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1. The benefits of biometric access control for your company’s security

   25 September 2018 11:29 am Leave a Comment

   The ever-present and growing issue of security has resulted in a global uptake of biometric access control systems. In particular, fingerprint scanners, are a substantial boon for companies when it comes to office security, workforce management and restricted access, experts believe.

   Biometric readers are designed to recognise the unique characteristics and behavioural traits of an individual. A biometric fingerprint reader, for example, is designed to match the template of one’s finger, for instance, against the registered user template stored in the system, to establish whether the person is actually who they claim they are.

   The reader will capture an image of one’s fingerprint, recording the specific and unique characteristics. It will measure both the surface and subsurface, with the data transferred back to the control board ready for use at a later date.

   Biometric security is popular as it also enables superior workforce management capabilities –management processes become faster and more efficient, enabling directors to track employee attendance and reduce any instances of time theft. Similarly, company managers no longer have to rely on employees to maintain their key cards and remember passwords, increasing the vulnerability of the company and risk of human error.

   Biometric readers can also be used for a number of industries, such as government, health, retail, financial and government. Essentially, they ensure secure confidential data is safe and eliminate many of the risks of security breaches. Passwords and key cards are no longer enough to maintain the security of one’s company or organization. The growth of the industry is already exponential and is expected to surpass $23.45 billion by 2020.

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2. Prioritizing physical access control will also bolster enterprise data security, experts believe

   18 September 2018 3:23 pm Leave a Comment

   Making a priority out of one’s physical access control systems will also help bolster data security, experts believe, as it will restrict the number of people having access to that information and thoroughly monitor their activity.

   A strong set of security access controls and a tight grasp on identity governance can save enterprises from data exposure or data loss, embarrassment and a damaged reputation.

   Enterprises are not only responsible for keeping customer and user data secure, but they are also responsible for making sure security access controls for that data are as locked down as possible.

   The use of zero-trust models is becoming more prevalent in the world of security access controls, as is the principle of least privilege. The policy-based identity governance aspect of identity and access management is also becoming increasingly important to data security.

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   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   The access control systems supplied by Access Control UK also support an effective Fire Roll Call feature, which will enable employers to evacuate the personnel off the premises in a very orderly and clear manner, should a fire, explosion or some other type of catastrophe occur.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just hit the contact button at the top of the screen, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

3. Deploying secure access control systems is a must if you’re serious about protecting your business

   10 September 2018 12:45 pm Leave a Comment

   As the benefits of gaining access to potentially commercially-sensitive information within a company are becoming increasingly lucrative, malicious actors are using increasingly sophisticated approaches to target businesses, leading some organisations to adopt more agile defence systems.

   And while a variety of cyber-tools, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and predictive analytics technologies are now all firmly part of the cyberattacker’s arsenal, the number one threat to an organisation remains its people.

   Ensuring the right people have the right access to the right resources at the right time is the key to ensuring effective control. As such, companies are increasingly concerned with assessing, analysing and identifying security threats in order to prevent or react quickly to incidents. Making security improvements in the midst of tightening budgets, however, is no easy task, especially when trying to boost productivity and profitability in a competitive industry.

   Adaptive authentication technologies are the leading tools being deployed by organisations to ensure the person authenticating is actually the authorised user. This is typically achieved by using authentication credentials in combination with geolocation, device characteristics, certificates, credentials, biometrics, user behaviour and other identifiers.

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   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   The access control systems supplied by Access Control UK also support an effective Fire Roll Call feature, which will enable employers to evacuate the personnel off the premises in a very orderly and clear manner, should a fire, explosion or some other type of catastrophe occur.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just hit the contact button at the top of the screen, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

4. US Port set to bolster access control provision

   6 September 2018 3:47 pm Leave a Comment

   An US port will expand its access control provision after being awarded a $326,456 federal security grant, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

   Port Manatee, in Central Florida Gulf Coast, is located “Where Tampa Bay Meets the Gulf of Mexico,” and is the closest U.S. deepwater seaport to the expanded Panama Canal, with 10 40-foot-draft berths serving container, bulk, breakbulk, heavylift, project and general cargo customers. The port generates more than $2.3 billion in annual economic impact for the local community, while supporting more than 24,000 jobs, without levying ad-valorem taxes.

