HID Seos provides one-card solution for university

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public research university with more than 32,000 students, 9,000 faculty staff and five campus areas across the state. Securing each campus is a priority and a challenge for UConn administrators. Students need to access spaces such as dormitories, labs and research facilities. Previously, the university’s card solution utilized proximity and magstripe technologies. However, this could easily be cloned. UConn was seeking a solution capable of increasing security and a phased, university-wide transition to an updated one-card ecosystem.

UConn selected HID Global’s Seos credential technology to re-card the entire university. To manage credential issuance, they selected the HID FARGO Connect paired with the HPD5600 printer.

“The university already had numerous HID card readers installed for door access,” says Stephanie Kernozicky, Director of UConn’s One Card Office. “We needed a card that would capitalize on all the components of these existing readers, but also be compatible with other readers on the campuses. In conjunction with this, we also needed printers capable of seamlessly printing and capturing all three credentials on the one card. HID was the only company able to meet all these requirements.”