Access control and management systems
The access control and management system (ACS) is electromechanical equipment and software complex designed to identify visitors and regulate access to a protected facility. ACS is an important element of the overall security management system.
ACS basic functions are:
- protection against unauthorized entry;
- admission to some premises restriction;
- working time control.
PRUS Security installs, configures and maintains any ACS modifications for various objects in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
ACS categories
ACS can be divided into 2 main categories:
- Standalone (autonomous) – they do not network, do not connect to a computer. Information is either stored on the device or not stored at all. Their advantages: inexpensive, quite simple, do not need additional wiring. Disadvantages: there is no possibility to control the coming/leaving time, to create reports, to analyze data, to manage through another device.
- Network - connected to a computer where all information transmits. Additional modules are provided for large organizations and objects with a big traffic. Due to a variety of software applications, such systems process and organize massive information amounts.
Effective organizational measures can be arranged using network systems:
- introduce replacement admission schemes for different levels of access persons to any organization area, replace them if necessary;
- work with identification codes (create/delete) to many access points or for many visitors;
- review previously recorded data if their further exploring is necessary;
- labor discipline control (arrival and leaving time);
- ACS and security system elements integration.
The network system allows one-point observation of all controlled area.
Access control and management system package
ACS is not a monolithic device capable to perform necessary functions, but some combination of several devises. It is a system of various combined equipment.
Basic ACS components:
- checkpoint (point of entry) - a place equipped with electromechanical devices such as electric locks, gates, turnstiles that can prevent unauthorized persons entry;
- identifier - a key giving the owner rights to access the territory: card, key fob, fingerprint, retinal scan;
- controller - a device that analyzes a reader’s personal code and determines whether access is granted or denied;
- reader – a device that defines the personal code come from the ID and sends it to the controller.
Access control systems can be supplemented with a variety of equipment and software applications, which will significantly expand the functionality.
If the equipment and settings allow verification by photo, when a visitor passes the control point, a security officer can display a photo of the person behind whom the identifier is recorded in the system and compare it with the passing visitor. This makes it difficult for someone with a wrong card to enter the guarded area.
When a facility with a full security system does not justify the cost - ACS can prevent many problems.
ACS is security and control of the situation at an affordable price.
Arrange ACS installation, configuration and maintenance with PRUS Security. Specialists of PRUS Security will help you to develop a complete set of access control systems and select equipment. Each project is individual.