With
a new state of the art facility, the John Roan School in south east
London needed a security solution that would enable them to manage
the movement of people across the school grounds.
A
multi-factor authentication system, incorporating access control from
the UK market leader Paxton plus biometric integration was installed
meeting their requirements and providing safety and peace of mind for
students and staff.
Requirement
The
John Roan School required a solution that would enable the school
security administrators to manage and control the movement of over
300 staff and 1600 students across the school grounds. The students
had begun to share access tokens and PIN numbers, in order to take
advantage of restricted areas on the premises. John Roan required a
solution that would prevent this practise from continuing.
Solution
It
was recommended that integrating the school’s existing Net2 access
control system with BioConnect’s identity management platform,
would provide a simple end-to-end system for the school security
administrators.
Net2,
from Paxton is a simple networked system, designed to make the
management of any site straightforward. The ease with which an
additional system could be integrated meant it provided the ideal
framework to meet school’s growing requirements.
The
installation of 31 BioLite Net Readers was initially used to manage
the movement of the 300 members of staff across the two school sites.
With the completed BioConnect and Net2 software integration, the new
system is now fully operational, managing the flow of people around
the campus.
The
multi-factor authentication required by the BioLite Net readers; PIN,
fingerprint, and token, enabled the users to continue using their
existing PINs and tokens, with the additional level of security and
peace of mind from the biometric authentication. The new system
provides a truly unique record of who is on site, preventing any
unauthorised persons from gaining access to restricted areas or from
using a borrowed token.
Result
The
simplicity of the Net2 software integration with the BioConnect
platform means that John Roan have been able to roll the new system
out to more users than anticipated, in a short period of time.
Russell
Webb from installers Ideal Security said “The John Roan School
admin loved Net2 for its simplicity and flexibility both for
reporting and integration options”. The Net2 and BioConnect
platform integration has capitalised on the simplicity that Net2 is
known for, to deliver a much improved solution and, most importantly
for the John Roan School, a simple administration tool.”
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further information about specifying access control from Paxton visit
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