Access Control


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Establishing a Standard: Physical Access Control Safeguards the Data Center Boom

Operators rushing to scale AI and cloud facilities must leverage physical key cabinets and asset lockers to eliminate construction and operational vulnerabilities.

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Striking a Balance: A Layered Approach to Securing Campus Health Centers

Balancing open campus life with HIPAA and FERPA compliance, university health centers are adopting unified single-card credentials to protect data and clinicians.



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Snoqualmie Valley Schools Centralize Security Operations

Building automation platform to integrate surveillance and access control across 13 Washington campuses.

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School Safety Budgets Are Growing. Are Outcomes Keeping Up?

Acre Security CEO Kumar Sokka challenges campus leaders to move past hardware checklists and start measuring real-world security outcomes.

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Mastering School Security Migrations Through Pilot Programs

Modernize campus safety with confidence by testing new technologies in a controlled environment to validate costs, integration and staff readiness.

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North Carolina District Modernizes Campus Security Infrastructure

Lincoln County Schools unifies 1,300 cameras and 500 doors under a single platform to improve officer response and system oversight.

Genetec Enhances Security Center SaaS Access Control

New features streamline visitor workflows and enhance hardware integration to simplify cloud modernization for campus and enterprise environments.

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The Second Line of Defense

Beyond exterior locks, discover how corridor doors and electronic access control create vital interior "zones" to protect students and staff.

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Streamlining Secure Access

Berkeley’s International House upgrades 510 doors with wireless locks, ditching mechanical keys for a unified, smartphone-ready access system.

California School District Protects Campuses With Cloud-Managed Access Control

Established in 1901 in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Mountain View Los Altos High School District (MVLA) serves 4,400 students across the cities of Mountain View, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills. It houses two award-winning high school campuses commonly ranked in the top 1 percent nationally; it also hosts a continuation high school, an adult education campus, an alternative academy for arts and technology, and a nontraditional high school program held at an innovation center.

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