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Australian security agencies seek new access control system

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The Australia National Intelligence Community (NIC) has issued a tender for a new common access card system, preferably featuring biometric identity verification, to control access to buildings of all 10 of the country’s security and intelligence agencies, which make up the group, a recent news report has been able to suggest. As per the tender, […]

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Turnstiles and Leisure Centres – A Match Made in (Security) Heaven

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Without a doubt, the use of turnstiles for streamlining – and in the same time, securing – access to leisure centres should come as standard nowadays, given the huge economies of scale and also enhanced security and safety these solutions can provide. Security turnstiles integrated with membership management systems (and a strong access control component) […]

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Access Control Systems Market Set to Grow at a CAGR of 9.8%

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Driven forward by the global increase in crime rates and the need for enhanced public security, the access control systems market is set to record a very strong level of growth over the next 6 years, a recent market research report from ResearchAndMarkets has been able to suggest. The “Access Control Market – Growth, Trends, […]

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Access control systems can help prevent data breaches and hacks

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The implementation of access control systems within an organization can help prevent dangerous data breaches, which, more often than not, can have a significant adverse effect on a company’s reputation and finances. A recent example from the UK, where one disgruntled supermarket employee leaked the personal details of 100,000 colleagues online, shows that companies are […]

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Improve visitor monitoring and site security with an access control system

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Considering the serious security concerns affecting most companies and organizations nowadays, most of them need to set up specific restriction measures for certain areas of their site, ensuring the fact that solely authorised members of staff are allowed to access them. Quite obviously, a standard “lock and key solution” is always perfectly possible, but a […]

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ACCESS CONTROL UK’S PARENT COMPANY, TENSOR, WINS OFFICIAL SUPPLIER STATUS ON THE ESPO SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT/SERVICES FRAMEWORK

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Following an intensive competitive tender process, Access Control UK’s parent company, Tensor plc, has been placed on the ESPO public sector Surveillance Equipment/Services Framework (No. 628_19) for the provision of both Private Space Surveillance Systems (Lot 2) and Access Control Systems (Lot 3). The framework is extensively used nationally by any UK public sector body […]

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