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for any further abnormal activity. Say a person identified as an accountant is seen via facial recognition, Bluetooth, or wireless ID at an appropriate desk, as expected, but they’re later noted accessing a server room. Either this is a stolen identity card, or the accountant is outside their authorised location. The system can now alert a CCTV operator, who may notice abnormal behaviour, as could video analytics, which could flag that they’re carrying a USB key. Then, action can be taken immediately by deploying security personnel to investigate and remove the threat. Smart campuses can be configured to
understand more about both your people and your environment. They bring together data from sensors, like critical security systems and building automation data, with client data, such as floor plans, policies, and information on employees. This can then be synced up with third party data, from social media, weather reports, and news sources. All of this enables a smarter security system offering a holistic view of your whole security estate. For example, if one building picks up
the sound of a protest or gunfire through acoustic sensors, it can align with news sources to assess a threat, and this can be flagged to other nearby buildings that
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are part of the same campus. Then, these buildings can alter their security posture – by disabling entry and exit or changing the position of CCTV cameras for example. In future, we could even see data exchanged between campuses run by different organisations via anonymised data held in local data ponds or global data lakes. Overall, having a connected, intelligent
security system that interacts with its sister buildings gives a holistic picture of security across a whole campus, which helps keep occupants as safe as possible.
Improving life safety
The same can be said for fire safety – creating systems that interconnect and work together across a campus is crucial to keeping employees safe and secure. Traditionally, buildings operate using standard operating procedures (SOPs), and even more often paper systems. In a smart building and across a smart campus, operating procedures can be disseminated on electronic systems as a form of emergency planning.
For example, if an alarm goes off
in one building, this can be flagged as a potential safety threat for adjoining buildings and across a campus. This fire alert can be part of an IT-based SOP, which can automate provisioning of space for evacuees to continue to work in another location. All of this goes further towards ensuring employees’ safety and security is a top priority, and is only possible with the technology enabled in smart campuses.
Building users and frictionless interaction
Aside from safety and security, smart campuses are also designed with employee experience front of mind – going far beyond a single smart building. For both new and existing employees, connected systems pulling data from thousands of internal and external sources can massively improve their experience in the workplace, and remove friction with new workplaces. For existing employees, current Continued on page 26
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