15 Jul 2015
CASE STUDY Coventry College City College Coventry leads the way with converged security solution choosing HID Globals Crescendo application with iCLASS®
Bringing Vision and Mission Together
The colleges mission of Responding to Diversity; Raising the Standard; Taking
Education Further, was something reflected in the development and choice of
a suitable logical and physical access control solution.
Satel Naik, Technical Services Manager, explained that the college had not
previously used access control except for a few door code locks. He also
identified that there was no information technology (IT) security solution in
place. Satels vision for the future of the City College was to bring security
technology to the forefront, by selecting the best possible solution and creating
a truly intelligent building.
In adapting a new security solution, the college faced many challenges,
including a culture of staff and students who were used to not wearing ID
badges, in addition to limited secure parking, no real physical access control
(some doors were being left open), limited control of IT user accounts and some
abuse of photocopying and printing privileges.
Satel Naik explained that it was important for the college that current laborious
and manual processes, such as library book inventory and fine payments, could
also be automated and simplified in the future and be part of the planned ID
solution. For the safety and convenience of students and staff, the college was
also keen on reducing cash handling on site by introducing a cashless payment solution for the canteen.
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