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mising on safety and security.
Specialized access control solutions such
as those provided by ASSA ABLOY and its partners address these flexible employment requirements by allowing employers to easily implement secure identity credential cards, or key cards, for each employee, or even to leverage secure credentials which may already be in use across the business enter- prise. Furthermore, the advent of secure mobile credentials, similar to those which you may see and use at a hotel, can enable employees to easily reserve office, desk or locker spaces to gain secure access on- demand with virtually no lag time.
Credential information and access privi- leges can be provisioned quickly and con- veniently as new employees are “on-board- ed” or simply as needed “on-demand.” When an employee leaves for the day, week or permanently, so too do their access
rights to offices, desks and lockers.
For example, in applications where an employee needs to reserve a specific office on a specific day, the employee can request access through an easy-to-use application, a self- serve kiosk or through security personnel to use their key card or secure mobile identity via their phone to gain access to the room for the day, or that week. Once an employee reserves the office, their credential can be used with the wireless access control lock on the door to conveniently open the office dur- ing authorized time windows, meaning the employee is free to come and go throughout the day during those authorized windows,
and know the office is secure for them only. Often businesses will provide employees with a personal locker, or they may wish to assign those lockers on demand. Again, in these cases, a wireless access control cabinet lock may be implemented to enable secure access to the assigned locker, often on a first-
come-first-served basis.
Another common application might be the
need to easily provision and de-provision individual desk usage instead of an entire office. In these cases, employers can imple- ment secure wireless or hardwired access con- trol readers at the available desks. Once veri- fied, the assigned user will be authorized to use the electrical power and/or the phone
system by example. Not only does this help employers securely control access privileges, it may also help the business entity reduce the associated energy costs for each workspace
In many cases, the same security mea- sures used on offices and desks can also be implemented for shared conference and meeting areas throughout the facility. In these spaces, managers have the added ben- efit of being able to recall meeting atten- dance for each individual employee using their secure credentials.
Employer and Employee-Focused Solutions
Progressive employers recognize the need for flexible and remote work hours, along with a need to manage hard and soft costs per employee as it relates to the workspace. Companies can affordably and efficiently implement access control solutions that help protect both the safety and security of the employee and the business enterprise’s assets. ASSA ABLOY supports this by advancing innovative solutions and collab- orative partnerships, designed to comple- ment both the business enterprise and the employee objectives.
Mark Duato is the Executive Vice President, Aftermarket Solutions at ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions.
By Mark Duato
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