Free Amsterdam University (VU), one of Europe’s most prestigious colleges, is using Venus Series multispectral imaging sensors in fingerprint readers used by approximately 8,000 students, faculty and staff to enter the school’s multiple recreation facilities spread throughout Amsterdam.
“Eliminating the opportunity for students to pass their cards to others was only part of the reason we… Read more >>

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The Grapevine-Collyeville Independent School District (GCISD), located in the Dallas suburb of Grapevine, Texas, used to have 309 analog security cameras outside campus buildings to improve security for the 13,000 students in the district. The system used Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) for storage, which enabled technology administrators to review footage of security incidents. The poor… Read more >>

The Journey of Just One Card
Consider this successful three-step converged security/IT system: A state university on the east coast with 12,000-plus students today enrolls each student in a provisioning system each year. Data recorded for the students include class schedule, residence hall address, and dining hall and meal program. Once recorded, all of this data… Read more >>

Luther College, located in the small northeast town of Decorah, Iowa, is installing an active RFID-enabled security system to help it track key rings containing a number of master keys. These keys are used to lock and unlock 56 buildings and more than a dozen other key-access facilities on the college’s 800-acre campus.
The college is… Read more >>

A 25-camera surveillance system has already proven to be a good investment for the Benson School District, since Benson Police have already made one arrest based on the recordings.
Justice of the Peace Joe Knoblock set a $100,000 bond for Benson resident Liberty Colt Earhart, 28, who has been charged with burglary and criminal damage for… Read more >>

Years ago, it was easy for students and others to breach the security at a college residence hall. Just wait for the guard at the front desk to nod off or be distracted, and scoot through the entrance into the facility. Or find a door out of sight of the security staff and sneak in.
Unfortunately,… Read more >>

RFID technology can be used in a big way for item level tracking. The revolutionary use of RFID tracking systems alongside the traditional barcode systems illustrates the same.

University Libraries typically have thousands of items in circulation, including books & CDs at any given time. This technology can make the monumental task of accounting for each… Read more >>

An avalanche of federal and state legislation aimed at reducing crime on campus has led cash-strapped college and university security departments to increase their reliance on security technology in recent years.
Campus security departments today are expanding closed circuit television systems (CCTV), upgrading access control systems and integrating physical and logical security systems, says Adam C…. Read more >>

Lot 61, centrally located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, is a prime example of blending green initiatives with new technology in construction in order to provide an enhanced parking area, shaded by more than 73 majestic live oak trees.
The parking lot had been plagued with structural problems, including potholes and… Read more >>

Public schools have been equipped with video surveillance CCTV systems even before Columbine. The reasons include increased safety and security for students.
Installing video surveillance cameras in schools is a costly project, and school districts must be sure that this is the right route to deter theft, property damage, and to prevent outsiders from entering the… Read more >>