CUSTOMER CASECLIQ cuts costs and time spent protecting Eau de Belfort's vacant properties

CLIQ cuts costs and time spent protecting Eau de Belfort's vacant properties

2023-08-08

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Challenge

Municipal water company Eau de Belfort supplies clean water to around 19,000 customers. The company needed high security at 2 separate sites — one in Belfort covering water production, and a water removal facility in Sermamagny. Because water is a strategic resource, the company’s locking also needs to be an integral component to its security plan, under France’s VIGIPIRATE alert system.

Like critical infrastructure operators all over Europe, Eau de Belfort has further strict requirements for any access system:
Access managment and locking they could rely upon to protect these very sensitive premises from unauthorised intrusion and/or damage
There must be flexibility to issue access authorisations to permanent staff and a shifting roster of contractors, including remotely managing individual access rights from off-site
Users must be freed from the burden of carrying multiple mechanical keys to access all relevant areas

Solution

Potential threats to water supply are many and varied, from intentional contamination to equipment theft to terrorism. To upgrade site security, Eau de Belfort chose the mechatronic, wireless CLIQ access control solution to replace old locking cylinders at their 2 sites.

The CLIQ key-based access control system combines high levels of physical security — thanks to patented mechanical disc cylinders — with encrypted electronic access control via programmable keys and user-friendly management software. This powerful combination played an important role in choosing CLIQ. Because the physical CLIQ key will not open a door without electronic authorisation, key copying presents less of a threat to Eau de Belfort security.

Programmable CLIQ keys are simple to manage, including remotely using the Web Manager software. Employees receive access tailored to their precise role and daily needs, with all permissions stored on a single CLIQ key — which means no more heavy bunches to carry or keep track of. If someone loses their key, a few clicks are all it takes to revoke its access rights.CLIQ technology is secure, user-friendly and scalable — and already trusted at infrastructure sites all over Europe.