In many structured companies, physical access control is managed by the security department. So, security officers make the monitoring. Assign credentials to the employees, guests and visitors according to a security plan.However, when it comes... Read More »

Here is a brief history of the evolution of access control credentials Magstripe cards In the eighties, there was a swipe cards technology, also called a magstripe cards. This technology requires a manual swipe of... Read More »

Door security involves many door hardware. Some are very familiar and others can confuse us when it comes to installing and running them. Therefore, someone this could be overwhelming. Because of the different products, terminology... Read More »

During these last days, I was charged to start up a large project. It was a redundant security system. Meaning that, there was a main server, a fail-over server, two core switches and many POE... Read More »

The access control industry moves to OSDP communication protocol. After decades of adopting the wiegand protocol. OSDP stands for Open Supervised Device Protocol. Developed by the SIA to improve interoperability among access control and security... Read More »

Many managers would answer 911 if you ask them about their emergency plan. Yet, it should be part of it, not the plan itself. In this article, I am going to walk you through emergency... Read More »