1. Contextual analysis

1.1 Emerging needs

Pass Sans Contact" (PSC) access control was designed, developed and implemented at RATP in 1996 by the Information Systems and Telecommunications Department (SIT). The system was initially designed to manage an average fleet of around 2,500 accesses, spread across all administrative buildings and workshops, as well as on technical premises and attachments located in the specific environments of the metro and RER. Today, the evolution of information and communication technologies (passenger information, video surveillance, mobile telephony, supervision, remote controls, etc.), generating a major renewal of IT and telecommunications infrastructures, highlights the need for global access security to protect all sensitive premises. Drawing on its experience in this field,...