Crescendo Series
 

Overview:

Combined Logical And Physical Access Control On Contact/Contactless Multi-technology Smart Card

• Out-of-the-box, Standards-Compliant Contact Smart Chip – Supports hundreds of logical access applications from Microsoft® and others
• Convenient and Cost Effective – Available with the wide range of contactless technologies offered by HID Global for simplified card management
• Pre-initialized with the Required On-card Applet – Includes all required drivers and middleware
• Simplified Deployment and Card Lifecycle Management – naviGO™ software’s self service functions reduce costs and simplify deployment and card lifecycle management

Crescendo® is a credit card-sized multitechnology smart card that enables logical and physical access control, providing outof-the-box, standards-compliant support for hundreds of logical access applications, and also serving as an employee ID badge.

Crescendo cards contain powerful contact smart chips with cryptographic co-processors, based on the Java Card operating system, capable of performing advanced operations. To meet the needs of current physical access control customers, Crescendo can be customized with the contactless physical access control technologies you choose. By combining these two common functions on one card, Crescendo offers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) for a combined logical and physical access control solution.

An off-the-shelf solution, Crescendo allows a much faster turn time and lower minimum order quantity compared to many other contact smart card solutions. Also, because the cards are fully produced within HID Global, the ordering process is greatly simplified, eliminating the risk associated with working with multiple suppliers.

As part of the HID on the Desktop™ solution, Crescendo contact smart cards represent the highest level of network security, working with highly developed Public Key Infrastructures (PKI). The features of the standard Crescendo product are extended using naviGO Server software to provide a simple management solution for card PIN and PUK as well as emergency access functionality.