TECHNOLOGY UPDATE EYE-ON-TECH


The role of physical identity access management during a pandemic


As COVID-19 strengthens its grip across the globe with over 3 million cases of infected people and the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring it a pandemic, it’s important for us to have a conversation about how and where technology can support enterprise efforts to protect its workforce. In this article, AlertEnterprise looks at three considerations on how a Physical Identity Access Management (PIAM) platform can help to:


• Identify intelligence and risk score • Modify visitor experience • Extend security beyond the lobby


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Genetec releases access control feature to help organisations identify people who are at increased risk of being in contact with contaminants or contagious individuals


Genetec Inc. has released a new reporting function for its Security Center Synergis™ access control system that is designed to help organisations find all people who went through a door in close proximity to someone thought to be contagious. Developed at the request of McCormick Place in Chicago, North America’s largest convention center, the reporting function correlates physical proximity of an infected individual with other employees and badged visitors based on the use of the access control system. A report can quickly be generated to correlate access events by time window to identify people who are at increased


risk of being in contact with contaminants or contagious individuals. This will allow enterprises to proactively advise individuals of their potential contamination and take the necessary hygienic precautions, as outlined by health and safety procedures and regulations. With Synergis, any organisation can produce a detailed report that shows exposure metrics for employees and visitors utilising existing access control data.


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How can video analytics help businesses to reopen after COVID-19 restrictions?


In this article, Uri Guterman, Head of Product & Marketing for Hanwha Techwin Europe, highlights some of the ways in which the latest advances in video surveillance may be able to help businesses safely reopen after the restrictions caused by COVID-19 are eased.


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Johnson Controls contact tracing and risk assessment


With the onset of COVID-19, Johnson Controls says its Location Based Services can help organisations reduce the risk and impact of this unprecedented threat on both individuals and businesses. It was created to provide strategic indoor location insights in relation to people, space, and equipment across a range of high- value industries. These industries include life sciences, technology, hospitals and medical facilities, financial institutions, data centres, and smart commercial office buildings.


In the unfortunate event of an individual testing positive for COVID-19, the company says Location Based Services contact tracing reports will quickly identify...


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Individuals – within the monitoring space – who are potentially at the highest risk of contracting the virus, from a person or persons who tested positive, or who used the space in the preceding days and weeks.


• Individuals with a lower risk of being infected.


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The areas and equipment that are most likely to be contaminated with the virus and must be decontaminated.


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Registration is open for IFSEC International, which claims to be Europe’s leading integrated security event. It is due to take place in London on 8-10 September and gives visitors the chance to discover solutions and see real products put to the test across access control, video surveillance, cybersecurity and more. Learn how to keep people and assets safe, enhance your knowledge, keep up-to-date with legislation, source products and grow your network.


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Abloy and “the next generation of keyless access control”


Pip Courcoux, who heads up the Digital Transformation team at Abloy UK, talked to IFSEC Global about the company’s latest Bluetooth padlock launch, as well as his thoughts on the uptake of mobile technology in the sector and why it marks an important next step for the protection of critical national infrastructure sites.


Read his comments here


Please note that none of the items covered in this section are endorsed by TAPA.


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