Case Study: City of Los Angeles achieves integrated, future-proof access control with HID Global

Sophisticated Government Access Solution Protects City Assets, Preserves Personal Safety and Ensures Building Integrity

The City of Los Angeles, a major metropolitan government, faced a challenge with its outdated and disparate legacy access control systems. Managing numerous card types across 41 departments was administratively draining and created security vulnerabilities. They needed a future-proof, integrated solution to improve physical and logical security, support multi-agency emergency response, and preserve historical buildings. The city partnered with vendor HID Global, utilizing their iCLASS smart card and Prox readers.

HID Global's solution provided a centralized system using their iCLASS 13.56 MHz and Prox 125 kHz technologies. This included a unique Corporate 1000 card program for the city, featuring a hologram seal to prevent counterfeiting and allowing a single card for both access control and expense tracking. The system, which supports over 10,000 users with capacity for over a million, integrated with biometric readers for higher security. The result is a streamlined, state-of-the-art access control solution that ensures building integrity, enhances security, and provides the flexibility for future expansions and emergency response capabilities.

City of Los Angeles, CA

Dwayne Healy

GSD and The Project’s Main Manager