Defending smart building technologies from external intrusion threats is essential. But just as important is securing physical access to critical building assets and occupant life-saving systems. As ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon today announced the Amazon Key Access Control System—a lineup of customizable, property access solutions for multi-family buildings and gated communities. Amazon Key ...

Picture this: The CEO of a major corporation arrives early at his company's 40-story office building. He swipes his access card and the door from the underground parking garage immediately unlocks, ...

For facilities managers of large buildings and campuses, security and access control are huge challenges. Authorized persons come and go so privileges must be granted and revoked; different employees, ...

How the Raspberry Pi can be used within the access control and building security industries. Overview of what constitutes a good solution for building access control. A glimpse into how Pi was used in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an investigative attorney and physical security specialist. Many buildings, including apartment and condo complexes, are ...

A series of eight newly designated common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in a building access control system built by HID Mercury and sold by Carrier – a global supplier of building systems for ...

Researchers discovered 49,000 misconfigured and exposed Access Management Systems (AMS) across multiple industries and countries, which could compromise privacy and physical security in critical ...

“Amazon Key has helped customers avoid missed orders and deliveries with secure, customer-managed access to homes and garages for several years now,” said Kaushik Mani, director of Amazon Key. “Our ...

This procedure document accompanies the Building Access Control Policy in order to support the university’s goal of creating and maintaining safety on campus for students, faculty, staff, and guests.

The advent of electromechanical controls in the 1970s, analog controls in the 1980s, direct digital control (DDC) in the 1990s, and complete building control integration in the 2000s has progressively ...