Update Your Access Control to Protect Your Business
Controlling access to your vital business assets and information is possible with a modern access control system. You can keep detailed records of employee and visitor movements with the right setup.
Provide Access Control at the Front Desk
Your front desk personnel should be provided with an access control system that is easy to operate. You can even offload some of the work to your visitors by requiring self-registration at a kiosk.
Badges for Employees, Vendors and Visitors
The key to an access control system is (almost literally) an ID badge. Photo ID badges can be economically printed for employees and visitors alike. If a badge is lost it can be deactivated as soon as this is known. Photo ID badges also foster name recognition between employees and visitors. A visitor badge should be printed in a different, recognizable style so that employees are aware of their different status at a glance.
Install Readers at Critical Entrances
Maintaining compliance for data centers and other critical areas requires that you maintain access logs. These logs can be automatically maintained when you install badge readers at entrances and require that all employees and visitors scan them on the way in.
Maintain Time and Attendance Records
Integrating time clocks with your employee ID badges solves a number of problems related to both time and attendance and building access. Employees are sometimes prone to “surfing” in behind other employees who have already opened access doors, and time clocks can easily be punched by other employees who are clocking in fraudulently on behalf of others. But photo ID badges are kept with employees at all times, especially when they double as the key to the building, with the result that time clock fraud is much more difficult to pull off.
A modern access control system has multiple benefits. By installing one you’ll be protecting your company assets, building, and employees.
Install a Commercial Alarm System to Protect Your Business
Your employees, customers, and property are all important to you. Keep them all safer by getting a customizable commercial alarm system installed. Improved security can benefit you with better morale, lower insurance, and fewer losses due to fire or theft.
Advanced Controls
Commercial alarms are different than residential systems. You may have multiple alarm zones with different requirements for offices, warehouses, and outdoor yard areas. You may also choose to give different access to different employees. Someone who may need to work weekends in the office may not need access to the warehouse, or vice-versa.
Card Key Access
With card key access you can give your employees the ability to enter precisely the areas that you want them to have. Best of all, you don’t need to go through expensive and disruptive lock changes if an employee is fired or leaves suddenly under adverse circumstances. Simply disable their individual card.
Video Surveillance
Unlike a home security situation, you may need to monitor employees just as much as you need to monitor potential intruders. Video cameras with recording capabilities allow for storage of high-resolution video to provide proof if employee conduct such as fighting or theft requires termination for cause.
Fire Monitoring
Fire is a very real risk in a commercial office or warehouse. Heat sensors and smoke detectors can help detect a fire before it becomes a total loss for the office, warehouse, and business. Knowing in what zones a fire event is occurring can also buy valuable time for the fire department.
Monitoring Services
A security system is only as good as the monitoring system behind it. Commercial monitoring ensures that if there is an event, a system breach, or damage to any components the fault is detected. An appropriate level manager and the authorities are then contacted.
A commercial security system is quite different than a home system. Make sure it’s installed and configured properly to maximize your protection.
5 Ways a Home Audio System Can Improve Your House
You may have experienced walking into someone’s house and hearing music without any speakers in sight. This is likely due to them having a home audio system, which allows for the streaming of music and other audio all throughout the house! There are many benefits to having one of these systems set up by a professional, giving many opportunities and features to your household that can be used for fun and convenience.
1. They’re Fun at Parties!
If you’re the type of person to enjoy throwing house parties, you may find it difficult to get the music going throughout your home. Either the music has to be limited to blasting loud in one room, or every room has different music playing. However, with a home audio system, the same music will play perfectly timed in every room. Of course, if you need a quiet room, you can turn the music off for that room, but the rest can all rock out to the same tune.
2. Have an Enjoyable Alarm Clock
Wouldn’t it be better to wake up to some of your favorite music rather than a loud alarm? This could be used for one room or the entire house if everyone is on the same schedule.
3. Keep Wires and Boxes Out of the Way
A home audio system is built into the walls, typically with camouflaged speakers, so all the wires and bulky boxes for speakers are completely hidden. There would be no more tripping or clutter, because things are neatly compacted into the house itself.
4. Have an Intercom System
Whether your house is big or you have people who just like to keep to themselves, using a home audio system to contact someone across the house can be incredibly helpful. You can announce to the entire family that dinner is ready or let everyone know when it will be time to leave. The possibilities are endless.
5. Outdoor Speakers for Summer Hangouts
Electronics outside can be a hazard, but home audio systems often include outdoor speakers to allow you to also play your music outside.