Security management - Case studies

MySOS Mandown provides lone workers with a simple yet effective way to call for help in any emergency situation In order to alleviate the risk to its lone working maintenance team, Circle Housing Property Services has introduced ‘MySOS Mandown’ personal safety devices, developed exclusively by Skyguard. Easy To Use Personal Safety Alarm Circle Housing Property Services (CHPS) are an in-house property maintenance team providing services to Circle Housing&rsquo...

Genetec Security Center combines video surveillance, access control, ALPR systems into one central monitoring The Challenge The City of Lakeland in Florida has recently standardized its security operations with Genetec Security Center, a unified security platform that combines video surveillance, access control and automatic license plate recognition systems into one central monitoring and management platform. Located between Tampa and Orlando, the City of Lakeland is home t...

The residences were fitted with UNION’s Optimus3 72mm lockcases, providing reliable access to the students’ flats and rooms UNION, part of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions has supplied products to student accommodation for the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). UNION’s Optimus3 Lockcases Deployed Madeira Road halls of residence opened in 2014 and are conveniently situated near the to...

The doorsets are designed to withstand abuse from simple hand tools, through to prolonged attacks with a range of power tools ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, has recently installed high security doors at the National Cycling Centre. National Cycling Centre Located in Sports City, Manchester, the National Cycling Centre is Britain’s first indoor cycling track and has become one of the world’s...

The bank needed a wireless locking technology to provide 50 of its glass doors with an instant upgrade Company: BMCE Bank Headquarters Segment: Financial Property Type: Headquarters Plant location city: Casablanca Aperio® solution: Aperio® C100 cylinders Aperio® Partner: CST Sécurité Number of Aperio® Cylinders: 50 electronic double knob cylinders with Euro profile What was the challenge? BMCE Bank is one of the largest commercial banks in...

The open architecture of Omnicast has also enabled Dubai Airports to integrate with existing third-party access control systems Dubai Airport Authority has become one of the largest Omnicast™ installations in the world with a security infrastructure that includes almost 8,000 analog and IP cameras from different manufacturers’ cameras, third-party access control systems, and Barco video walls in multiple control rooms. Dubai Airports owns and manages the operation...

(see bigger image) STFC was looking for a centralized time-attendance & access control solution for all branches Company Profile Shriram Transport Finance Company is having 700+ branches across India with headquarter at Mumbai. The organizational structure comprises of HO, Regional Offices and Branch Offices. Matrix offered centralized web based Time-Attendance and Access Control solutions with Biometric Fingerprint based door controllers for all their locations. Bu...

Adams Rite supplied its innovative Sentinel M commercial multi-point locks Adams Rite, part of ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, has helped to provide solutions to a prestigious commercial property that required a higher level of security. Project Kestrel Aluminum Systems and Adams Rite supplied components to Fabrique Specialist Glazing Systems Ltd, who manufactured and installed bespoke doorsets that...

The current office space utilizes 3 readers; one on each of the exterior doors in the front & back of the building In 2009 Jeff Park, a Chicago-based entrepreneur, needed to set up office space for a Korean-based pharmaceutical company’s US operations in Chicago. To fulfill this requirement for his own needs as Director of U. S. Operations for PharmaTech LLC, he leased space in a downtown office building in Chicago, IL. Ultimately, he expanded the offices to provide...

NEC's NeoFace Watch solution enables automatic facial recognition through photos, CCTV images, recorded videos and webcams NEC Corporation recently announced its selection by the Receita Federal (Brazilian National Tax Collection Agency) to provide NeoFace Watch facial recognition technology for 14 international airports throughout Brazil, including the major hub of Governador Andre Franco Montoro International airport (Guarulhos airport) in Sao Paolo and Antonio Carlos Jo...

ISONAS system utilizes low voltage Power over Ethernet (PoE) thus on-going operational costs of the system are lower Located 15 miles North of Seattle, 8 miles South of Everett, and 19 miles West of Bellevue, Lynnwood, WA is the financial capital for south Snohomish County. In 2010 the City of Lynwood embarked on an installation of ISONAS access control for a series of buildings spanning the city’s departments. “We began with a simple remote building install of 3...

As an IP-based system, management of access in Elk Grove is done through same ISONAS software system already at Chicago ServerCentral is a managed data center solutions provider specializing in bandwidth-intensive collocation applications. With data centers strategically located worldwide, ServerCentral supports a diverse roster of clients, including content delivery companies, webhosting and application service providers, hardware vendors and enterprise-level clients. The Co...

Along with PowerNet, the system installed at community also includes ControlByNet’s iFlashback remote IP video surveillance Located in Gwinnett County, Georgia, the community of Flowers Crossing is situated in the town of Lawrenceville, approximately 30 miles northeast of Atlanta. This large suburban community contains almost 550 homes with multiple recreational facilities, including swimming pools, playgrounds, tennis courts, a community clubhouse, and many beautifully...

Through the reporting capabilities of ISONAS software system, administration knows who has entered campus facilities and when Founded in 1976, the Calvary Road Christian School offers a complete, Christian education for children from 3 year old preschool age through 8th grade. CRCS is a ministry of Calvary Road Baptist Church and shares the Church facilities on six and one half acres in Virginia just 20 minutes from our nation’s capital. The school facilities include mor...

The installation of ISONAS system in 2007 took only one day for the physical installation of the 4 exterior doors From its very beginning in 1955, the members of the First Baptist Church in Beaverton Oregon have been committed to reaching out to others in fellowship and service in the name of God. Today that devotion to service to others takes the form of multiple ministries aimed at interactions based on Christian principals not only with fellow members of the congregation,...

