Managed access control is a service offered to businesses by managed service providers like Interface to implement a comprehensive access control system. The service includes defining rules and standard operating procedures for accessing secured rooms or locations, enabling complete management of access to employees, handling emergency events, reviewing performance data and making improvements. This comprehensive service gives customers the flexibility to rapidly roll out a unified access control system for new locations.

Access control devices come in many varieties. These include traditional locks and keys, electronic access control devices that require some kind of user validation via key fobs, badges, smartphone apps, number pads, or even biometric information to operate the doors, electromagnetic locks that offer enhanced holding power and high security locks that come with advanced security features such as dynamic keypad number generation and better resistance to brute force attacks.

Managed access control gives customers the ability to free up team members in the loss prevention and business security departments to focus on critical tasks and not be bogged down by the complexity of day-to-day management such as issuing/revoking access cards, monitoring exceptions, onboarding new locations, troubleshooting technical issues to name a few.

Yes. Access to each door or area can be assigned to all users allowing general access to a main building entry but restricting access to interior doors such as warehouse or storage areas to certain individuals.

Yes. You can define schedules to allow access to all such (i.e. normal business hours) and certain people during specific times (management to allow for 24×7 access) or even shift schedules. You can even build holiday schedules in advance to restrict access on days that would normally be open to all employees.