Biometric technology provides the highest level of security and access control in a wide range of applications all over the world. These devices are easy to install, easy to maintain, and increase productivity while reducing the risk associated with lost or stolen credentials. Use biometric readers as stand-alone devices at a single door or connect them to your overall access control network for a comprehensive security solution. Biometrics is well suited to a host of applications. Here are a few examples of how Schlage biometric devices are being used.

 

Critical Infrastructure Transportation hubs – grant access to authorized personnel at airports or shipping ports for baggage handling or other sensitive areas.

 

Data centers – grant access to a large number of users who can be enrolled remotely, eliminating the need for personnel to carry a card.

 

Construction facilities – quickly and easily recognizes authorized users even if their hands are wet, dirty, the lighting is poor or the user’s fingerprints are warn (endemic of manual laborers)

 

Utility plants – installed on the front doors of major US nuclear power plants to ensure only authorized users can enter.

 

Prisons – monitor all comings and goings, while eliminating the need for posting guards at all access sites or the need for guards to carry keys.

 

Military installations – provide appropriate personnel access only to their authorized areas, even setting access privileges by time or date.

 

Healthcare Facilities – Provide secure, trackable access that protects staff, patients and visitors in:

• Pharmacy

• Surgery

• Long-term care

• Research

 

Financial Institutions – Access control for safe deposit vaults with no need for bank personnel to accompany the customer in and out of the vault.

 

Education Residence halls – admits only authorized users and eliminates the risk associated with lost, stolen or borrowed credentials.

 

Recreational facilities – minimize user’s ability to transfer ID cards and eliminate the need for keys or cards.

 

Dining halls – limit access to students who have paid for the meal plan.

 

Computer labs – provide access only to authorized users so you can protect sensitive equipment and information.

 

Hospitality Lodging – secure access to high-security, high-valued openings such as data records and hotel supply areas.

 

Entertainment – control access to high-security, high-valued openings in casinos, stadiums and theme parks.

 

Commercial Buildings Specialized high-asset areas – track and control access to secure areas like IT rooms, HVAC rooms, conference rooms and front entrances.

 

Corporate campuses – provide high security to restricted areas like management offices and IT rooms.