Cypress CTO Tony Diodato Named Co-Chair of SIA OSDP Working Group

Diadato will serve as co-chair of the working group along with Steve Rogers, president of IQ Devices, a Carmel Valley, Calif.-based provider of identity management solutions.

LAPEER, Mich. ­— Cypress Integration Solutions Founder and CTO Tony Diodato has been named co-chair of the Security Industry Association (SIA) Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP) Working Group.

The OSDP Working Group is responsible for development of the OSDP, the successor to the Wiegand communication standard used in access control since the 1980s. The group is an extension of the SIA Standards Access Control & Identity Subcommittee. Version 2.1.7 of the OSDP standard allows an access reader to securely communicate with a security system, since the communication is encrypted.

Diodato founded Cypress, a leading developer and manufacturer of physical access control integration solutions, 35 years ago. He is known for his expertise in protocol and format conversions. Working with both card reader and control panel issues has convinced him of the need to “shore up the shortcomings of previous technologies such as Wiegand.”

“Being in our unique position as the go-to company for both reader and panel conversion products, we feel we can contribute to the continuing evolution of the OSDP specification,” Diodato states in an announcement. “I’m honored and excited to take on this new role.”

“Tony has been an esteemed member of the SIA OSDP Working Group for a number of years and has provided invaluable contributions to the technical aspects of the specification that make it a more secure, more flexible specification for our industry,” says SIA Director of Standards Joe Gittens.

Gittens, who calls Diodato a “natural engineer and problem solver,” comments Diodato’s leadership will “certainly ensure the advancement of the specification as it responds to evolving industry demands.”

Diadato will serve as co-chair of the working group along with Steve Rogers, president of IQ Devices, a Carmel Valley, Calif.-based provider of identity management solutions.

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