How Your IT Clients Can Leverage The Power Of The IoT For Access Control Systems

By Robert Laughlin, President, Galaxy Control Systems

The Internet of Things (IoT) and interconnectivity are having a sizeable impact on the physical security industry. Among those technologies where it is having the most effect are access control systems.

Change is happening now that networked access control solutions are no longer discrete and separate from other security and non-security systems and data sources. As an open-source technology, access control has capability to integrate with parking, video, time and attendance, identity management, and a wide variety of other data sources and can further provide and share information to strengthen the overall physical security system. For the user, the interconnectivity of these advanced systems can improve system accuracy, responsiveness and automation, enabling stronger and more effective access control, including evaluation and performance of policies and procedures.

Unlike stand-alone, proprietary systems, the interoperability of advanced access control systems brings out the power of IoT. Here are some examples...

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