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 Leverage the Cloud for Event Security 
 Technology advances have made security and access management more efficient.
 
 
 By James BarbourJan 08, 2020
 
 
 The days of using a paper log and a lone security officer at your entrances as the only means of security are outdated and no longer effective. Advances in technology have made security and access management much more efficient. As a result, security practitioners, employees and visitors expect more. Visitor management is no longer just security, it is an amenity and its scope has expanded beyond letting people in and out. A robust system should encompass visitor, vehicle and vendor management and seamlessly handle day-to-day operations and special events.
 
 
 
 
 
 So, a question that must be asked is: Are you doing everything that you can to leverage your existing systems for other facility management needs?
 
 
 Visitor Management in the Cloud 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cloud-based visitor management gives users the control and flexibility needed to properly manage and protect an organization. Modern facilities are a complex ecosystem of different needs and workflows. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Leveraging the cloud for visitor management allows facilities to implement multiple workflows: by access point, visitor type, department, tenant and event. This is especially true for any multi-site and global organization. Companies need to be able to easily commission new sites without a complex deployment process.
 
 
 These new sites need to have their own unique workflows and processes, and have certain levels of autonomy to run their day-to-day operations. At the same time, global standards and oversite should be controlled from one centralized location. A key aspect of this flexibility is ease of integration.
 
 
 Security no longer sits in a silo and any system must be able to easily integrate into other business systems. Maybe a tenant wants unique, temporary Wi-Fi passwords printed on each badge, while facilities want each scheduled delivery to be tracked with RFID. Processes and software will constantly change; a cloud-based visitor system makes it possible to keep pace.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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