Security access systems - 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...

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...

HID Global’s iCLASS SE platform has delivered a number of benefits during the upgrade process HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that its iCLASS SE access control platform has been used by the Academy of Art University in San Francisco to secure almost every door of the institution, across dozens of geographically dispersed buildings that house expensive equipment and high-value student work product. The iCLASS SE platform has...

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 NTS and the Teleste VMS are tightly integrated to provide the users a uniform and lean workflow for daily work The Swedish Transport Administration (STA) has won the International Road Federation’s (IRF) Global Road Achievement Awards (GRAA) in the ‘Traffic Management and Intelligent Transportation Systems’ category for its project “NTS – National Traffic Management System for Sweden”. Teleste is supplying the video management system...

Connexion2’s Identicom remains the most widely used lone worker device in the UK The digital television company- which is the largest in the UK- has bought 48 market-leading lone worker devices from lone worker safety company Connexion2 in its ongoing bid to ensure the safety of its employees. The ‘Identicom’ device is styled as an I.D badge which enables a worker to raise an alarm if experiencing verbal abuse, physical attack or if fallen ill. The upda...

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...

Schlage's biometric hand readers enrolled over 30 million transactions throughout the five year build programme Allegion PLC, a leading global provider of security products and solutions, recently announced that its Schlage biometric hand readers were used at the Olympic Park construction site in London, enrolled 81,000 people and handled over 30 million transactions, throughout the five year build programme. Human Recognition Systems (Liverpool) developed and installed the s...

The VA Premium is designed to enhance both the passenger experience and the company brand Tensator, the world leader in passenger journey management has installed two of its Virtual Assistants in Heathrow’s Terminal 4 as part of the airport’s check in and security process. The Tensator Virtual Assistant (VA) uses cutting-edge technology to project an image and create the illusion of a real person. Fully customisable, it brings messages to life and helps to engage...

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...

The wireless SALTO system is installed on priority entrances and exits and will expand to other doors and areas in future Challenges with controlling access to one of the country’s only circus training schools have been solved by the implementation of a SALTO RFID electronic access control solution. Shoreditch-based Circus Space - The National Centre for Circus Arts - approached SALTO Systems dealer Delta Security to devise, design and install a solution to manage and s...

OPTEX's long range wireless active beams SL – QFR features four selectable channel frequency for easy alignment The security issues of a major caravan retailer on an isolated 34-acre site have been solved with the installation of a new wireless security system that uses the latest OPTEX Quad infrared beam technology. The YC Leisure caravan site, based just out outside Doncaster, had been experiencing security problems with the occasional break-in and a number of caravan...

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...

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...

Alpro’s overhead transom closers are a means of hydraulically controlling the opening and closing of aluminium doors The University of Liverpool is using transom door closers from Alpro Architectural Hardware at student residences on its south campus adjacent to the Management School and Law Faculty. Alpro’s overhead transom closers are a means of hydraulically controlling the opening and closing of aluminium doors and can have light, medium or heavy spring streng...

Axxon Intellect is VMS with a modular architecture, allowing creation of integrated security systems of any level of complexity Owned by Telefonica, E-Plus is a multinational telecom and one of the top three mobile operators in Germany. The company serves over 19 million subscribers. Over 4,700 specialists are employed by the company in Germany. 2012 revenues totalled EUR 3.4 billion. E-Plus was in a situation similar to that faced by many businesses: it needed to update...

MT5 restricts unauthorised distribution of keys and ensures operations from a single master key system Mul-T-Lock’s patented MT5 key & cylinder platform has been installed at the College of Psychic Studies by ATCL Locksmiths to restrict the unauthorised distribution of keys and ensure its security can operate from a single master key system, without compromising on the 19th century architecture. Based in the heart of London, The College of Psychic Studies was founde...

The installation consists of 3570 series Lockwood commercial mortise locks Multiple state-of-the-art ASSA ABLOY products are ensuring first-rate security at the award-winning Translational Research Institute (TRI) building in Brisbane, Australia. The USD 177 million, 32,000 square metre building is one of the largest medical research institutes in the southern hemisphere – and as such it demanded a high-tech access control solution and first-rate security in keeping wit...

Mul-T-Lock’s SMARTair wireless access control system was installed throughout the school Newark & Sherwood Locksmiths has worked with John Davies Primary School to design a scalable security solution to upgrade the facilities from mechanical locking to access control, using Mul-T-Lock’s innovative SMARTair system. Nottinghamshire based John Davies Primary School promotes positive behaviour by creating an atmosphere of trust, security and mutual respect. With a...

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...

Brickcom's FD-501Af fixed dome camera and VD-501Af vandal dome camera make up the IP video surveillance system Gerontoiregua sl is a company based in the city of Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. It is dedicated to the construction and operation of the residence for the senior citizens. The residence is located 10km away from the city of Logroño, with 220 rooms for the care of the senior people. Teaming up with OSABA Group Security & Personal Details, Gerontoiregua...