Dover Harbour Board wanted to secure physical access to the internal section of the Port that housed Police, Customs, Ferry Operators and Port employees.

Access was required 24/7 by accredited cars and pedestrians.

Needed to devise a system that operated 24/7 and could also cope with temporary contractors with restricted access..

Of particular concern was to have a system that did not have easy hacks; for example, passback to a following person or cloning tokens.

We devised a system based on writable magnetic stripes on credit card sized plastic. This could also have printed identification photos. The data on the Card was encrypted and we designed control computers that we housed in the manned kiosks controlling vehicle barriers and turnstiles.

The system also allowed temporary passes to be issued at a central reception area. The writable feature allowed the Card to be written on each access and so prevented pass-back hacks and cloning. The controllers sent data back to a central server to produce logging information that lead to a variety of intelligence uses.

One of benefit  from log analysis allowed preventive maintenance on the Omron Card readers because it listed the number of retries of write commands which was indicative of head wear.

Value was delivered by;

• Make more informed, data driven decisions
• Improved Confidence in Role or function
• Enable Better Business Agility
• Reduce Risk of fines, theft and Reputation Damage
• Lower Perception of Risk from Customers
• Enhanced Reputation with Peers
• Provide more Innovative Solutions to the Business
• Fautless operation 24/7 for 11 years

• innovation
• infrastructure
• InfoSecurity Management
• IT Operations Design (Policies and Procedures)

• Organisational Agility & Effectiveness
• Digital Enablement