Multi-application employee badges

Infineon’s employee badges for office access rely on CIPURSE™ products. The decision to upgrade to CIPURSE™ was largely prompted by new security environment requirements defined by Infineon’s site certification body, the German Office for Information Security (BSI). BSI requested that the existing access control system be upgraded to a higher security level. Infineon decided for CIPURSE™ due to its high level of security – CIPURSE™ won the German IT-Security Prize 2012. The new employee badges and access control system were rolled out to all Infineon sites over the past year. The badges support multiple functions, allowing employees to also pay for coffee and lunch at several canteens and to access printers. This flagship project has established a new reference case for secure building access, which many other companies have since adopted.