The recession and slow recovery weren’t kind to most parts of the security industry and the one to four door access control market was no exception. From 2009 through much of 2011, access control in ...

This article originally appeared in Access Control Trends & Technology, an annual bonus publication to Security Business magazine and Security Technology Executive magazine. Many security ...

Ubiquiti has officially taken the wraps off its new UniFi Access product that is aimed at reimagining door access control. Its access control solution wasn’t a secret product as it had been promoted ...

Why is access control credentialing so hard? Most access control problems are not really about locks. They are about ...

Access control and door entry is a huge responsibility, and challenge, for local authorities and housing associations UK wide. For councils, they’re accountable for the security and safety of many ...

Mechanical locks secure doors as either deadbolts or door-handle devices. Keys serve as the means to unlock these mechanical locks, and possessing a working key determines who can access secured areas ...

Districts bolster physical security by screening guests with visitor management software and integrating that with door access control and surveillance cameras. When IT Services Director Bob Fishtrom ...

So many policy changes and advancements in technology have been implemented over the past several years in the area of first responders and the active shooter. When I worked the field as a patrol ...

A friend recently pointed me to some research he has been doing with embedded door access control systems, as well as some of the vulnerabilities he has uncovered. Some of his findings were recently ...