Security management - Case studies
HID's ID credential delivers both the highest levels of document security and secure access to Government services In the early 2000s, the growing level of counterfeiting and fraud against the paper-based ID booklet used by Saudi Arabian citizens was diminishing confidence in the authenticity of the document. The use of false documents and ID theft subjected the nation to increased security concerns at a time when the population was becoming increasingly mobile, global insecur...
Multispectral imaging reads unique fingerprint characteristics from the finger’s surface and subsurface Argentina’s Banco Supervielle distributes government pension benefits from the Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (ANSES). To prevent fraudulent claims by relatives of deceased pensioners and to streamline the monthly authentication process, the bank implemented fingerprint authentication with HID Global’s Lumidigm® multispectral imag...
Customs and Border Protection needed a faster way to correlate information about the location and status of arms The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service is responsible for the protection of the Australian community, while supporting legitimate trade and travel. At a time of unprecedented threat levels – illicit drug trafficking, terrorism, people smuggling – Customs and Border Protection manages the security and integrity of Australia’s borders,...
MOBOTIX uses smart sensors able to detect a wide range of events in healthcare facilities Healthcare facilities such as hospitals and general practitioner surgeries are locations that pose significant challenges for security managers with lots of activities needing to take place quickly, such as lifesaving treatments, while ensuring the protection of patients, staff and property. MOBOTIX Intelligent Video MOBOTIX intelligent video systems, using de...
Concern for safety of the lab staff prompted IHEP to seek a more securely automated system The Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is a comprehensive research base with its main efforts focused on high energy physics, R&D of advanced accelerator technologies, advanced synchrotron radiation technologies and applications. Advanced Scientific Research Facility technologies and high-tech products with sophisticated science and techn...
HID Global's ActivID CMS for National ID is leading the way in delivering robust and scalable identity assurance solutions In 2008, a State Agency of Australia entered into a contract to replace its early-generation laminated driver's license cards with an advanced, multi-purpose smart card and card management system that would take the program to the forefront of ID management. Their vision was a fraud-resistant card that could flexibly evolve to meet a multitude of futu...
Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank confidently relies on HID Global to secure new service offerings for customers Hypo Group Alpe Adria, headquartered in Klagenfurt, Austria, is a banking group with its core business in the Alps-Adriatic region. The group consists of individual entities in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro. Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank in Croatia is the largest bank in the Hypo Group. Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank ranks in the top five banks in Croatia that offer...
Facing heavy demands on its social welfare system, Costa Rica needed to replace its insecure ID documents Costa Rica’s rapidly developing economy represents a strong attraction for regional economic migrants. With a population of over four million, Costa Rica is host to some 200,000 legal foreign residents. Easily-counterfeited, paper-based foreign resident credentials had created social, economic and security problems for Costa Rica. With hundreds of thousands of illega...
Alticor needed state-of-the art technology to provide secure access control at their HQ and several distribution centers Alticor manufactures and sells personal care products for more than three million independent business owners around the world. It also has a number of subsidiaries, including Amway, the widely known direct sales organization; Quixtar®, an Internet ordering business; and Access Business Group, a manufacturing, distribution and warehousing organization ma...
Hikvision's iVMS-4200 Software's "Smart Search" feature aids the facility's existing analog and IP cameras Located in the city of Pinelands, South Africa's Western Province Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS) is a non-profit, independent organization operating throughout the Western Cape. However, in reality, this is the largest blood bank in the nation and shoulders a medical responsibility commiserate with this status. Annually in charge of over 165,000 units of blood, the WP...
All nurses at Darent Valley hospital have one single badge which operates every drug cupboard on the ITU ward "In the busy environment of our ITU ward we have nurses working in shifts and visitors walking in and out. Consequently, the policy of the NHS trust is that we need to securely store our drugs. Before, we used key based cupboards to do so. Each of our 65 nurses owned a key to operate them, sometimes up to 100 times a day. As a result of the intensive use, the locks wor...
With the impact of a rapidly developing online shopping industry through PC and mobile devices, retail stores are facing great challenges. In a fiercely competitive market, enlarging the customer base and maintaining their loyalty become increasingly important and at the same time – very difficult. Improving customer satisfaction, maximizing per-customer transactions, ensuring a safe environment, and reducing unnecessary loss have become a major focus of retail owners and chain store com...
Amthal has worked with Garston Manor School to create a scalable solution to upgrade the fire and security systems in place and maintain it to the highest quality for the benefit of staff, pupils and visitors. Garston Manor School is a specialist school for autism, learning difficulties and speech and language, with a vision to ensure all students leave school as confident and self-reliant individuals, following a learning experience that is rewarding and enjoyable. Onsite Investigations Of Ex...
The Salzburg Festival is considered the world’s finest drama and classical music festival. Siemens has equipped the specially built opera houses with state-of-the-art technology with advanced systems to ensure the perfect balance of comfort, safety and security. Founded in 1920 by theater director and producer Max Reinhardt, the Salzburg Festival has grown into a cultural event of international stature. Today nearly 260,000 visitors attend the 14 performance venues where over 200 events ta...
The CCTV system in the center consists of 13 Hikvision IP cameras connected to DS-8616NI-ST NVR Hikvision, the global leader in video surveillance equipment, and their Abu Dhabi partner, Opal Protection Systems, have played a major role in preventing an attempted robbery at a Money Exchange in Abu Dhabi. A comprehensive Hikvision CCTV System captured the moments when a robed figure threatened employees with a pistol and alerted the Abu Dhabi Police Operations Room, which immed...