   The latest funding, through the fiscal 2018 Port Security Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, is to be matched by the port with a 25 percent cost share of about $108,000 to advance modernization of Port Manatee’s access control system. When Port Manatee activated its original Transportation Worker Identification Credential-based system in 2012, it was among the first U.S. ports to have such a TWIC-based system in operation.

   “As cargo volumes continue to swell at Port Manatee, it becomes increasingly essential for safety and security demands to be fulfilled,” said Vanessa Baugh, chairwoman of the Manatee County Port Authority. “We are very grateful that our significant advances on this vital front will continue thanks to this most recent grant.”

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   The access control systems supplied by Access Control UK also support an effective Fire Roll Call feature, which will enable employers to evacuate the personnel off the premises in a very orderly and clear manner, should a fire, explosion or some other type of catastrophe occur.

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5. Global Access Control Market set to reach USD 11.1 billion by 2023, research suggests

   21 August 2018 9:32 am Leave a Comment

   The Global Access Control Market is set to reach a value of USD 11.1 billion by 2023, rising at a CAGR of 8.45% between 2018 and 2023, a recent market research report from Research and Markets has been able to suggest.

   According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), the Business Email Compromise (BEC) scam saw an increase of 1,300% in identified exposed losses, totaling over USD 3 billion, since January 2015. Such losses could be better controlled through the use of access control software. According to the Association of Fraud Examiners in 2015 the amount of internal theft accounts for about 5% of annual revenue for companies.

   The implementation of access control systems contributes to the growth in the safety and security of office surroundings. Such identity theft of data has been increasing owing to which governments have been adopting the use of access control systems.

   As the cyber-attacks, frauds and government authentication mandates continue to grow in sophistication and scope, the need to strengthen security while reducing costs is paramount across various industry verticals.

   Access Control UK – specialising in deploying advanced access control system tailored to your specific requirements

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   The access control systems supplied by Access Control UK also support an effective Fire Roll Call feature, which will enable employers to evacuate the personnel off the premises in a very orderly and clear manner, should a fire, explosion or some other type of catastrophe occur.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just hit the contact button at the top of the screen, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

6. Responsibility for physical access control systems’ management shifting to IT departments, research reveals

   16 August 2018 10:07 am Leave a Comment

   The responsibility for organizations’ physical access control systems is slowly shifting from security teams to IT departments, as they become more secure, technologically advanced, software-based physical access control systems, fully integrated with IT networks.

   A recent survey of 1,500 IT professionals carried out by HID Global suggests that that IT currently had either full or partial responsibility for overseeing physical access control systems, with smaller companies giving IT more control than larger organizations.

   Furthermore, of those organizations where physical security is presently responsible for physical access control, 37% stated that IT would play a role within the next one to five years.

   Nearly 77% of those polled said that IT would influence technology decisions regarding physical security, so it makes sense that 77% also said that IT departments are currently absorbing all or part of the budgets for physical access control.

   Half of those questioned about pain points with their current access control system put not integrated with other IT systems as number one. When asked about the most important feature for a new physical access control system solution, 71% listed ease of use as their top priority, with add or support new technologies in the future; mobile access, and integration with existing security platforms following close behind.

   Access Control UK – specialising in deploying advanced access control system tailored to your specific requirements

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   The access control systems supplied by Access Control UK also support an effective Fire Roll Call feature, which will enable employers to evacuate the personnel off the premises in a very orderly and clear manner, should a fire, explosion or some other type of catastrophe occur.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just hit the contact button at the top of the screen, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

7. Access Control Systems’ integration into Building Management Systems (BMS) is a growing trend, research report reveals

   13 August 2018 1:45 pm Leave a Comment

   Achieving a high level of integration with access control systems is essential to unlocking the potential of higher-level building management system (BMS) platform functionality, a fresh report from IHS Markit has been able to suggest.

   BMS platforms include any computer-based control system that monitors some or all of a building’s mechanical and electrical systems, including a building’s energy, security and life-safety domains.

   IHS Markit’s “Smart Buildings Report – 2018” report shows electronic access control systems are the leading type of security system being integrated into BMS platforms. Nearly 30% of access control equipment shipments — including readers, door controllers and electronic locks — were installed and connected to a BMS platform in 2017.

