PERIMETER ACCESS THE NEW
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The outer limits of access control systems are moving beyond the front (or back) door to encompass the wider perimeter and beyond. By Karyn Hodgson, Contributing Writer
ABOVE: Airports have tradition- ally included perimeter control as part of their overall facility protection, but that practice is spreading to other industries as well.
a venue off company grounds entirely? “The definition of what a perimeter is has changed,” says Carlos Lopez-Reyna, product mar- keting manager, Honeywell, Louisville, Ky. “It used to be the area surrounding a building. Now it can include non-traditional perimeters such as an open space where a meeting is taking place. As a consequence, the behavior and mechanisms to protect and guard those spaces has changed.” Though most facilities still define perimeter more locally, the way they are protecting it is changing and growing to include more of the latest high-tech products available to the access control world.
W “If you look at the perimeter of the building
versus the perimeter of the grounds, it is still somewhat market dependent,” says Jennifer
hat is considered ‘perimeter’ access control these days? Is it the outer doors of a facility? The gate to the parking lot? Or even
Toscano, marketing manager, Schlage, Inger- soll Rand Security Technologies, Carmel, Ind. “An airport obviously thinks about perimeter fencing as part of its overall plan. Other envi- ronments tend to view them as separate. But we are beginning to see them converge. Historically they have involved different decision making at different points in time. But we are seeing more control now at more points and in some cases facilities are trying to direct traffic through specific entry points so they can be more easily monitored and controlled.” Dave Adams, senior product marketing man- ager for physical access control, HID Global, Irvine, Calif., agrees. “My experience in the past is that perimeter and inside access control have been separate entities. What is the bare mini- mum to protect the perimeter of the building, not necessarily the property? The perimeter of the building is where all the capital has been and I would say going deeper within the building has
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