Common Sense Solutions to Integrated Access Control and Communications on Campus

The challenge of protecting college campus visitors including vendors and contractors, parents and attendees at athletic events, conference-goers, along with students, faculty, and staff has been difficult enough under normal circumstances but throw in the added hurdle of a raging pandemic, strategic access control, and communication systems planning has never been a more crucial issue.

Now, more than ever, solutions like mobile access control, proactive visitor management and a unified communications system that can work in tandem with other systems to monitor and provide alerts regarding both security and COVID-19-related scenarios rank top-of-mind for campus security and administrative personnel. In this new age of COVID-19 and increased security awareness, how can automating the visitor management function help audit traffic flow and track and detect possible infected persons on campus? How can entry and access control integrate with internal communication, paging, and alert notifications and call boxes to better promote security and safety?

SecurityInfoWatch.com (SIW) welcomes you to join our panel of security and risk experts as they discuss how technology and prudent risk planning can provide a proactive campus security plan that will not only protect the health and welfare of all concerned but ensure an environment where both student and staff can flourish.