CyberLock Cylinders Withstand Extreme Test During Hurricane Katrina
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, it was amazing to find CyberLocks on machines that had been submerged in mud and water were still working.
“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,” said Andy Hilverda, vice president of Videx.
“We researched all the options out there and decided to go with CyberLock because we needed the flexibility it offers. We were experiencing serious shortages of products from our machines. The audit trail is very important to us. With
CyberLock, we are able to monitor who is getting into our machines and when,” said Henry Guste, COO of Whitener Snacks dba Refreshment Solutions. “The system allows us to limit our drivers’ access to the machines to given times. For added security, we have a CyberLock cylinder in the deadbolt on the door to our money room and have several CyberLock padlocks on our warehouse.”
With CyberLock, mechanical lock hardware can be quickly converted to a high-security electronic lock by replacing the existing lock cylinder with the CyberLock electronic cylinder.