The software is used by employees to obtain visitor passes and by security officers to monitor the system To protect these tenants, Trinity provides CCTV and access control to all buildings. In addition, security officers patrol in the loading docks. However, Trinity wanted to enhance the existing security by providing a visitor management system through which tenants could approve or deny visitor access. Trinity wanted a visitor management system that provided reliability, re...
The District now signs in visitors by requesting and scanning photo IDs, usually a driver’s license The Ballston Spa School District in New York State is located 25 miles north of the state capital Albany. Incidents at schools across the country several years ago alerted Ballston Spa School administrators to the need for an increased level of security. Upgrade From Paper To Database The School Board and administration felt that paper sign-in logs were no longer suffici...
Arizona State University launched a ground-breaking project to evaluate the benefits of mobile access solutions Arizona State University (ASU) is committed to the ongoing use and management of advanced technology, including solutions that optimize security and convenience for students, faculty and staff. In August 2011, the university launched a ground-breaking project to evaluate the benefits of moving its student housing keys onto NFC smartphones. Pilot participants accesse...
CICCP's previous system had proven to be cumbersome and time-consuming Chartered by the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, the Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales, y Puertos (CICCP) is the official civil engineering organization of certified engineers working throughout Spain. With over 20,000 affiliated engineers, CICCP members are responsible for planning, designing, reviewing building, and approving the public works plans and specifications for Spain’s publ...
MEP selected an HID access control system because of the high quality and functionality of its products and solutions In March 2008, a new fulfillment center was built to house the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)—the hub for international communication and collaboration on environmental protection issues in China (PRC). The main mission of the MEP is to prevent and control environmental pollution, protect nature and ecology, supervise nuclear safet...
The DoD required a new system that would ensure the automatic identification of cargo containers and their contents Problems arising from the inaccurate identification of contents of U.S. Department of Defense sea cargo containers led the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to mandate a robust, multi-functional identification solution that would perform reliably in some of the world’s harshest environments, including war zones. For nearly 20 years, DLA’s shipping,...
HID has led to significant additional cost savings and time reductions on some manual administrative tasks at Socomec Socomec is a French manufacturing group, specializing in secure low-voltage power supplies for the industrial and service sectors. With a €310M turnover in 2009, Socomec employs 2,600 people globally, where nearly half of the staff works in the Strasbourg headquarters in France. A Solution For Secure And Convenience Access To PCs As a leader, Socomec alw...
HID Global offered KAS Bank the highest level of security available, with a resusable infrastructure The Netherlands-based KAS BANK N.V. regularly handles cash transactions ranging up to 25 million Euros and security transactions worth billions. Needless to say, the 200-year-old supplier of investment management, custody, clearing and settlement services is well aware of the growing security risks associated with high-value online transactions. This led to KAS BANK’s ult...
Action Ambulance Services needed a laminating printer with dual-sided laminating capabilities Action Ambulance Services provides 24-hour emergency and non-emergency medical services to the people of Eastern Massachusetts from 13 different locations. The identification cards worn by emergency personnel face challenging conditions, not only from temperature extremes and inclement weather, but also from the bodily fluids of patients being treated. In addition, Action Ambulan...
Nissan selected HID Global’s Smart Employee ID because it was the only field-proven solution that could scale to 100,000 users Nissan Europe facilitates the design, engineering, manufacture and sale of Nissan cars from locations across 34 European countries. The company’s headquarters are in Trappes, Paris and employs over 12,500 staff. Search For A Solution In 2001, Nissan Japan implemented a physical access solution which allowed its employees to securely...
Siklu Inc., a global provider of millimeter-wave solutions, announced that it has been selected by the City of Cambridge, England, to provide wireless connectivity for the city’s CCTV surveillance system in its town center. The Siklu EtherHaul radios deployed in Cambridge City Centre replace the 5.8 GHz wireless technology previously used by the city for its CCTV network. Wireless mmWave Technology Cambridge City Centre is a commercial and historic district that is adjacent to Cambridge...
The security team at Paaspop can keep an eye on proceedings using Hikvision's super-sharp images Paaspop is the first major festival of the year in the Netherlands, with a great line up, seven stages, and 25,000 daily visitors. To prevent any incidents at the festival, the security team keeps a close eye on proceedings, using the super-sharp images provided by Hikvision cameras. Paaspop History Paaspop is a three-day music festival that takes place in Schijndel during the Ea...
Hikvision Darkfighter cameras enable Salford control center to offer 24/7 active monitoring while reducing bandwidth requirements When Salford City Council began upgrading its public space CCTV cameras with Hikvision's Darkfighter models, video operatives reported some unusual results: they were suddenly able to see crystal clear night time images. Previously low-light surveillance images were murky and suspicious activity hard to make out. Now, armed with Darkfighter cameras...
Hangzhou Metro chose to deploy HID access controllers and card readers, as they met all stringent requirements The Hangzhou Metro Line 4 is Hangzhou city’s third metro line to enter trial operation. Built entirely underground, Phase 1 of the project measures 20.8 km. The initial section of the line includes 10 stations at 9.6 km in length, and began operation in 2015. The southern section is 11.2 km long, has 8 stations, and is expected to start serving the area in Nove...
Surveon, the enterprise NVR solutions provider, announced a factory in Kuwait City has deployed Surveon’s IP surveillance solutions as their partner for security application, including 100+ megapixel cameras and 10 enterprise-grade network video recorders, which not only fulfill the need of 180-day non-stop recording, but also ensure a strong protection for the safety in the factory.Ensuring Long-Term Video RetentionWhen it comes to an effective surveillance system for factory application,...
