Historically, access control has been based on guards, guns and keys. The primary purpose was to prevent things from happening — keep a bad guy from getting into the bank vault, a corporate spy accessing sensitive documents, a hacker getting into a server room or more.
Today, the entire philosophy of access control has changed. It is not about prohibiting the negative anymore, but instead about enabling fluid movement through spaces. With the growing digital transformation of physical spaces, access is now the ultimate enabler of letting people into spaces to make a business thrive, and it represents our first line of defense in protecting tenants’ health and safety in the fight against COVID-19.