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technology
Identity and access
management
Colleges and universities need to control physical access to buildings and events but they
also need to ensure secure access to networks and sensitive information, at the same time
trying to serve the diverse needs of a campus community.
C
ITY COLLEGE Coventry wanted to convenience of students and staff, the College’s technical service manager.“ The
be able to control real estate, College was also keen on reducing cash enrolment process is quick and easy, and
personnel and assets all through handling on site by introducing a cashless is managed via HR by the College’s
one medium – a multi application smart payment solution for the canteen. technical team.”
card. The instant benefit of customised To meet the logical access requirements, According to Naik, City College also has
cards is that they enable the College to City College specified HID Global’s plans to implement a cashless catering
cut down on issues related to lost and or Crescendo solution, a multi-application solution, and currently promotes card
stolen identities since the card holder’s smart card. As part of the solution, 1,000 carrying by offering staff and students a
photo is on the card. 10% discount on all card purchases. As
The College had not previously used the chosen system is server-based, the
access control except for a few door cashless payment cash on the card remains in the
code locks and there had been no IT
security solution in place. In introducing a
encourages students
cardholder’s account if the card is lost or
stolen. This gives students the confidence
new security solution, it faced many
challenges – not least a culture of staff
and staff carry their
to use their cards without fear of losing
money, while ensuring students and staff
and students who were not used to
ID cards at all times
carry their ID cards at all times.
wearing ID badges. In addition, there was City College will roll out its ID cards for
limited secure parking, no real physical all 12,000 students and is looking to add
access control (some doors were being C700 Crescendo cards were deployed more capability to the system. The areas
left open), limited control of IT user with integrated middleware to staff in being considered include payroll secure
accounts plus the inevitable abuse of order to centrally control personnel, real transactions of payslips via PDFs on the
photocopying and printing privileges. estate and university access. Logical mail system; the ability to block students
access is run on a virtual college server using personal laptops on College networks,
Labour saving on a VM slice, running an SQL database meeting rooms and lecture room
It was important that current laborious and Windows 2003 Server software. utilisation; automation of energy systems
and manual processes, such as library “Crescendo cards allow us to have card – room automation, PCs, lights and
book inventory and fine payments, could records initialised centrally through projectors become live when the lecturer
also be automated and simplified and be Microsoft Active Directory and use logs in; and tracking of library stock.
part of the identity and access Microsoft’s Identity Lifecycle Manager to
management solution at some point in control starters/leavers process to one
www.hidglobal.com
the future. For the safety and record/account.,” explains Satel Naik, the
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