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Key Cabinets + CPTED Make Your Business a Harder Target

Except for the more garish super villains, criminals avoid the spotlight. Most prefer to operate in theaters where they can remain in the shadows and maintain a level of control.  Enter Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). CPTED is not a new sensor or camera. Rather, CPTED is a set of design principles intended to take the sense...
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Physical security

Make Your Physical Security Investment Bullet-Proof in 4 Steps

Many organizations design their security program from the perspective that it’s just another cost of doing business. Money you have to spend so the rest of the business can do its work in peace.
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Access Control

KeyTracer Integration with AMAG Symmetry Access Control Software

AMAG Technology, the security management system manufacturer, has announced Real Time Networks as the newest certified partner within the Symmetry Preferred Partner Program.  As a certified partner, Real Time Networks' KeyTracer Key Management System integrates with AMAG’s latest Symmetry Access Control software.  AMAG Technology and KeyTracer...
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Building security

4 Reasons for Infosec & Physical Security Convergence

In a few short years ‘convergence’ has gone from just a buzzword, to a supposed fad, to now the new normal way of operating. The convergence of physical security and information security is no longer a trend specific to the security industry, it now reflects a larger change in our society.
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electronic key management system

Electronic Key Management : A Framework to Analyze ROI

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customer stories

Syracuse University Automates with Key Control and Gun Lockers

Countless Hours Spent Tracking Keys and Firearms Resolved by Automating with Key Control and Firearm Lockers When Syracuse University implemented electronic key cabinets and asset lockers, they immediately found that the automated system increased efficiency and significantly reduced labor costs associated with key control and asset management.
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Correctional Facilities

Garland County Increases Key Security and Accountability

Paper Logs Result in Errors, Lost Keys, and Time Wasted Before implementing an electronic key security system, Deputies at Garland County’s Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center would report to work, and obtain keys in a locked key box behind the old booking desk.
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electronic key management system

Olympic Park Tightens Security with Real-Time Key Tracking

Key Control Challenges Prior to automating key control, the Montreal Olympic Park had been using a handwritten registry to track the issue and return of approximately 2,500 keys. Each day, someone was responsible for manually recording which key sets were being checked out and by whom, on which day and time, and recording the return of the keys.
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university

Key Management a Challenge for Walla Walla University

Walla Walla University prides itself on a student-based employment program that encourages students to earn money while they attend school. Because of this, security can be an issue when multiple students are provided access to different areas of the school and there’s no way of tracking the keys.
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