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Main Benefits of Smart Access Control

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From unparalleled customizable access to optimal personnel safety during emergency situations, these are the main benefits of smart access control.

Due to the potentially devastating consequences of security breaches, it is essential for businesses to invest in top-quality security systems to protect their personnel, critical data, and resources. Because many breaches in security occur as a result of unauthorized personnel gaining access to a critical area of a facility, advanced access control should be held as a top priority. One of the best ways to control and monitor access throughout a facility is through smart access control. Smart access control refers to a sophisticated method of advanced security that utilizes modern technology such as biometric readers, integrated RF sensors, and 4K Ultra HD sensing cameras to monitor access to certain areas. To learn about the main benefits of smart access control, continue reading.

Customizable Access

Another one of the main benefits of smart access control is the ability to customize who enters what areas at what times. Unlike legacy access control systems such as simple keypads or ID card readers which allow general access to whoever has the authorized password or card, smart access technology offers full control of who can enter which areas and at which times.

For example, if you want to grant someone access to a certain area but only from nine to five, smart access control technology can tailor access to specific time frames. Such customization helps minimize security threats as much as possible.

Enhanced Safety of Personnel During Emergency Situations

A key benefit of smart access control is that it can greatly improve the safety of personnel during emergency situations. For example, in the event an active shooter enters a facility, AI-backed sensing technologies can be used to monitor the situation in real-time to provide authorities with valuable intel on how to best respond to the incident.

Smart access control can also immediately notify personnel inside the facility that an active shooter is present as soon as they enter. To do so, smart sensors can be used to instantly detect unauthorized weapons and send off warning alarms to nearby locations and lockdown-compromised areas.

Further, facial recognition technologies used in smart access control can be utilized to send images of the intruder to authorities in a matter of seconds to increase their chances of getting caught. Such capabilities can greatly decrease or even eliminate the potentially devastating impacts of such emergency situations.

Remote Access Control

Smart access control also offers the advantage of remote operation. If you need to grant someone access to an area but don’t want to just give them your facility’s private passwords or provide them with a key, smart access control gives you the ability to manage locks from any location. That way, you can allow someone to enter your facility without physically holding the door opening for them or giving them full-access and having to change all your passwords after.

 

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