Access control software case studies
Each of the schools that have the Keyscan system are equipped with readers on four perimeter doors per school School security has quickly become one of the most controversial and alarming issues of our time. With all of the unique conditions found in a school setting, finding the right solution that encompasses all elements of secured access control while being easy to use and integrate into normal school operation can be an intimidating task. Faced with the challenge of secur...
A Keyscan access control system is installed in approximately 20 of the City of Abbotsford buildings The city of Abbotsford is a progressive agricultural community with a growing population located in the heart of the Fraser Valley, just outside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its close proximity to the City of Vancouver holds many perks, but also some disadvantages. This reality is exactly what prompted a security review of all City-run buildings including city hall,...
The Keyscan system now controls over 130 doors at Hartgrove Hospital A behavioral health hospital faces a unique set of security challenges. It requires a full security solution that is flexible, and reliable to address a wide range of security issues. For Hartgrove Hospital in Chicago Illinois, the choice to go with a Keyscan Access Control system to provide this full solution was clear from the very beginning. Hartgrove Hospital employs roughly 500 individuals, from adminis...
The Keyscan readers create an alarm that sounds if the cabinet door is held open for more than 90 seconds There is no glory for the well prepared. Heroes tend to emerge in the triumph over crisis. But what about those people that have the foresight to prevent calamity? Where is the praise for those people that carry out their due diligence and are constantly ensuring the safety of others? Being responsible for the security of others is never an easy task, with threats emerging...
Tyco Security Products have been installed in six Jordan’s facilities, including retail stores and corporate centre Nation’s leading furniture retailer dramatically improves security measures with comprehensive security solutions from American Dynamics and Software House. This was one unconventional furniture chain that needed a security reupholstering. Jordan’s Furniture was founded in 1918 in Waltham, Mass. Since then, the retailer has attracted record num...
Carrefour upgraded its analogue video recorders to American Dynamics’ Intellex video management system When Carrefour, one of the largest food retailers in the world, expanded its presence of hypermarkets across three continents, they hired security system integrator UTI to establish loss prevention systems within their unique shopping environment. The security company met the challenge, providing one of the most secure hypermarkets, equipped with state-of-the-art video...
CEM AC2000 SE provides graphical display for central monitoring and control of activities within Checkpoint and Jurong Island Jurong Island is a major chemical hub holding multi-billion dollars’ worth of investments in the chemical industry. CEM has supplied an integrated security management system for Jurong Island’s recently opened US$17 million Security Checkpoint. The new vehicle and pedestrian checkpoint is part of the on-going island security strategy and pr...
Working closely with Tyco, FCC upgraded to Software House’s C•CURE 9000 access control solution When leading oil refining industry expert Fabrica Carioca de Catalisadores decided to upgrade the security system at its 44-acre Brazilian headquarters, the company worked with Tyco to integrate new access control and video management products which ultimately resulted in an easier-to-use, more robust security system. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Fabrica Carioca de C...
The Zwipe biometric card is DESFIRE EV1 and MIFARE Classic compatible Zwipe, which provides contactless smart cards with on-card fingerprint reading, recently announced that Simonsen VogtWiig, a well reputed law firm located in the middle of the financial district of Oslo, is deploying the Zwipe biometric card for managing access to doors and printers. The Zwipe biometric card quickly reads the user’s fingerprint in less than a second. Eliminating the problems of solely...
CEM's AC2000 Lite is one of the most accomplished security management solutions available CEM Systems, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco can recently announce that the CEM AC2000 Lite access control and security management system has been installed in Midpark Hospital, Scotland. The system was installed by CEM Approved Reseller Scotshield Fire & Security. The £27 million health facility opened to the public in early 2012. Midpark Hospital repla...
The NLA has been equipped with a KeyWatcher and PowerCheck systemfrom Morse Watchmans The Egyptian National Library and Archives (NLA) in Cairo is the largest library in Egypt and is one of the most revered historical institutions of the country. Since 2007, the NLA has been undergoing a modernisation that involves digitising the material as well as adding new information technology systems to make access to documents faster and easier. Also included in the modernisation are e...
G4S deployed over eight hundred of Idesco’s Access 8 CD 2.0 Slim Pin DESFire readers Rikshospitalet (The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway) recently unveiled a modern, new access control system (deployed by G4S Secure Solutions AS) built around Idesco readers. G4S deployed eight hundred of Idesco’s Access 8 CD 2.0 Slim Pin DESFire readers in Rikshospitalet’s new system. G4S had been chosen by Rikshospitalet for the superior quality of their system design, detai...
As one of the busiest airports in China, Nanchang Changbei International Airport manages over 3.3 million passengers and 34,000 flights per year. In 2010, Changbei Airport began an expansion project that included a new terminal and a second runway. With a total investment of RMB2.5 billion (US$393 million), the objective of the project was to expand in order to accommodate up to 12 million passengers annually by 2020. Challenges Since its completion, the Changbei Airport has become the aviati...
Background Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi (su-wanna-poom) Airport formally opened in late September 2006 after many years of planning and construction. Thailand hopes the new $4 billion airport, designed to handle 45 million passengers and three million tons of cargo a year, will surpass rivals Singapore and Malaysia as the region's most important aviation hub. Its seven-story terminal is one of the largest in the world, covering an area equal to 100 (US) football fields. The airport was designed...