   Unit shipments of access control equipment that is connected to a BMS platform are forecast to outpace the rest of the market by a considerable margin, increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5% over the next five years. By comparison, total market unit shipments for access control equipment are forecast to rise at a CAGR of 8.8%.

   Access control systems are considered to be an important piece of the smart building puzzle, due to the quality of information the system can provide the BMS platform regarding building occupants’ whereabouts and how they move through the building.

   BMS platform integration can allow the access control authentication decision to become smarter, by taking into account information from other connected security or building-management systems. A simple example is using video surveillance feeds to verify access-control card swipes.

   Access control integration is essential to unlocking the potential of higher-level BMS platform functionality. As more BMS solutions move towards command-and-control-style features, which allow buildings to adjust building management subsystems to respond to individual occupants’ actions, the need for access-control integration grows exponentially.

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8. Integrated access control systems can help protect NHS staff against physical assaults

   8 August 2018 12:48 pm Leave a Comment

   Integrated access control systems that work together with a building’s other vital systems (such as lighting, security, environmental management, etc.) can significantly bolster hospital security, experts believe.

   This issue is becoming increasingly important as staff at numerous NHS trusts is suffering the direct effects of physical aggression. One of the latest such cases is related to Derriford Hospital, who have spent more than quarter of a million pounds on private security as its staff were assaulted 141 times in a year.

   Between March 2014 and April 2018, staff at the trust which runs Derriford Hospital have been physically assaulted 562 times, making an average of 141 assaults per year.

   University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust’s annual bill for private security between 2014/15 and 2016/17 was between £247,000 and £259,000, making a total of £758,500.

   Security costs include the provision, upgrade, management and maintenance of all CCTV and access control systems across the trust’s estate.

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   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

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9. Access Control Systems’ market set to reach an estimated value of USD 31,187.8 million in 2019

   31 July 2018 10:10 am Leave a Comment

   The global Electronic Access Control systems market has been growing steadily over the past few years and is set to reach an estimated value of USD 31,187.8 million in 2019, a recent market research report from Persistence Market Research has been able to suggest.

   The need for better security systems to tackle fraudulence, illegal immigration, and criminal activity has led governments to invest in better security systems, with Electronic Access Control systems standing apart from other security systems in this sector. Rising terrorist attacks, vandalism, and violence in public places such as city centers, educational institutions have made security as one of the major concerns for every individual, organizations and government agencies.

   Increasing international trade and privatization have influenced the government and private sector to invest in better infrastructure facilities. Construction of roads, residential buildings, healthcare centers and educational institutes are expected to increase in the coming future increasing the demand for EAC system market in order to attain better security levels. Local and national government have instructed the private sector to invest in security systems for the prevention of population and property from illegal acts.

   Mobile device with advanced sensor technologies is currently generating a shift toward biometrics system. EAC system is bifurcated into three major technologies, authentication system (biometric and card based authentication system), intruder alarm system and perimeter security system (free standing, buried cable and fence mounted security system) and end-user segment (government, commercial, industrial and residential).

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   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   The access control systems supplied by Access Control UK also support an effective Fire Roll Call feature, which will enable employers to evacuate the personnel off the premises in a very orderly and clear manner, should a fire, explosion or some other type of catastrophe occur.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just hit the contact button at the top of the screen, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

10. Turnstiles deployed in Venice in an attempt to limit the massive flows of tourists

    25 July 2018 1:21 pm Leave a Comment

    Turnstiles have been deployed in Venice in an attempt to limit the massive flows of tourists in its streets, a news report has been able to suggest.

    The tourists heading to the Cannaregio district and to the part of the Castello district bordering San Giovanni e Paolo have been allowed to transit through, but the Ponte della Costituzione bridge will have gates to limit numbers.

    If crowds are too large, tourist boats cannot dock in front of St. Mark’s Square.

    I see nothing wrong” in the turnstiles, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told ANSA news agency. He said tourists are important guests, but that he had a responsibility for the security of the residents of Venice.

    Local paper La Nuova Venezia reported some resistance from shopkeepers and major complaints from tourist boat operators forced to offload passengers in less-than-ideal locations.

    Police commander Marco Agostini told the paper he welcomed the experiment as a necessary measure.

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