Access management for secure, efficient schools

Unlocking safer schools – keylessly

Access control and intercoms in schools

Keep schools secure and make it easy for students, staff, and visitors to get where they need to be. Together, network access control and intercoms enable efficient, secure access and convenient communication – everywhere you choose.

A multipurpose solution

School campuses are communities of their own, where students, staff, and visitors move through many areas daily. In primary, secondary, and higher education settings, network intercoms and access control make it easy for people to get where they’re authorized to be, so security staff can focus on unwanted activity. Intercoms and access control also help prevent unauthorized access, restrict entry to certain hours, safeguard sensitive areas, facilitate communication, maintain visitor records, and enable cost-effective keyless entry. You can even trigger lockdowns remotely, so staff never needs to step into a hallway to secure a door.

Focus areas

Efficient processes

Our broad portfolio and open platform allows you to create the right solution everywhere, from the main doors down to a server cabinet. By combining analytics-equipped cameras with credential readers, intercoms, and door controllers – and integrating them with other systems – you can improve efficiency campus-wide. For example, initiating a lockdown could send an alert to local law enforcement and trigger prerecorded instructions across campus. Or, when the school access control system registers that a door is ajar, a nearby speaker can play a reminder to close the door, while a nearby PTZ camera pans over to let a remote operator assess the cause.

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Rapid communication – and a clear picture

Intercoms complement access control solution, easily connecting uncredentialed visitors to an operator. By adding an induction loop to compatible intercoms at the main entrance, emergency help stations, classrooms, dorms, and other key spaces, you can also get vital information to hard-of-hearing individuals. And at critical points across campus, intercoms with built-in cameras capture faces at eye level, so you can easily verify the identity of a visitor, see who picked up a child, respond to bullying and harassment, describe the person who called from an emergency help station, or provide the clear image for a post-incident investigation.

Credentials – the way you want

Our network access control solutions support both single- and multi-factor authentication, as well as a variety of credentials including cards, fobs, PIN codes, static and dynamic QR codes, Bluetooth, and RFID tags. That means it’s easy for you to issue temporary visitor credentials and also ensure that staff and student credentials offer the right level of security. Plus, when a credential is misplaced, you can simply cancel it – no need to re-key. And if a credential reader is ever lost or destroyed, you can rest assured that your credential list and the personal data in it are secure in your management software or the cloud.

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Easy management

Finally, we make it easy for you to manage your access control system the way you choose – with an Axis end-to-end solution, or with our partner Genetec. For a validated end-to-end solution with a seamless, unified interface, AXIS Camera Station Secure Entry offers all-in-one video and access control management software. Meanwhile, Axis Powered by Genetec Access Control Solution offers enterprise-grade capabilities. With either option, you can count on a high-quality, scalable solution with an emphasis on cybersecurity.

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