What Are The Benefits of Access Control

If you own a company, you understand how much effort it takes to maintain your office or shop safe and secure – and how much labor it might take just to keep the building correctly secured when closed and open for staff during business hours. Not only is the first employee to enter the

A key is required in the morning, but so is whomever locks the building at night.

Furthermore, if you have several points of entry and secure points that must be secured throughout the day,

Keeping everything locked down while yet making it available to the correct individuals may be a major logistical headache.

The solution is to implement access control systems. While there are many various types of door access systems, the simplest and most crucial for many organizations is just some sort of keyless entry system.

Security is enhanced with keyless entry systems.

This is the most obvious – and crucial – advantage of any access control system, and the fundamental rationale for switching. Access control systems are more successful at keeping unauthorized persons out, are more difficult to circumvent than standard locks and keys, and contribute to a higher overall level of safety in businesses and facilities of all sizes.

You don’t have to be concerned about misplaced or stolen keys.

When an employee loses a key and you take your facility’s security seriously, you may need to replace all the locks to guarantee that no one who finds the key may use it. There are no conventional keys to worry about with an access control system: workers utilize either PIN numbers (knowledge factors) or access cards, which are simple to deactivate and revoke individually inside the system when lost or stolen.
Simple Logging And Record-Keeping

Access control firms can help you keep track of who comes in and out of your facility using current technology, allowing you to retain records and logs of every employee or visitor that enters through those doors. This is especially useful when anything goes missing or there is a breach in firm security systems, since all visitors, employees, and other persons who have arrived and gone can be traced and verified. Do you want to know who came in first? Who entered the building in the middle of the night? Simple and quick.
Reduces Employee Turnover

When an employee quits the organization or is refused future access, it is frequently required to replace or update the code on classic locks or simple locking door knobs. You have total control over each employee’s specific credentials and permissions with an access control system, and you can easily deactivate their unique access code or cancel their access card without having to update the whole system’s settings and credentials for each user. You may interface and sync your system with your HR database directly for simple cross-referencing and updating.

Customizable to infinity

There is essentially no limit to the amount of custom permissions and rules that may be specified with current access control models. Do you want to restrict particular workers’ access during certain hours? No worries. Restriction of access to certain rooms? Easy. Set the system up to need several authentication factors for certain people but not others? That is also possible. Installation of an access control system provides you with a vast depth and breadth of control, allowing for a genuinely tailored access control solution.
Allow for a Wide Range of Credential Types

Access control systems, in addition to their practically infinite customization choices, enable you to choose from a number of different authentication factors and credential types, and even mix and match them inside systems. Many systems (particularly those that are cloud-based) now let users to use their cellphones to control and open doors, just like any other kind of access card.
Smartphone compatibility

Cloud-based access control solutions are becoming more popular since they enable for fast, convenient mobile access and management on your phone or tablet, making regulating and monitoring the comings and goings of your organization simple. Brivo OnAir mobile applications interact seamlessly with their respective cloud-based systems, enabling you to manage different operations such as setting up and removing user rights, adding or removing roles, changing passwords, and seeing access logs from nearly anywhere in the globe.
The Cloud-Based Access Control System Updates Itself

As cloud-based access control systems get smarter and more powerful, they may update and improve their own software, including new security features and security upgrades on their own. The servers are housed off-site and managed by an external cloud security provider, which handles all equipment updates and maintenance, allowing you to focus on what really counts – your business – rather than the logistics and technicalities of door locks. When you need to alter anything, just log in to the app and make the necessary changes.

Several Properties and Facilities

Some organizations and enterprises have many buildings and campuses, and employees must be able to conveniently access and travel between them during the day. Carrying several keys, or even multiple swipe cards, is inconvenient and time-consuming.

Fortunately, today’s access control businesses can build up systems that enable a single access card or credential to access several locks – even those in completely different locations. In these cases, cloud-based solutions and mobile credentials are very valuable.
Beneficial to the Bottom Line

While implementing an access control system costs money up front, access control systems are becoming more affordable – and the protection they provide may wind up saving you thousands of dollars (if not more) if a security breach occurs.

Many of the expenditures involved with server installation and maintenance are also eliminated by cloud-based access control systems, since they are handled remotely by the cloud security service.
The modest expenditures associated with access control installation should be seen as an investment in the overall safety and security of your organization and workers.

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  • Jason

    Jason is an expert in CCTV, door access, solar panels, and video intercom systems, with over 10 years of experience in the security industry. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree. Jason offers tailored solutions and exceptional customer service, committed to ensuring the safety and security of clients' businesses and homes. When he's not working on security projects, he enjoys relaxing in his apartment, watching Netflix.