 1992, XTec, Incorporated has created some of the
most secure devices for access control and credential management.
Using its patented Mediametric® technology, as well
as extensive involvement in the creation of authentication
and security standards, XTec’s technological advancements
ensure security, privacy, and backward compatibility.
The ability to implement today while planning for tomorrow’s
technology will ensure the success of the 21st century technological
revolution. Remote devices increasingly managing user interaction
and the Internet as the primary channel of information sharing
and distribution, and commerce. Any place on the planet
is tenths of a second away—truly, a new global frontier.
The new standard must meet the needs of the existing systems,
while also providing a migration path for systems being
considered for the future: they must be interoperable with
existing and future schemes; compatible with magnetic cards,
chip cards, contactless tokens and other systems; they must
be highly secure and sensitive to privacy issues; they must
be low cost and scalable across a wide range of transaction
types; they must function in a network or in a standalone
environment; and they must be independent of operating systems,
hardware, or cryptographic system. These are the minimum
requirements of the ideal systems solution: globally accepted,
secure, and interoperable.
Those solutions are XTec’s state-of-the-art Access
Control and Credential Management systems utilizing the
patented Mediametric® technology.
Access Control that’s never obsolete
Mediametric® technology uses the precise measurement
of the physical properties of objects that are used to record
information. It determines the authenticity of data by measuring
the anomalies introduced by the inherent imperfections in
the storage media and creating a unique Mediametric®
fingerprint that cannot be replicated. It provides a way
to shield access, while ensuring that any duplication can
be detected. The technology can be used to secure any form
of customer to vendor interaction and can operate with a
wide range of storage systems – from magnetic stripe
cards, memory cards and contactless tokens, to the most
sophisticated smart card. It allows optimum flexibility
and guarantees interoperability in the design and implementation
of systems that include secure logical and physical access,
ID programs, transportation passes, stored value, debit
or credit cards, remote access, data storage, loyalty programs,
as well as secure platforms for all aspects of electronic
commerce.
XTec™ Access Control solutions allow the integration
of multiple card technologies into any system—whether
it’s a legacy system or the newest system on the market.
Utilizing XTec’s highly innovative, cryptographically-enabled,
IP-addressable, and secure XNode™ technology, XTec
Access Control solutions can incorporate multiple technology
tokens—all within a single operating environment that
has the same level of security from the highest to the lowest
common denominator. It can interface with practically any
protocol, database format, or control panel type on the
market. Our solution can be integrated seamlessly into your
system whether you choose LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, or wireless paging.
XTec’s Access Control Readers are highly secure,
easy to implement, and easily maintained. They read, decode
and interact with all types of tokens and cards. Your enterprise
can utilize any card or token without sacrificing security
or interoperability.
Every XTec Reader is intelligent and secure: They can
communicate with any panel—be it new technology or
a legacy system and they all have the built-in capability
to support many card authentication methods, personal identification
numbers (PINs), and/or photographic or fingerprint biometric
templates for personal identity authentication.
The low-cost, tamper-resistant Mediametric® Universal
Secure Authentication and Application Module (USAAM) that
is built-in to every XTec Reader gives the readers the highest
level of security in the marketplace. The Mediametric®
USAAM-equipped readers can readily accept interaction from
customers of different providers while maintaining the unique
keys and system operating parameters of each vendor separately
and securely.
Full, secure integration of any existing—or future—card
is ensured.
The Credential Management System for today and tomorrow
Today, more than ever, enterprises face the challenge
of providing security to their facilities and networks,
whether for dozens or thousands of credential holders. This
security must be provided in a technological environment
where almost anyone can have access to tools that allow
for the creation and duplication of credentials.
The XTec AuthentX™ Credential Management System
is the only commercially available smart card management
system that complies with the most stringent standards developed
by Federal Government..
Built on the core AuthentX™ XANode™ Authentication
Server, CMS is a complete card issuance, token authentication,
and credential management solution that provides full card
personalization, card production, flexible card design,
access control, and an application interface to various
legacy systems. It is a complete web browser-based server
solution that is scalable from one to 100 million credentials.
Configurable with modular components, AuthentX™
CMS, in conjunction with web browsers on the workstation,
captures data, photographs and biometrics, enrolls credentials,
manages data, provides revocation services, and interfaces
with almost any token credential-based application. The
system provides the ability to track ID expiration, application
and container management, revocation history, smart card
activation and deactivation, credential holder privileges,
lost and stolen cards tracking, lost cards regeneration,
card number management, and basic and ad hoc report generation.
The AuthentX™ CMS allows network connectivity in
SQL, ODBC, XML, or any standard access mode, over TCP/IP.
The preferred method, however, is to utilize LDAP (Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol) with a back-end database. LDAP
allows all databases in the online system to be self-replicating
through a set of predefined rules. The LDAP server provides
a ready way of maintaining redundant data across the enterprise.
The XTec AuthentX™ CMS integrates seamlessly with
XTec’s Access Control Readers for the complete security
solution.
Choose XTec
Practical, economical, flexible, interoperable: some of
the many reasons why XTec’s technology makes sense
in the evolving world of the 21st century. Successful businesses
and governments must select a technology that provides backward
compatibility, scalability, security, migration and interoperability.
Let XTec can help you choose a system that will be economically
viable and sustainable for many years to come.
XTec — Authentication and security solutions you
can trust.™ 
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