SALTO - Virtual Network Security
The SALTO virtual network allows the system to communicate without the need for wires or wi-fi infrastructure. Unique to SALTO, the virtual network provides the flexibility and security of a fully wired system, without the hassle and limitations of cabling every unit.
Secure 'Virtual Network'
Pictured below is an example building, It illustrates how the system transfers the data around the virtual network.
John Smith is our Office Manager, he works 9-5 Monday to Friday. On arrival at the carpark, he presents his access card to the salto reader which controls the barrier.
John arrives at the building, there is an online reader at the main entrance. The reader communicates with the salto software running on the building’s computer network. The software downloads the latest information onto John’s card, John has the meeting room booked today at 10am-11.30am, this information is downloaded to his card and the gate unlocks.
John now has free access to all of the areas he uses within the building. Every salto unit he visits exchanges data with his card, his card stores; Lock audit trails, Battery status for off-line salto units. The information John’s card received at the main gate is passed from his card to the offline units as he visits them. continued>>>
At 10am John goes to the meeting room. The meeting room has a wire-free battery operated offline unit with no connection to the computer network, so how does it know that his card is valid? The card was updated with the information at the main gate, the wire free unit reads this data and knows whether the card is valid or not. John’s card will not operate the meeting room lock after 11.30am, the door will still be able to open freely from the inside.
At lunch time John uses his access card for cashless payment at the office vending machine.
On leaving, at 5pm John presents his card to the online reader at the main doors. All of the information downloaded from the offline units (as mentioned above) is uploaded to the system.
The next day he arrives at his office and notices his laptop is missing. Using the lock audit trail on the Salto system he sees that Nancy, the IT Manager, has been in his office, panic over.
Virtual Network Illustration
