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Condé Nast Vogue House Selects Flexible, Reliable and Stylish HID Solution

Known as the world’s most famous fashion magazine since its launch in 1909, Vogue is published by the internationally renowned Condé Nast publishing house. Widely acknowledged as having started “lifestyle magazines” (the now common marketing strategy focusing magazines on specific interests), Condé Nast publishes a number of large-circulation magazines focused on epicurean pursuits: fashion, food and wine, architecture, travel and other interests. As one of the first British publishers on the internet, Condé Nast has gone from strength to strength by adding other well known titles such as GQ, Vanity Fair, Easy Living and many more. Vogue House, one of Condé Nast’s flagship London publishing office properties, is not only a place of employment and creativity for hundreds of staff, it also hosts media personalities and famous models, all requiring a level of security equal to their celebrity. So, when the company needed a new security solution to support its 600-700 employees and visitors, it turned to HID Global for its access control system. In use for almost a decade, Vogue House’s existing access control system—a simple Kelly keypad system secured by pin code—had generally become dated and left Vogue vulnerable to security attacks. The company recorded an increased number of concerns inside its offices because the pin codes had not been kept confidential over the years. Additionally, a new-found need to identify people within Vogue House at all times had recently arisen. To replace their existing system, Vogue House’s building manager, Mick...