The damage after Hurricane Katrina  (Photo by Videx)

CyberLock^® electronic lock cylinders were put to an extreme test during Hurricane Katrina.  Many vending machines belonging to Whitener Snacks in New Orleans were under water for three weeks.  During clean-up after the storm, they were amazed to find the CyberLocks on machines that had been submerged in mud and water were still working.  Andy Hilverda, Vice President of Videx, says, “CyberLocks are designed to withstand the harshest conditions, and although surviving a hurricane goes beyond what we envisioned, CyberLock certainly proved to be more than up to the task.”

With CyberLock, mechanical lock hardware can be quickly converted to a high-security electronic lock simply by replacing the existing lock cylinder with the CyberLock electronic cylinder.  CyberLocks cannot be picked and the keys cannot be duplicated.  Each key contains permissions on what locks the key can open, with a schedule of days and times it will open those locks.  Each time the key opens a lock, a record is stored in both the key and the lock, creating an audit report of events. 

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