In the current economic climate, all SME (small-to-medium sized enterprises) have to fight to be successful. It’s fair to say that the diverse constraints placed on their business can prove difficult to address.
Day-to-day issues often take precedence over matters such as building security which is rarely front of mind. Unless, of course, that security is breached. However, the prevalence of identity fraud and theft today means it’s vital to ensure the protection of a building from both unwanted visitors and trespassing members of staff.
Access control on a budget
With this in mind, security solutions provider Abloy (UK) has launched Smartair – an access control system perfect for budget and security-conscious SMEs.
With SMEs employing up to 250 staff – all of them often working from one building – it may be necessary to allow certain employees specific entry rights to areas other workers cannot access. Potentially, at least, this is something of a logistical nightmare for an office or facilities manager tasked with ensuring the site’s security and the confidentiality of information.
However, Abloy’s Smartair offline access control system is said to be “a great solution – a cost-effective, easy-to-use security facility which allows SMEs to maintain a high level of protection without lots of complicated codes and restricted areas”.
The latest contactless technology
The system is suitable for use on just one door or a complete suite of internal and external doors. It employs the very latest contactless technology and is a scalable, computer-managed system. Each door has its own battery power source and built-in reader which identifies the user’s card and opens the lock (assuming that individual has been granted access, of course).
An average SME may have offices belonging to the managing director, finance director and the Human Resources director, each containing highly confidential documentation and information which could prove invaluable to a fraudster. It’s therefore vital that only eligible members of staff can gain entry to these rooms while other employees are prevented from access. Smartair can ensure that’s the case.
However, it’s also vital that all members of staff within these offices are able to escape quickly in case of emergency. On that basis, Smartair doesn’t affect egress routes.
Monitoring by way of audit trails
As Smartair monitors door usage through a powerful audit trail facility, it’s also easy for SMEs to track down any workers who have accessed sites where information or property may have gone missing. This offers both a deterrent to crime and a means of detection within a company.
The roles of office and facilities managers in SMEs are filled with many responsibilities and time is often of the essence. Smartair’s time-saving benefits are perfect for busy staff. The quick and efficient facility to update a door’s access rights by just using the special card updaters (available in the Smartair Update on Card version) means that minimal time is spent on updating the security system onsite. In this way, other key tasks can be focused on by the management team.
SMEs can no longer sit back and neglect the need for first class security systems. It’s vital that they choose both a cost-effective and fully updatable facility like Smartair, which can cope with the ever-changing demands on their businesses and use of their buildings.
Everything you need to know about… Abloy (UK)
Abloy (UK), previously known as Abloy Security, is a leading supplier of high security locking and access control solutions for a broad cross-section of industry sectors including utilities, energy, banking and finance, Government, defence, transportation and high-tech manufacturing.
The company’s extensive product offering includes mechanical and electromechanical locking devices, systems and door control products from ABLOY and ASSA as well as padlock systems courtesy of Yale, Chubb and Union.
Abloy (UK) is one of the six selling units of ASSA ABLOY (UK) which is owned by the USD3 billion turnover ASSA ABLOY Group of companies.
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