MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Giants and Jets will use walk-through metal detectors at all gates. Unless there are extenuating circumstances, no more wanding or pat-downs.
In a world of increasing threats, IT security pros are motivated to strengthen security protocols and access to company data “to everything, everywhere.” Unfortunately, this approach often comes with a cost in usability, and can make security an inhibitor to business productivity.
Threated by the increasing ingenuity of hackers in addition to the already problematic challenges of employee theft or industrial espionage, organizations today are taking serious steps to improve protection of their networks and data centers.
Tailgating is one of the most common and innocent security breaches – an employee opening a door and holding it open for others, visitors without badges, or the passive acceptance of a uniformed worker. The problem with these lax situations and common courtesy is that they open your building to undocumented and unauthorized entry by individuals who could intend harm to your property and employees.
To find out what’s happening currently and what to expect on the horizon for the access control industry, Jason Ouellette, Tyco Security Products’ Product Line Director for Access Control, answers some questions about whether these general trends toward adaptability, interoperability, unification and integration are infiltrating the access control world and talks about what we can expect to see next in access control.