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CoreStreet ‘card-connected’ access control model merges online and offline security worlds

Tuesday, July 22, 2008


by Chris Corum, Executive Editor

Most physical access control systems protect a building’s main entrances but neglect interior doors. Cambridge, Mass.-based CoreStreet Ltd. is looking to change that with a different twist on physical access control.

“95% of doors don’t have electronic access control,” says Chris Broderick, CEO of CoreStreet. “Systems typically secure public areas and the hallways, rather than the offices and private areas where sensitive, valuable assets exist.”

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