Curbing the Spread in Higher Education with Unified Video Security and Access Control Technology

Gain important insights on campus and act faster to protect what matters most.

The Challenge

Many higher education institutions are uncertain on whether they can reopen campuses for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester. If a university reopens, they must ensure they can operate safely and have the ability to curb the spread, should an infected individual be identified on campus

The Solution

Motorola Solutions is committed to innovating mission-critical
technologies to protect people and communities, including
looking at the existing technology we have in the market that
can help alleviate current health and safety challenges faced by
higher education institutions.

Keeping students, faculty, staff and visitors safe at a large
university campus is not easy, and with an active pandemic, the
task is more challenging than ever before. The ability to find an
infected individual’s location and quickly identify where they
have been, what surfaces they have touched and who they have
been in contact with on campus is crucial to ensuring the safety
of people at the university.

A Unified System

When a campus reopens, there is a risk of people
being vulnerable to contagion. If a university does not remain vigilant, it may experience an outbreak that can lead to detrimental results.
Motorola Solutions’ Avigilon™ Access Control Manager (ACM) is a physical
access control system that is designed to help higher education institutions
protect what matters most.

The ACM™ system seamlessly integrates with
Avigilon Control Center (ACC) video management software to provide a unified security solution that helps higher education institutions proactively monitor and secure campuses. Features from a unified ACM and ACC™ system can provide important insights to help support contact tracing efforts, such as determining potentially exposed individuals and contaminated areas so the higher education institution can act faster.

Identity Correlation Report

For example, if a professor at a university is identified to be infected, the university must intervene quickly to contain the spread. The university’s security team can leverage a unified ACM and ACC system to help trace the professor’s steps across the campus.

It is possible that the doors the professor used may be contaminated,
particularly door handle surfaces. The Identity Correlation Report in ACM
enables security operators to generate a report of any doors accessed by the
professor during their time on campus. The report provides the date and time of when a door was accessed by the professor with their access card, the time difference between door access events and who else accessed the door.

Subsequently, operators can identify other faculty members or staff that have used the same doors in the same time frame as the professor. The report also tracks valid card reads and invalid card reads by including a list of staff that have attempted to access a door. Even though some staff did not access a door successfully, there is still a risk of exposure if the professor had contact with the door

Fixed Video Security

When combined with fixed video security cameras installed indoors and outdoors, operators can achieve optimal situational awareness across the entire campus and create a powerful case detailing the chain-of-events associated with the infected individual’s whereabouts

Expedite Contact Tracing Efforts

Before the spread escalates, the university can proactively take necessary hygiene and safety measures, such as advising the exposed individuals to self-isolate and be tested, and increasing sanitation of potentially contaminated areas.

With a unified video security and access control solution, higher education
institutions can gain important insights about their campus to better protect its students, faculty, staff and visitors during a time of uncertainty.