Access Control

Upgrading Access Control At Vanier College

Posted by dtaitano 7:09 pm Categories: Access Control. Tags: , .

        Residential Commercial Product Information eLearning Courses Promotions Archives Newsletter Subscribe INSIDEOUT > Archived Articles > Canadian Architect Newsletter Articles > Upgrading Access Control at Vanier College Upgrading Access Control at Vanier College C.E.G.E.P. Vanier is a junior college in the Montréal area, whose student population numbers over 6,700 full-time diploma students with an additional 4,000 students attending through the Continuing Education Department. Recent security threats at similar schools nearby initiated a request to equip every corridor and classroom with new, improved locks. This is not an easy job with buildings dating back to the 1890s. Situated on an oasis of green in the Borough of Saint-Laurent of the City of Montreal, the College-Ste. Croix Campus occupies property and 11 buildings purchased by the government from the Soeurs de Sainte-Croix who previously operated a convent and a private women’s college in the location. Some of the buildings date back to the nineteenth century and have undergone considerable renovations over the years to accommodate the changing needs of post secondary education. We already had Schlage CL & CM standalone access control locks system in place that read magnetic cards. So, when the request for tighter security came into our office, we responded by bringing in the Schlage AD-400 Series wireless locks. One reason was that the newly adopted (2010) smart cards that we use are open architecture MIFARE® cards. Since the AD-Series is also based on an open architecture, we would not need to switch out our […]

Genetec Security Center Unifies Operations For City Of Toronto’s New Forensic Services And Coroner’s Complex

Posted by dtaitano 12:27 am Categories: VMS Software. Tags: , , , , , , .

Genetec ™, a global leader in unified IP security solutions and ranked number-one * in video management software (VMS), today announced that Security Center—its unified IP security platform —was recently deployed as part of a highly sophisticated security implementation for the brand new City of Toronto Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex (FSCC). The new 49,000 square meter state-of-the-art facility built by Carillion Canada is set to revolutionize forensics in Canada, and enable them to support increasingly complicated investigations. Tasked to design, install and commission the highly sophisticated security objectives of the new FSCC facility, Marcomm Systems Group Inc. (MSGI) chose Genetec Security Center for the fully integrated IP security management grid. Omnicast, the VMS system in Genetec Security Center, manages the crucial video surveillance requirements for the facility’s perimeter. Several customized sub-systems were added, including biometric access control, alarm monitoring for critical areas, roof line detection and other locations of concern, and completed with a facility-wide duress panic alarm system with a Voice over IP (VoIP) recoding box to record all distress signals for evidence and review. “As veteran systems integrators, it is important that we work with a unified platform that is open-architecture, flexible, functional and user friendly,” said David Trudel, President of Marcomm Systems Group. “We have deployed Genetec on so many sophisticated projects over the years that we have become intimately familiar with its functionality. When we began planning the integration for The City of Toronto Forensic Services and Coroner’s complex, we would not have considered […]

UINT & Mereal Biometrics Launches Biometric Smart Card With Embedded FPC Fingerprint Touch Sensor

Posted by dtaitano 2:08 pm Categories: Biometrics, Technologies. Tags: , , , .

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, October 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The biometric smart card launched by UINT & Mereal Biometrics is a multi-application smart card using Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC) embedded fingerprint touch sensor and processor. It enables biometric fingerprint authentication in a top secure environment with local matching providing privacy of holders as biometric data never leave the card. First applications of the card are physical and logical access control for French Casino Operator Partouche. The smart card is now finalist in the award Discovery category at the upcoming show Cartes in Paris (19-21 Nov, 2013) and will be displayed by Mereal Biometrics in Booth 4N 087 [http://www.cartes.com/Catalogue/EXHIBITOR-LIST/Exhibitor-list/MEREAL-BIOMETRICS/ (search_field)/mereal+biometrics/(sort_by)/az/(limitation)/20 ] . “A new generation of Smart Card is born; for the first time a smart card is having its own embedded biometric fingerprint reader, performs the verification on board and can be used in multiple applications. Introducing biometrics into the smart card market means meeting the toughest industry requirements available when it comes to low power consumption, optimized form factor and robust sensor design. FPC’s fingerprint sensors meet these requirements and we are really excited to now introduce this biometric smart card to the market,” says Philippe BLOT, Chief Executive Officer of UINT ( http://www.uint.fr ). Johan Carlstrom, President and CEO of FPC, comments: “This launch of a biometric smart card is a market break-through and marks a milestone for integrating biometrics into smart cards. Security and protection of privacy has always been top priority in smart cards and the use of […]

Navy Yard Shooting: US To Review Security At All Military Installations (+video)

Posted by dtaitano 11:08 am Categories: Access Control, Military. Tags: , , , , .

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is planning to order a review of physical security and access to all US military installations worldwide, a senior Pentagon official said Tuesday, one day after a Navy reservist with a troubled history killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard . Skip to next paragraph Secretary Hagel spent much of the day on Tuesday collecting input from senior officials to define the parameters of the review, which could be formally announced as soon as Wednesday, according to the official. Word of the impending review follows news that a previously unreleased Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG) report detailed “critical flaws” in base security at Navy installations, including the practice of contracting out base guard duty to nongovernmental personnel. The DOD IG report, dated for release on Sept. 16, the date of the Navy Yard attack, cites instances in which “52 convicted felons received routine, unauthorized installation access, placing military personnel, dependents, civilians, and installations at an increased security risk.”  This was the result of efforts on the part of Navy officials “to reduce access control costs,” according to the inspector general report. The report leveled another critique as well ­– that the commander, Navy Installations Command was “non-responsive” regarding the recommendations of the Pentagon inspector general. These revelations about the DOD IG investigation in turn prompted calls for change. In the wake of the Navy Yard attacks, “I am highly concerned that the access control systems at our nation’s military installations have serious […]

Oil Patch Theft: SecurTek Videofied Is Quickly Gaining Acceptance Among Businesses On Saskatchewan's Bakken

Posted by Stan Lewis 12:30 pm Categories: Access Control, Customer Implementations, IP Cameras. Tags: , , , , , , , .

Oil Patch Theft: SecurTek Videofied Is Quickly Gaining Acceptance Among Businesses on Saskatchewan’s Bakken The prosperity associated with growing economic activity along the Bakken Formation has turned booming businesses on […]