Nedap Co-Founds Open Security Standard Association

Nedap has recently co-founded the Open Security Standard (OSS) Association. The OSS Association is focused on developing open security standards and also includes European industry leaders ACS, Assa Abloy, Datasec, Deister, dorma+kaba group, primion, Uhlmann & Zacher and Zugang GmbH.

The OSS’s first focus is to develop a standard for offline locks, called the OSS Standard Offline. It is an open interoperability standard for ‘Data on Card’ offline access control systems. The purpose of the Standard Offline is to ensure that customers can seamlessly combine the online and offline components of their own choice in one integrated access control solution.

There are many different offline electronic locks available on the market. Offline locks are not connected by a cable to an access control system, but work autonomously, powered on a battery. Access rights are read from a compatible card, written by an access control system, such as Nedap’s system AEOS, which instructs a lock to be unlocked or locked accordingly.

Until recently, each offline lock and access control manufacturer had its own approach to reading and writing cards. With the OSS Standard Offline, locks from different manufacturers read and interpret the access rights from a card in a uniformed way. Customers installing offline locks into access control systems with OSS Standard Offline compatibility are guaranteed interoperability.

Assa Abloy, Nedap and Zugang GmbH were formerly members of the SOAA e.g, also a standard for offline locks. They joined themselves into the Open Security Standard Association to achieve a more powerful and professional cooperation. The OSS Standard Offline is completely compatible with the SOAA Standard.

About OSS Association (Open Security Standards Association)
The OSS Association is an open industry forum for the promotion and development of global standards for access control and other security systems. The work within the OSS Association is conducted by, and through, its members in various committees and working groups. At the end of 2014, the “Open Security Standard Association eV (OSS Association)” was founded by the union of various hardware and software manufacturers, consultants and planners. The founding members are ACS Ltd, ASSA ABLOY, Datasec, Deister, Dorma, Kaba, Nedap, primion, Uhlmann & Zacher and Zugang GmbH. The association aims to define standards in the area of security technology and to jointly develop, implement and promote these in the market place. The OSS Association is a non-profit organization. Companies that want to benefit from the advantages of shared standards and help to shape them, are welcome at any time to join the OSS Association. For more information, visit www.oss-association.com.

About Nedap
Nedap is a manufacturer of intelligent technological solutions for the themes facing society today. Enough food for a growing population, clean drinking water across the globe, and smart networks for sustainable energy are just a few examples of issues Nedap is working to address, always with a focus on technology that matters.

The world of security is constantly changing. Organisations must deal with changing technologies, increasing regulations and tighter budgets. With AEOS, the first software-based platform for security management, Nedap provides the answer to these challenges, so organisations can use their budgets efficiently and effectively and the security system can grow with these changes. For more information, visit www.nedapsecurity.com.