Access control systems address one of humanity’s oldest needs: how to keep certain people out of a particular space while allowing others in. Guards, dogs, high walls, fences, tripwires, and simple pin tumbler locks once fulfilled that role. Today, though, businesses and residential areas more commonly turn to access control systems. Read More about How Do Access Cards & Fob Systems Work? »
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What is the Best Type of Access Control?
Few business owners or enterprise managers have a hard time understanding the idea behind access control. At its most basic, access control involves keeping people without the proper credentials out of sensitive areas. Everyone knows that you can’t have an interested interloper entering your property at any time, and access control helps safeguard against that. The real questions start when clients begin to wonder which configuration or system is best. Read More about What is the Best Type of Access Control? »
Are Security Cameras & Surveillance Legal?
Privacy matters quite a bit to a large number of people. Some 150 countries had codified a right to privacy in their constitutions. And nowhere has the debate over what constitutes a right to privacy raged as fiercely as in the United States. As government surveillance capabilities have increased, private businesses that want to keep their facilities secure have started asking themselves a question: Is surveillance with security cameras legal? Read More about Are Security Cameras & Surveillance Legal? »
What is Access Control & Why is it Necessary?
Your property is only as safe as the people who have access to it. That might sound like an utterly obvious truism, but too many businesses and organizations ignore it — to their peril. With more than two-and-a-half decades in the security business, AT&I Systems understands the importance of access control and knows how to implement it in your building or facility. Read More about What is Access Control & Why is it Necessary? »
AT&I Awarded the Video Monitoring System Install at Valencia Shores
When Valencia Shores, a senior-living community for active residents ages 55 and up, needed security, it turned to AT&I Systems. Though Boynton Beach boasts a rich history and is situated next to Palm Beach, it also has a crime rate that’s 75 percent above that of the national average. That’s why Valencia Shores turned to AT&I for the installation of a high-definition surveillance system powered by Avigilon Analytic Technology. Read More about AT&I Awarded the Video Monitoring System Install at Valencia Shores »
Ascent M2: Property-Access Solution for an Imperfect World
In an ideal world, entry management would be easy. Tenants would always pick up their phones, on-site security guards would never let their attention drift, and the only visitors attempting to gain access would be utterly upright do-gooders. But we don’t live in an ideal world. Sometimes tenants can’t answer calls. Sometimes security guards let their attention wander. And sometimes the people trying to gain access to a property don’t have your best interest in mind.
That’s why the Ascent M2 exists. In a less-than-ideal world, it safeguards tenants and property managers alike. Read More about Ascent M2: Property-Access Solution for an Imperfect World »
What Is the Watchman EVO?
At one point, common wisdom held that having actual on-staff or contracted guards at a property was the best security money could buy. Time and tough experience has proved otherwise in many situations. Sadly, guards’ commitment and personal engagement vary from person to person. What many property managers need is an always-on, high-functioning, multi-platform technological solution. Read More about What Is the Watchman EVO? »