Aeos 2.3 now supports the use of battery-powered electronic locks from two leading manufacturers.
This helps organisations to simplify access control management, increase security and optimize existing investments in RFID technology. Aeos 2.3 supports integration of Salto s battery-powered locking solutions. Authorizations and lock settings are stored on Mifare CSN cards. There is no need for cabling at the doors. The only wiring necessary is to a few strategically placed update readers. Aeos 2.3 also supports electronic locks equipped with AperioTM technology from manufacturer Assa Abloy. These battery-powered locks communicate wirelessly with hubs connected to the Aeos access control system.

With Aeos 2.3 Nedap presents a truly all-round access control system. So far, organisations were unable to benefit fully from everything electronic access control has to offer. Secure, low-cost and easy-to-manage RFID cards could only be used at doors wired to the electronic access control system. Access to all other doors was still dependent on traditional patented keys, which are hard to keep track of, particularly in larger organisations.

Aeos 2.3 incorporates a new textual and graphical alarm handler. This new feature provides a costeffective solution for in-house monitoring of security and access alarm events. Alarm events can be classified as critical, high, medium or low risk. Alarm protocols guide operators through the process of investigating and managing an alarm. The alarm handler ensures clear and consistent investigation and management of alarms.

A long awaited new feature in Aeos 2.3 is the Guard Tour. This new functionality allows security managers to define a sequence of card readers or alarm inputs to be checked in a particular order within a pre-defined time span. Guards can present their credentials at card readers or trigger inputs in an order conducive to their patrol. Each tour yields events that can be monitored, providing system users with information about whether checkpoints were reached on time, early or late. If a pre-defined
checkpoint is not reached in time, an alarm is generated to alert the operator. Tours can be logged
and printed in Aeos.

Aeos 2.3 enables organisations to control access to IT networks using the user s physical location as an authentication factor. Integration with Imprivata s OneSign logical access control module allows Aeos to prevent users from logging on to the network or specific applications if they are not actually in the building or a particular secure area.

Other new features in Aeos 2.3 include programmable responses to events and full support of Nedap s latest IP Access Control Interface.