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Key Card Access Policy & Procedures

Table of Contents

POLICY

Facility Security Policy
Overall Card Key Access Policy
High Security Access Policy

PROCEDURES

Responsible Parties
Access Levels: 

Requesting Access
Residence Hall Room Changes
Lockouts
Lost Cards
Service

Download  - Card Key Access Request Form

POLICY

Facility Security Policy

³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91 is an open campus in a metropolitan area. Many visitors and local persons transit the campus. It is the College's policy to keep all interior and exterior doors closed and locked to discourage unwanted entrance to College facilities. It is the responsibility of all College personnel, students, faculty, administrators and staff to ensure doors to facilities they use are kept closed and locked at all times when the facility is not in use or has limited occupancy. Breaches of physical security jeopardize everyone's personal safety and security, as well as the property of the College. Poor physical security practices invite unwanted entry.

Overall Card Key Access Policy

Control of access is an essential ingredient to safety and security. Card key access via the College ID card is centralized through the Campus Card Office, operated by Hospitality Services. ID cards are the property of the College. Access is granted via requests by authorized individuals, and regulated by an appropriate balance of convenience and security. Access will be discontinued when an individual leaves the College. Individuals are responsible for safeguarding their ID card, and taking reasonable precautions to protect it from unauthorized use.

High Security Access Policy

High security access will be assigned to individual rooms on Campus to achieve an extraordinary high level of security. With this level of room security there are stringent guidelines for access.

High Security Requirement: The following reasons are sufficient for a high security access level on an individual room.

  • The items contained in the room are of very high value and subject to pilfering and theft.
  • The nature of the work accomplished and the availability of confidential and sensitive information could be severely compromised.
  • The nature of the research or other activities if disturbed could be critical to the outcome of the study; or are of a hazardous or dangerous nature.
  • Cash, greater than petty cash, is handled on a regular basis.

High Security Access: Request should be made to the Campus Card Office. Campus Safety will be consulted before granting the request. Considerations:

  • Access should be limited to as few individuals as necessary to maintain operations.
  • Access will be granted to students only with proper authorization by department head or academic chair.
  • Campus Safety does not have immediate access to high security areas. Access cards are maintained in the Campus Safety Office. Anyone needing ad-hoc access to high security areas must go through Campus Safety.
  • When work is required in a high security area, including Facilities Management personnel or a contractor/vendor, the individual with high security access will let them in, remain during the duration of the work, and lock up behind them. Some contractors/vendors may be authorized for check out of high security access cards, on a daily basis only.
  • Regular cleaning services will be performed on a scheduled basis only when the responsible person is present.

PROCEDURES

Responsible Parties

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:
Campus Card Office/Hospitality Services/Johnson Student Center/Iron Man Room
Manages access in all buildings and facilities equipped with card key access

Primary Administrators:

  • Omar Mejorado, ³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91 Card Services Assistant Director
  • Diane Hernandez, Card Office and POS Coordinator

Backup Administrators:

  • Judy Runyon, Associate Director of Hospitality Services
  • Erik Russel, Assistant Vice President for Hospitality/ Auxiliary Services

SYSTEM SOFTWARE USERS:

  • Isaiah Thomas, Director of Residential Education and Housing Services (REHS) - Manages lockout assistance for students in the residence halls.
  • Rick Tanksley, Chief of Campus Safety – Manages lockout assistance for other community members, and first point of contact for after hours service.

ON CAMPUS SOFTWARE SYSTEM SUPPORT:

  • James Uhrich, Vice President for ITS/Chief Information Officer - Maintains network functionality, server operation, system security, and client software distribution for the electronic access control system.
  • Gerald Craft, Director of Institutional Information Systems/ITS (or designee) - Manages integration for cardkey access among disparate College software systems such as Ellucian’s Banner, Lenel’s ONGUARD, CBORD’s Odyssey, and Intelacard’s Entrust. Performs database backups and coordinates with vendors as needed.

ON CAMPUS HARDWARE SUPPORT:
Maintains door and lock hardware

  • Building Maintenance Supervisor/Facilities Management
  • Joseph Jordan, Locksmith

NEW INSTALLATIONS:
Oversight & Planning

  • Ben Neil, Assistant Director of Planning, Design and Construction, Facilities Management (or designee)
  • Omar Mejorado, ³Ô¹ÏÌìÌÃ91 Card Services Assistant Director

PERIODIC VENDOR REVIEW:
Reviews card key access vendor(s) as needed (but at least bi-annually) in several categories, including but not limited to: cost; reliability; service performance

  • Steven Gilman, Asst. VP of Technical Services & CTO
  • Gerald Craft, Director of Institutional Information Systems/ITS
  • Building Maintenance Supervisor/Facilities Management

SYSTEM SELECTION AND UPGRADES:
Determines & awards system vendor contracts

  • Amos Himmelstein, Vice President for Finance and Planning

POLICY CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS – (Jointly):

  • Erik Russel, Assistant Vice President for Hospitality/ Auxiliary Services
  • Dave Caldwell, Director, Facilities Management

POLICY CHANGE APPROVAL:

  • Amos Himmelstein, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Finance, Planning and Operations

VENDOR SUPPORT:

  • Information available in the Card Office, Campus Safety and Facilities Management

Access Levels

STUDENTS - will be given card key access to:
1. External door(s) of hall of residence.
2. Individual housing room assignment.
3. Computer lab and other common areas in hall of residence.
4. External door(s) and common areas in other halls of residence as determined appropriate by REHS and Campus Safety.
5. Academic spaces as requested by the department chair.
6. Library main door.
7. Athletic facilities, as determined appropriate by Athletics and Campus Safety.

STUDENT EMPLOYEES - will be given the same card key access as other students, plus access needed to perform their job duties, as requested by the supervisor:
1. REHS staf