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HID Global a worldwide leader in trusted identity solutions today announced that the American School of Guatemala has selected its Seos credential technology to modernize its physical access system. The solution significantly improves campus security and traffic efficiency for students and parents and enables staff to easily issue and manage access credentials.Weve significantly improved the management of vehicle traffic by reducing the time it takes parents to access the parking lot. Weve been able to improve evacuation and emergency processes for our students and staff said a spokesperson for the Security Office American School of Guatemala. And best of all we have an automated system to manage the entry and exit times of our employees to know where everyone is located on our large campus.The American School of Guatemala is a private K-12 college preparatory school in Guatemala City Guatemala. The school partnered with local security integrator Grupo RQM and HID to replace its legacy system which consisted of written documentation and fingerprint logs. The new system includes HID readers installed at pedestrian and vehicle access points and 1500 Seos smart cards issued to students parents and staff. In addition to automating and streamlining access to the schools buildings the solution has led to a reduction in the average student drop-off time from 40 to 18 minutes.The school also launched a pilot with HID Mobile Access to allow secure access to the schools parking lot via mobile IDs stored on smart phones. To gain entry users simply drive up and hold their mobile phone to a readeran important feature since most students travel in bulletproof armored vehicles that lack the ability to lower windows. The American School of Guatemalas access control system has all the hallmarks of HIDs industry-leading security and authentication solutions said Harm Radstaak Senior Vice President and Head of Physical Access Control Solutions with HID Global. From flexibility and security to ease-of-use HIDs unique combination of forward-looking technology and intuitive design helps create a robust solution that fortifies the schools campuses and elevates the user experience.Due to the successful deployment school officials plan to replace its traditional key system with Seos smart cards for additional use cases such as library and student payment services.
