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Students like the solution. They understand that their facial profile is just another 
form of access control, like a fingerprint or access card. “People are more 
comfortable with photos than fingerprints,” Rossi says. “We live in a video culture.  
If your photo goes up on the big screen at a football game, you cheer.”
Technical Implementation
The solution works like this:
•  A high-definition video surveillance camera at the entrance sends one video 
stream to Cisco Video Surveillance Manager. Campus Security can view live or 
recorded video to respond to or investigate an incident.
•  The camera sends another stream to the iOmniscent facial recognition solution. 
Even if 20 people walk in at the same time, the software can distinguish those it 
recognizes from those it does not recognize.
•  Both systems (video surveillance and facial recognition) update the CBORD CS 
Gold campus card ID system every few minutes. This creates an up-to-date 
record of who entered the residence hall. 
•  If the iOmniscient solution detects an unknown face in a group, it sends an alert to 
the front-desk attendant, who has Cisco Video Surveillance Manager open (Figure 1).
Figure 1.  Front-Desk Attendant Alerted When Unrecognized Visitor Walks In
PRODUCT LIST
• Cisco Video Surveillance Manager
• Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS)
• iOmniscient IQ Face Solution
• CBORD CS Gold Campus ID Solution
For More Information
To learn about Cisco IoT Solutions for Connected Safety and Security, 
 visit: 
www.cisco.com/go/safesecure
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Jason Rossi
Director, One Card and Campus  
Security Systems
University of San Francisco
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