Electronic Access Control Tailors Security Protocols, Boosts User-Friendliness
Facilities of all stripes, ranging from churches and school districts, to healthcare centers to manufacturing plants, continue to move from hard keys to electronic access, or to upgrade their existing electronic access systems.
Along with the holy grail of tighter overall security, the benefits of electronic access control systems include a better handle on who’s coming and going, the ability to restrict access to certain times and places depending on a person’s function in the organization, the ability to remotely control access, the extra assurance a company or organization can give its customers, and the lack of need for rekeying doors or replacing lost keys.
For example, First Baptist Colleyville church in the Dallas-Fort Worth area decided to go with electronic access on its newly constructed children’s facility and to retrofit at least six of its seven existing buildings, starting with the worship building that adjoins the new child-care center, says Jonathan Crispin, director of campus operations for the 22-acre, 130,000-square-foot campus.