Security officials at schools, courts, government offices and other facilities which may be targets of crime or terrorism need the ability to lock or disable groups of doors with a single command in order to react to internal or external threats, and they also need to know the real-time status of controlled doors in their facility.

These features work with either the Secura Key SK-ACPE-LE or the Nova.16 (SK-MRCP) access control panels and smart readers. SK-Net provides three progressively more secure lockdown levels. Level 1 is global lock which cancels all manual or door zone unlock commands, level 2 is for global inactive for lockdown group and also places all doors in inactive mode.   Level 3 is global lockdown for lockdown group which also disables REX or ‘remote open’ inputs.

The door status icon colour indicates off-normal door status conditions, for exmaple, no colour indicates all doors are secure. Green indicates unlocked doors, yellow indicates doors held or propped open and finally red indicates doors forced open. 

SK-Net allows the designation of override cards, which can be issued to campus police, or first responders (police, fire or EMTs.) Override cards allow access at any reader, whether inactive or locked, providing authorities with the access required to capture or neutralise an assailant.

Secura Key has authored a new White Paper entitled System Lockdown and Door Status Features, which explains how lockdown can be implemented using an access control system, together with recommendations on securing the physical installation.  This White Paper is available on the Secura Key website.