In today's complex world we know that safety and security should go hand in hand. There are frequent newspaper and TV stories that constantly remind us that tragic security breaches do happen at offices, schools, stores, and public places.
As you're a concerned business owner, it is essentially that your business workplace or property, is safe and secure for your employees, your tenants and yourself at all times.
However, how can you protect everyone and everything while still getting your job done?
The answer lies in keyless entry - a managed access control security system and employee identification procedure that offers many security benefits for your business.
Employee ID cards and fobs are a type of employee identification that is unique to the individual owner and is used with buildings of all kinds and sizes to make sure you have a right to gain access to a specific entry point.
If these identification requirements are in place at every possible access point to a building, it lessens the chances of security breaches tremendously.
Reduce Your Overall Liability And Risk With Managed Access Control
Also, you can reduce your overall liability and risk, by keeping track of who is going in and out, where and why, which is a must-have procedure for any good internal security system. However, these access control systems are not enough on their own to provide a 100% barrier of security. Having a good managed access control systems in place important but now you can add more multi-layered security that will be very difficult to breach.
Access control systems are simple. They use easy and convenient card readers, or fobs, to ensure easy building and office access to the right people, who have been pre-authorized.
There are many types of access control systems, and while the style and type may vary somewhat, they all do the same thing - restrict access only to those who are approved. This relieves the burden of a person having to screen visitors or the public, and allows those who belong in the door to begin their workday.
There are two basic types of these access control systems. With administrative control, you can employ emergency security measures or restrict access to specific areas when needed. The automatic system lets the appropriate people in and out with no effort on your part, but if there is an emergency and new level of security can be implemented and you can create more security measures as needed with your administrative access.
This could be as far reaching as being able to deny all access in or out of a building, by denying all ID access, or as simple as you regulating administrative access to a particular area. Many of these systems can be customized to ensure you have the amount of control you want with as little work as possible on your part.
Remember to view your access control as much more than just a need for a card reader - you also may want to look at your options for photo ID cards, CCTV surveillance cameras, audio intrusion detection, motion detectors and a more integrated security system that brings everything together.
When you opt for several types of security measures to be integrated together, you can increase your protection significantly and also your ability to respond to a serious threat.
However, you also want to make sure that it will be easy to use these systems for employees and for yourself in order to do as little maintenance as possible.
Access control is the simplest and most effective way to restrict and monitor access to those who have no right to be there, and the technology is also easy to install and use.
Whether you have a large office building, or a small office in a plaza, that needs access control, be sure that you carefully weigh all your security needs together. Try to implement as many types of security in one system as possible in order to get the most protection for minimal cost and maintenance.
Our Sonitrol Managed Access Control system can be programmed to interact with the entire Sonitrol security system. Authorized individuals can use a Sonitrol Managed Access Control card to arm or disarm your building’s security system. Sonitrol’s Intrusion Detection system, for example, can be programmed to automatically shut off when a designated employee enters your facility in the morning.
The Sonitrol Managed Access Control system also gives you many more security benefits:
- Decreases your overall liability and risk
- Keyless access control building entry and exit reduces user/employee-caused false alarms
- Limits access to sensitive areas
- Provides detailed entry and exit reports
- Also controls can be set for HVAC, parking lot lights etc.
- Locked doors can be on a programmed schedule
- Reduces the need for onsite security personnel
- Eliminates the cost of re-keying or changing locks
- Accommodates as many different schedules as you need
- Allows for temporary access by visitors, consultants and others.
Sonitrol Security Systems lead the way in Managed Controlled Access Systems. Our mandate includes providing you the latest technology available today in access control – from the standard hands free proximity card, to smart cards, to the use of advanced biometrics such as finger, hand, or retina identification. We can also provide access control cards in a wide variety of formats, including Custom Cards, Photo ID Badges, Keyless Entry Badge, Key fobs, and more.
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