How Can Institutions Secure the New Normal in Campus Security After COVID-19?

September 15, 2020

Few instances have had as much of an impact on school campuses globally as the COVID-19 pandemic. Much of the world remains in recovery mode, navigating through the effects of COVID-19 — even as rigorous testing ramps up. While students, staff, and faculty are still primarily engaged in virtual and/or hybrid learning, campus officials have a finite window of time to consider and implement strategic security solutions that establish a new normal to better protect everyone on campus with the use of video surveillance technology and advanced intelligence capabilities.

Campus Security Solutions After COVID-19

Though many legacy security systems are being re-evaluated to allow for touchless or frictionless access control — a move designed to eliminate the need for employees, visitors, and students to physically touch a surface when using an access control system — there’s a problem: upgrading outdated technologies can be cumbersome and expensive.

Campus Security Solutions

The solution? Identiv provides budget-friendly options for campuses to migrate to integrated access control through end-to-end security and access control solutions that tie into existing infrastructures without major disruptions (meaning your campus will never be left vulnerable). 

Video Management Systems

With the use of a video management system (VMS) to collect data and provide it back to students, they can then decide which classes to attend based on their own real-time strengths and class availability. In the shadow of COVID-19, occupancy data from a VMS can trigger a lockdown and not permit new entrants until the occupancy drops below a certain threshold; useful for classrooms that have returned to in-person learning. 

Ready to secure your campus?
Identiv can help with all of the following:

• Campus-wide access control solutions
• Monitor and control entry points at all buildings
• Instant lock-down or lock-open feature
• Complete ID badging module
• Integration with student, employee, and predator databases
• Support for campus one-card systems
• Heat map analytics, people counter, and dashboard
• Contact tracing reporting
• RFID library and document solutions

Whether you’re deploying campus-wide access control, managing ID badging, gathering real-time video intelligence, or improving library applications — Identiv’s campus security solutions can help. Contact us at +1 888.809.8880 or sales@hirschsecure.com if you’d like to set up a demo today.