CNL’s IPSecurityCenter PSIM integration with eFusion provides complete situation intelligence CNL Software, a world leader in Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) software, is pleased to announce that it has completed the integration of IPSecurityCenter PSIM with eFusion from Maxxess Systems, a leader in highly integrated access control systems. The two companies have been collaborating on a major transportation project in the UAE to deliver integrated...
Morse Watchmans system is programmable to recognise specific keys and release them once the three required logins are complete Casinos are cash-based industries that rely on physical controls and strict documentation procedures in order to safeguard large amounts of cash and chips. One of the most critical areas of casino security where these controls come into play is key management. Physical keys are used for access to virtually all of the most sensitive and highly secur...
exacqVision was chosen for its extreme ease of use and its ability to integrate with third-party systems Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport is the only airport serving as a year-round getaway for two Yellowstone National Park entrances. Established in 1941, the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport provides, operates and safely maintains an aviation facility to service the needs of the flying public in Montana. The 2,481 acre airport enplanes nearly 400,000 passenge...
FaceVACS-Entry combines smart hardware for image acquisition with software for verification processes Cognitec responds to high demand for fast, accurate face recognition solutions at border control points by introducing a new product that combines smart hardware for image acquisition with market-leading software for verification processes. FaceVACS-Entry is ready for integration into electronic gates (eGates) which provide travellers with electronic passports (ePassports...
Christchurch International Airport Limited (CIAL) is situated on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island and receives more than six million passengers a year. It is New Zealand’s second largest airport and the busiest and most strategic air connection from the South Island to the world’s trade and tourism markets. With such high numbers of passengers going through the airport, providing a safe and secure environment is an important part of CIAL’s vision to be recogni...
ASSA ABLOY’s Aperio electronic cylinders are linked to Siemens’ SiPass system online by radio WEETECH GmbH has been supplying testing systems for cables, backplanes and electric and electronic functional modules for over forty years. The development of WEETECH’s long-term, customer relationships based on trust has been accompanied by continuous expansion of its product range and consistent growth on the world market. Today, WEETECH is a globally active compan...
UEFA’s Executive Committee chose the joint Polish-Ukrainian bid to host the 2012 European football Championship finals. In anticipation of the event, two of the four Ukrainian stadiums to host the matches were equipped with AEOS security systems. The Olympic Stadium in Kiev was built in 1923 and needed remodelling to bring it up to UEFA’s ‘category four’ standards for stadiums hosting football finals. Such stadiums usually seat thousands of visitors and must meet strict c...
CEM’s AC2000 AE system provides a fully integrated business solution designed to help airports run more efficiently CEM Systems, part of the Security Products business unit of Tyco, and ADT Fire & Security, Europe’s leading provider of physical security solutions, recently announced that the CEM AC2000 AE (Airport Edition) security management system has been installed at Inverness Airport, Scotland to manage passengers and staff. AC2000 AE is the industry&rsquo...
The Marque business social club selected the Morpho 3D face reader to provide a convenient biometric solution Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary MorphoTrak, provides 3D facial recognition technology for secure access at The Marque, the most exclusive membership club in Houston, Texas. The Marque business social club selected the Morpho 3D Face Reader™, to provide a highly secure yet convenient biometric solution that allows members-only access to certain areas of t...
The client has integrated ACT access control devices into its IP network, which communicates across two bridges An access control solution from Access Control Technology (ACT) is being used on the main crossing points between England and South Wales. The two bridge crossings are the (suspension) Severn Bridge and the (cable-stayed) Second Severn Crossing which span the estuary between South Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire. The client, Severn River Crossing PLC, needed to be...
Transom overhead door closers are designed to be contained within the transom header bar of the door A £100m regeneration project at a leisure and retail complex in Dorset is using overhead transom closers from Alpro. Brewery Square in Dorchester features a multi-jet fountain, an ice rink and a big-screen television which is used to show films and sporting events. The complex is on the site of a former Victorian brewery whose main building is set to be turned into a four...
“As a full service IT provider, a reliable access control system is essential for us to ensure the security of the data stored on servers. We’ve been using the access control solution from Nedap since the 1990s. INFO AG and its data centres have grown constantly since then, and AEOS with them. Nedap has proven its value as a committed partner during that period, with a system that is simple to control. One mouse click is all that’s needed to inform my customers about the identi...
The new generation of DL/ID cards feature tru/window LOCK, which provides additional protection to cardholder Trüb AG, one of the leading suppliers of high security identity and travel documents, has been selected as the supplier of the new generation of Driving Licenses/Identity Cards (DL/ID) for the District of Columbia in the USA. The new generation of DL/ID cards are considered to rank amongst the most secure documents used in the United States. The cards are made of...
CEM’s AC2000 Security Management System to will be installed at the hospitals CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products can recently announce they have won the contract to secure the largest single NHS hospital build in Scotland; the New South Glasgow Hospitals, part of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The publicly funded development will give Glasgow one of the most advanced adult acute services hospitals in the UK and will be the biggest critical care complex in Sc...
KeyWatcher key system is used by the casinos’ security departments to track keys needed throughout the facilities Casino managers, like managers in any other market, leave nothing to chance when it comes to the operation of the business. To protect the bottom line and guard against fraud, they rely on established practices and procedures and industry favoured technology such as Morse Watchmans key control and management systems. At sister properties Casino Arizona and T...
Over 350 American Dynamics Illustra IP cameras are also installed to secure SAEI’s maintenance base CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, is pleased to announce that the CEM AC2000 security management system has been successfully installed at Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries main base at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah. SAEI joins leading airports and aviation maintenance facilities around the world where the CEM AC2000 system is providing pa...
