Hirsch Identive Implements Physical Access Control System for Citizens Property Insurance

Hirsch Identive announced the implementation of a total enterprise Physical Access Control System (PACS) for Tallahassee, FL-based Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Citizens has replaced its legacy access control system with Hirsch Identive’s physical access hardware and Velocity Management System software throughout its Florida offices. Hirsch Identive’s Velocity enables Citizen’s staff to manage and monitor access control operations from a central station in each facility.

“Citizens had long outgrown its legacy system, which was in disrepair,” said Don Crawford, Citizens corporate facility manager. “Hirsch Identive’s Velocity was selected primarily for its scalability, interoperability and reliability.”

Velocity delivers a broad range of security management features bundled into a single package. In addition, it allows seamless integration of access control, intrusion detection, alarm monitoring, credential enrollment, photo badging, video surveillance and database management. The system installation is straightforward and includes user-friendly tutorials.

“We found Hirsch Identive’s Velocity tutorials to be a great feature to move our small project team up the learning curve quickly,” Crawford added. “Due to an inaccessible legacy system database, the new system had to be built from the ground up. Considerable effort was required to maintain an aggressive installation schedule, but in the end the transition of the new system was virtually seamless and appeared to be almost effortless.”