Security Technology for Nashville College Campuses

Classes, campus life, and college services depend on access to physical and virtual spaces, and the technology a college uses determines the safety, security, and seamlessness of the student experience.

Identification badges are typically used to verify identity and grant access to secure spaces, such as dorms and laboratories. If the badge is connected to a campus-wide credential system, badge usability improves exponentially. Smart cards reduce the number of cards and passkeys that students need to carry and remember. This approach wins over tech-savvy students and the simplicity increases overall student buy-in. For college administrators, this approach streamlines management with a single secure database.

Beyond smart cards, mobile devices can be used to gain access to secure areas. Bluetooth technology secured by a cloud-based Trusted Service Manager, Seos technology, can facilitate student access to buildings on popular app-enabled mobile devices. The verification systems on smartphones are quite secure, and do not have the inherent vulnerabilities of a lost identification badge. Most students grew up with smart devices and are less likely to leave their device in the dorms, lose it in a parking lot, or simply decide not to carry it. Mobile smart devices are always in their hands.

In addition to general student accessibility, mobile technology can be used to secure sensitive areas on campus. Controlled access can be customized for administrative offices, classrooms, testing centers, locker rooms, student wellness areas, and designated safe spaces. The campus network infrastructure can even be controlled by the same smart credentialing system.

Mobile applications connected to the access control database can also serve as purchasing cards for dining, books, parking, vending, and other convenience purchases.

If mobile isn’t the answer for your institution, you’re still in good hands with cutting edge technology. Smart identification cards have evolved as well. These cards are created with enhanced hologram images, contain iCLASS SE encoding, accept multiple application embedded hardware chips, and are secured using Secure Identity Object (SIO) enabled credentials.

Whether by mobile device or smart card, the convenience and security of a campus-wide credentialing system is the ideal choice for IT and Human Resources departments around the world. Cloud-based database management provides the network cybersecurity your institution requires.

Start your Pre-Migration Checklist to ensure a successful evaluation campus-wide plan for upgrading Security Technology for Nashville College Campuses

• Gather stakeholder input
• Baseline evaluation of existing access control solution
• Security assessment
• Define the goals of a new system
• Conduct a card and device count
• Solution specification
• Bring partners together for integrated solutions

The Pre-Migration Checklist guides the evaluation of current capabilities and facilitates the development of a future access control solution.

Our team will work with you to ensure that a safe, secure, and convenient campus environment is created for your students, faculty, staff, and college stakeholders.

Contact our local Nashville team today to get started.