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IP-in-ActionIPfocusThe Memorial Hospital Chooses Brivo for New, Expanded FacilityBrivo Systems LLC have announced that The MemorialHospital (TMH) at Craig (CO), has installed a Brivo OnSiteSE access control solution to improve security in theirrecently completed, expanded facility. Security InstallSolutions served as the project integrator and Cliff West ofMazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch was the technology andsecurity consultant.As TMH staff planned security for their new hospitalfacility, they knew they wanted to issue cards in order tocontrol access to the OR and OB areas; provide intercomsfor entry and exit points; limit access to sterileenvironments; and gain better control of access afterregular business hours. The Brivo system jumped out toboth West and the hospital’s IT department because theyimmediately understood the system’s potential andbecause Brivo offered several different hardware andsoftware options from which to choose to best meet thehospital’s challenging security and IT needs.The Brivo OnSite SE currently manages access at 42external and internal doors located throughout thehospital to achieve the stated security goals. As SamanthaJohnston, Chief of Organizational Excellence recounted,“We simply couldn’t achieve the level of security wewanted in the new hospital with locks and keys. Our staffalready wear ID badges, so issuing access cards was aneasy step. We installed Brivo at access points in our highpriorityareas—anywhere patients are being treated.”In addition to patient treatment areas, access is managedand monitored in other high security areas such as the OBwing and also in the hospital’s business and administrationoffices. “Our annual plan is to add more doors onto theBrivo system each year.” The hospital projects the Brivosystem will eventually manage more than 70 doors.Johnston is the main system administrator, but she hastrained two more staff in HR who are now doing most ofthe day-to-day work.Johnston recalled a story from the transition meetings toplan the move into the new hospital building, “One of theconsultants kept telling me what a nightmare it usually isto convert to a new access control system with proximitycards—it was probably the easiest part of the move. TheBrivo system is so easy to use. I’ve never read the manual,and it’s a piece of cake.”“The system has worked exactly as it was supposed towork,” she continued. “We did all the work assigningprivileges to staff and the different doors, literally, in acouple of hours. And now, whatever it is we need to do, ittakes us two seconds.” The Brivo system manages accessfor about 300 users organized into groups including allstaff, the coroner, vendors, and guests who visit thehospital on a regular basis.Johnston runs regular reports to investigate incidents ofunauthorized entry, but also to monitor workflow patterns,both to see where the access system needs adjusting, andto provide employees with feedback on how they go abouttheir jobs. The Facilities Department also uses reports tolook at who is entering the building and where staff maybe trying to gain entry out of shift. The Brivo system evencame in handy during a recent community-wide disasterdrill. Johnston and her staff used access control alerts tocue up video and identify people who were not where theywere supposed to be during the exercise.The hospital chose Smart Cards over standard proximitycards, so staff cards provide both access and cashlessvending in the cafeteria. And because of the way the Brivotechnology accepts multiple card formats, the hospital caneasily provide access to first responders.In addition to all the improved benefits for the mainhospital staff and administrators, the Brivo system is alsoused to control access at several outlying clinics for thosestaff who travel between the main hospital and one ormore of the clinics—all using the same cards and allmanaged by the one Brivo interface, regardless oflocation. Such functionality saved TMH significantinstallation costs and leveraged existing infrastructure.CEM Systems secure Nucleus Connect’s Central Offices in SingaporeCEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, haveannounced that the CEM AC2000 Lite securitymanagement system has been chosen to secure access toNucleus Connect’s Central Offices in Singapore. Thecontract was awarded to Tyco Singapore, who installedthe CEM AC2000 Lite systems.Nucleus Connect is a wholesale provider of broadbandservices, selected by Info-communications DevelopmentAuthority of Singapore (IDA Singapore) to be theOperating Company for Singapore’s Next GenerationNationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN). NucleusConnect is responsible for designing, building andoperating the active infrastructure of Singapore's NextGen NBN.To secure infrastructure, Nucleus Connect required acompetitive, yet highly secure access control system tosecure and monitor entry/exit to Central Offices Suites,Generator Rooms and Switch Rooms. Offering a TCP/IPsecurity solution, CEM eDCM 300 intelligent two door IPcontrollers were chosen to interface with third party cardreaders.The eDCM 300 is a low cost intelligent two-door controllerthat is designed to interface third-party read heads withthe CEM AC2000 system. Featuring an internal databasewith the ability to hold up to 200,000 cardholders recordsand up to 8,000 transactions offline, the eDCM 300 offers24/7 access control card validation; a solution that is notnormally available when using non CEM readers. Withsuch a large internal memory and fully integrated IPprotocol with the third party reader, the eDCM 300 offersthe industry a competitive, yet advanced and reliable twodoor controller. Cardholder requests to the NucleusConnect Central Offices will continue to be validated at alltimes; even if communication has been temporarily lostfrom the main AC2000 Lite system controller.“AC2000 Lite is a feature rich, yet affordable accesscontrol system for installations up to 128 doors” saidAndrew Fulton, Director of CEM Products, CEM Systems.“The security management system features an allinclusiverange of security modules on one CD, includingthe CEM AC2000 VIPPS ID Badging application fordesigning, printing and validating all cards on the system.The CEM AC2000 AED (Alarm Event Display) applicationwill also provide a MAP overview of the Nucleus ConnectCentral Offices controlled areas and their associatedalarms/events”.The AC2000 AED application provides security staff with agraphical and textual representation of the status of theentire AC2000 Lite system. AED responds to allsituations in real time and provides a dynamic on-screenview of alarms and associated readers. This means thatif a door was forced and an alarm triggered in say theGenerator Room, security guards are able to respond tothe alarm immediately and accurately.“CEM offered us great support for this project, both interms of sales and technical support” said Hanwei Lee,Service Manager, Tyco Singapore. “I was very impressedwith the short lead time for the delivery of the CEMproducts and we will definitely recommend CEM productsto our future clients”.issue 27_21