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NOV-DEC 2014

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November/December 2014 • SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE 31 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com BCCLT then assembled a project design team comprised of University of Kentucky Analytics and Technologies (UKAT), Capital Projects Man- agement Division (CPMD), and UKPD officials and invited five manufacturers to present their p roduct lines. Proctored conversations occurred between provider engineers and the project design teams to best understand the requirements and potential deliverables of each system and the impact each system would have on UK. Based on the this information and through research of best practice, the proposed system design was created. In terms of cameras, multi- megapixel cameras would be favored over more traditional pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras. This would ensure entire scenes could be captured and eliminate the chance of a PTZ being left outside of a programmed home position. During events, officials could digitally zoom in the relevant areas without losing important elements occurring out- side of the zoom area. To account for system outages, failure and net- work impact, a distributed system was favored over a centralized system — all commands would stream to and from the data center, but the edge devices in each facility building would be stand- alone designs to offer greater survivability. Addi- tionally, the system would scale using peer-to- peer technology for simultaneous data and video streams when multi-user events occur. Identity Management It became apparent that whatever system was implemented, UK needed to first address identity management on campus. UK uses SAP as its mas- ter record for students, faculty, vendors and staff on campus. Some of this information was used to create UK identifications (known as the Wild- card), but this was done sparingly, and in most cases, allowed for direct input for individuals out- side of the master record. Additionally, manage- ment of the Wildcard operations was a function of Student Affairs. University President Eli Capi- louto reviewed the responsibility and determined the Wildcard should be more than a student ID — instead a security device for all people con- ducting business on campus. Because of this, the responsibility was transferred to UKPD under the control of Chief of Police Joe Monroe. In order to ensure a seamless transition when the new system was deployed, BCCLT explored a unified card (One Card) that can perform all electronic campus purposes. In order to develop this concept further, other campuses' designs and technology options were reviewed. The final card selected consisted of a multi-technology card which included iClass Corporate 1000 encryp- tion, Prox II, mag stripe, barcode, memory cells and a high-resolution picture. This implementa- tion would need to issue about 50,000 cards, and its distribution and functions became a require- ment of the RFP. Emergency Notification Systems At the time the funding was approved for the central security system, UK was in the process of implementing early-warning speakers on campus through a recent grant award. This was seen as an University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto reviews his new ID with adminstrator Karen Doyle. SECURITY INNOVATION AWARD W I N N E R It became apparent that whatever system was implemented, UK needed to first address identity management on campus.

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