ISONAS system secures access to Vocational Educa-Center and Early Childhood Education building The Dickinson-Iron Intermediate School District (DIISD), located in the Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is an administrative unit consisting of 6 separate districts with a total of 16 schools. The DIISD operates on a consolidated services or “consortium” basis for many of its cross district requirements. One such consortium is the District’s Technology department,...

Maxxess eFusion software has more than 50 fully integrated third-party manufacturer’s products incorporated Maxxess, a global corporation specializing in the access control sector and recognized for its extensive integration capabilities, recently developed and implemented for Banner Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the country, a comprehensive security solution to protect areas containing radioactive sources. Fulfilling RSP And NNSA Requirements...

Monitoring the entire facility including full external coverage required relatively low number of MOBOTIX cameras Disposables UK Group is a family-owned business, operating for 26 years, based in Meltham, near Huddersfield in the UK. The company manufactures and distributes paper disposables and cleaning and hygiene products for the ‘away from home’ market. Disposables UK Group was the first UK paper converter in the away from home market to gain EU Ecolabel certi...

Residents can communicate quickly between the blocks just by dialing extension numbers Introduction Binayak Group is a Kolkata based real estate firm providing a wide range of residential and commercial projects. For an upcoming project on multiple residential towers, the firm wanted to set up a communication network. They wanted an IP based intercom system to minimize cabling costs, and also wanted the communication system to be scalable for future expansion and manageable...

The installation of the ISONAS access control system was accomplished by Golden West Technologies Located in the beautiful Black Hills area of South Dakota, the town of Box Elder, SD is home to the Douglas School District. The District employs just over 400 staff and educates more than 2,500 students from 3 years of age through high school. The District has a significant physical plant infrastructure consisting of administrative facilities (District administration building, sp...

Oregon State University relies on Vanderbilt’s SMS to provide access control for 100,000-square-foot Austin Hall Vanderbilt Industries, a global leader in the delivery of innovative, highly reliable technologies that help organizations ensure safety and security, recently announced that Oregon State University relies on Vanderbilt’s Security Management System (SMS) to provide access control for its 100,000-square-foot Austin Hall. The state-of-the-art facility for...

Securitas officers get around MediaCityUK by mountain bike and electric Raptors Securitas has beaten off stiff competition in its bid for the contract to provide security services to The Peel Group. 160 officers will provide manned guarding, key-holding and concierge services across 17 of Peel’s UK sites, including MediaCityUK and the Group’s aviation and ports portfolio. Securitas Successful Bid The Peel Group is one of the leading infrastructure, transport and...

The utility also looked at ways in which video could help deliver proactive maintenance capabilities Issue In order to comply with recently introduced international anti-terror legislation regulating, among other things, 7k+ Volt power stations, Pelco by Schneider Electric was selected by a Norwegian Power Utility to provide a video security solution. Complementing its existing physical security protocols, the utility also looked at ways in which video could help deliver...

AEOS segregates employees from different companies and provides clear reporting on its use With several companies sharing one building, a common access control system was needed to secure each company’s offices. As well as being easy for everyone to use, it needed to be unobtrusive. AEOS Came Highly Recommended Millennium Bridge House in London is home to a variety of companies in industries including finance, insurance and recruitment where the protection of personal...

Tavcom is providing foundation and advanced CCTV training programs for installation and service engineers in Dubai Tavcom reports that it has successfully completed specialist CCTV training for 1,000 students attending the International Centre for Security & Safety (ICSS) at the Dubai Police Academy. The International Centre for Security and Safety plays a significant role in the strengthening of the skills of Dubai nationals, as well as local and contracted personnel of...

TBS 3DTouchless was seamlessly intergrated into the existing network with various configuration options Bank Sohar, a leading commercial bank in Oman launched in 2007, secures its HQ in Muscat and branches located across Oman. The Bank required the most precise and secure technology available on the market to upgrade the Time & Attendance system for the Bank’s 30 premises and over 500 staff located throughout Oman. The TBS solution answered the highest security req...

As part of the test, a pickpocket was caught ‘live’ on camera on the top deck of the test bus Victoria Square in Birmingham on Thursday 2 July was the setting for a world first as the BBC’s Crimewatch Roadshow came to town to see the first trial of a live CCTV video stream direct from public transport, thanks to technology supplied by Thirsk based wireless transmission specialists Vemotion. Making Public Transport A Safer Experience The trial was commission...

Staff and students are benefiting from ACTpro 4000 door controllers and ACTpro door stations on interior and perimeter doors Dyfed Alarms is installing access control equipment from ACT at a mixed comprehensive school in Wales. Ysgol Dyffryn Aman has 1,600 pupils studying across a large campus with a sixth form of over 300. Staff and students are benefiting from protection offered by ACTpro 4000 door controllers and ACTpro door stations on interior and perimeter doors. Th...

The college installed 200 laptop lockers to encourage students to study outside of classroom Traka intelligent lockers are saving teachers and students up to 20 minutes at the beginning of each lesson at Bolton College. The College has installed 200 laptop lockers along the corridors of its campus to encourage students to study outside of the classroom. This approach, also known as flipped learning, means students can use the lockers to charge the devices and read up on speci...

Traka key cabinets ensure preauthorised contractors gain easy access to areas of the campus at any time Traka, the key and asset management specialist, has helped Coventry University improve the implementation of its contractor control policy, ensuring Health and Safety Standards are met. Introduction With almost 30,000 students, 1,890 staff and 110+ service contracting companies some requiring 24-hour access to the site, Coventry University needed a secure method to manage...