Violence on school campuses around the nation has created an urgent need to find the best solution for protecting students and faculty. Because campuses have a constantly changing population of students, faculty and visitors, adequate access control—controlling who has access to building entrances and interior doors—becomes the linchpin of school safety. Access control systems can provide the structure and security to deter problems before they occur.

However, traditional hard-keyed locks are inefficient and costly, requiring complicated systems of multiple locks and keys for different levels of access, as well as requiring the expensive and time-consuming re-keying of locks when a key is lost or stolen. In addition, it’s almost impossible to track who has accessed any door at any given time. Read the rest of this entry →