Education Safety, Efficiency & Compliance with JanusC4

For a large College campus in South Wales, ensuring the safety of thousands of students and staff across diverse academic and residential areas is a daily priority. With high volumes of foot traffic and dynamic access needs, the challenge was to implement an advanced access control solution that not only protected everyone but also streamlined operations and guaranteed compliance.

The Challenge

The College campus in South Wales, like many educational institutions, faced a series of growing access control challenges:

• High volumes of foot traffic: Managing thousands of students, staff, and visitors daily, with constant movement between areas.
• Safeguarding students and staff: Ensuring the safety and security of everyone on campus, particularly in sensitive areas.
• Complex access needs: Implementing role-based and timed access for different user groups (such as students, staff, administrators) with frequent changes.
• Dynamic access requirements: Adapting to high turnover of people (graduations, new students) and constantly changing access needs.
• Emergency protocols: The necessity for solid emergency procedures, such as campus-wide lockdowns or swift fire evacuations.

The Solution

The College campus deployed JanusC4, tailored to the specific demands of an education environment. The implementation delivered comprehensive capabilities including:

• A single platform managing over 1,000 doors and 50,000 users across the entire campus.
• Access rights automatically assigned and updated, linked to course enrolment or accommodation status, simplifying administration.
• Deployment of scalable, blade-based hardware for fast, non-disruptive installation across academic and residential areas.
• Full integration with existing CCTV, fire alarms and wireless locking systems, along with Active Directory for streamlined user management.
• Offline functionality ensuring access control continuity even during network outages.
• Immediate alerts for access violations or potential safeguarding risks, enabling rapid response.
• Aperio® Wireless locks in dormitories for personalised access
• Door release functionality seamlessly synced with emergency systems for fast and safe evacuations or lockdowns.

The Results and Benefits

The introduction of JanusC4 significantly enhanced security and operational efficiency for the College campus. This transformation led to improved student safety, a scalable and future-proof security infrastructure and simplified administrative workflows with greater control and visibility over user access. Live analytics now make better use of resource usage, and rapid incident response ensures fast action during safeguarding events.

Simplifying Campus Security

Educational institutions face the ongoing challenge of balancing open learning environments with stringent safety and operational demands. JanusC4 empowers colleges and universities to:

Enhanced Campus Safety: Providing centralised control for student and staff well-being.

Soother Operations: Automating access rights and integrating systems to reduce administrative burdens.

Support Academic Mission: Building a secure, adaptable infrastructure for focused learning and growth.