Re: Tech Center Security

Don Zarlengo (zarlengo@netcom.com)
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:04:12 EST

We have used closed circuit TV here and at a University in California. We
have cameras in labs and on access approaches to the labs. The equipment
records 24 hours/day by taking time slices from all the locations. It
includes monitors showing what the cameras are capturing. Our applications
have run from $6k to $15K depending on number of cameras and recording
options. Before installing our current system here we lost about $10k in
one theft. It doesn't take much when some computers run $5K.

We have not lost one piece of equipment in these areas since the install of
the cameras. It also provides a level of personal security for students,
staff and faculty. In California we had also installed monitors in both
security and in computer operations.

The cameras also have circuitry that triggers alarms if they are tampered with.

Don

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Ann Jenkins <ircaaj@gsusgi2.gsu.edu> wrote:
>Have any of you recently built a new technology center. If so, I would
>be grateful for any information you can give me on security systems.
>This is principally to secure entry and exit and to keep our equipment
>from walking off. Our university is urban, in fact as far downtown as
>you can get. The center will be located on the second floor of a heavily
>used building. In other words anyone can walk in off the street. The
>building already has a history of equipment mysteriously disappearing.
>Short of cabling everything down (not possible with our equipment
>checkout service) we need something to keep us secure both during and
>after hours of operation. Our architect has suggested a card system with
>door sensors but this is being quoted at $45,000.00. Any info on a
>successful plan will be greatly appreciated.

Dr. D. Zarlengo
Vice President of Information Technology
zarlengo@netcom.com