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Learn how the Georgia Tech Police Department deployed a web-based physical access control system (PACS) to manage facility access from any web browser, partition role-based access privileges by building, synchronise with campus-wide identity management systems and reduce total cost of ownership.

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The Georgia Institute of Technology campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, with 900 full-time instructional faculty and more than 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The Georgia Tech Police Department (GTPD) is responsible for ensuring campus safety and building security 24/7 and is responsible for managing access to more than 1,800 doors across multiple campuses, buildings and parking garages using the Georgia Tech BuzzCard access control system.

Download this free case study to learn how the Georgia Tech Police Department implemented a web-based Physical Access Control System (PACS) which provided the following benefits:

  • Manage facility access from any web browser
  • Partition role-based access control privileges by building
  • Synchronise with campus-wide identity management systems
  • Eliminate the cost and complexity of legacy security systems
  • Leverage it investments in hardware virtualisation
  • Install non-proprietary door hardware and controllers

 

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