{"id":17497,"date":"2015-08-08T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T19:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/08\/business-report-hello-security-i-am-it-how-are-you.html"},"modified":"2015-08-08T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T19:22:31","slug":"business-report-hello-security-i-am-it-how-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2015\/08\/business-report-hello-security-i-am-it-how-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Report: Hello Security. I Am IT. How Are You?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Shaw, president, Stored Technology Solutions (StoredTech)\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

BY MARK SHAW<\/p>\n

It began years ago when technology started
\ntaking over many facets of our workplace. In
\nthe beginning, computers took the place of
\nhandwritten sheets of data and typewriters,
\nthen technology came to our phones, they were
\ncordless, then they were mobile, and now with
\ntoday’s smart phones, the joke of “Oh it makes
\nphone calls too?” has become the norm.<\/p>\n

In the business world, phones went from
\ndigital and analog, to full IT centric, a VoIP
\n(Voice over IP) technology which enables a
\nplethora of new features on the same cable
\nthat runs the network and internet. Phones
\nbecame integrated in to the desktop PC experience,
\nincluding on screen dialing, chatting and
\nconference calling, following your call from
\nPC to Phone to Cell, and voicemails to email.<\/p>\n

So what does any of this have to do with
\nsecurity in the workplace?<\/p>\n

It’s all related, the same jump from the old
\nworld security of using a key, to upgrading to
\nan alarm system after you use your trusty key
\nto the evolution of IP based, think technology,
\naccess control for your company.<\/p>\n

What is this new technology anyways?
\nThis new form of access control and security
\nhas dramatically improved the experience
\nand safety of the workplace. In the modern
\nera of security you have door locks that are
\nfully based on networking and software and
\ncan allow a lock or unlock of a door with a
\nswipe card, facial recognition or any number of
\nbiometric means. The system locks or unlocks
\nthe doors based on a series of access control
\nrequirements.<\/p>\n

For example, you can have a set of employees
\nwho can only access the building Monday
\nthrough Friday, 8 a.m. till 7 p.m. If one of those
\nsecurity groups tries to access the door outside
\nof those hours on a Saturday for example, they
\nwill be unable to enter the office. This provides
\nsome level of overview for what each employee
\ncan and cannot do on the off hours where there
\nmay be no management in the facility.<\/p>\n

With computers running the show you can
\nalso provide detailed reports of who entered
\nthe facility and when did they leave. You can
\ncorrelate this data to any number of employee
\nrequired data. As a business owner you know
\nwhen people came and went in your organization
\nand for how long they were there.<\/p>\n

This is valuable information that can help
\nprevent loss of data, inventory or intellectual
\nproperty.<\/p>\n

Other values in this new technology are in
\nthe inherent security this provides, no one is
\nwalking in and out of your company, and employees
\nknow they are working in a safe work
\nplace. Safety for the staff as well as accountability
\nare huge factors in today’s modern world.<\/p>\n

Take a page from a company with key locks
\nand no security in their office. When they let
\na disgruntled employee go, they often ask for
\nthe keys without any real knowledge if these
\nkeys were duplicated. The company, unless it
\nchanges locks and goes through an expensive
\nre-keying for the staff, cannot ensure that there are not individuals with access to the
\nproperty.<\/p>\n

Today we can with a click of a mouse, deactivate
\nan employee’s key card and even set alerts
\nif said employee tries to use the card in any
\ndoor at any office, anywhere. All of this control
\ncan be done remotely without ever having to
\nput a foot in the office. We are seeing a world of
\nnetwork and internet controlled access control.<\/p>\n

These are just a few examples of the technology
\nenabled security that organizations are
\nactively using today. Technology that even a few
\nyears ago was so costly and so cumbersome,
\nthe value for small businesses was not there.<\/p>\n

If you consider the power of such technology
\namplified with all the of surveillance camera
\nsystems available today you can take a moment
\nin time, pinpoint all the data that was recorded
\nfrom the cameras, tied to who was in the facility
\nand who came and went, you have a secure
\nworkplace that employees and owners alike
\ncan feel comfortable with.<\/p>\n

We are seeing a world of network and internet
\ncontrolled access control, where we can
\nadd security and safety requirements to the top
\nof the list. IT firms are finding this is an ideal
\nniche for them because the core foundation
\nfor all this technology is the same network
\nthat serves up your files, emails, computers,
\nand phones.<\/p>\n

By utilizing this core technology that most
\nsmall businesses already have, you can leverage
\na technology that sits on top of this, is monitored
\naround the clock and is able to provide
\ndata on a level unseen before.<\/p>\n

If you have not considered a technology
\nbased access control system for your organization,
\nperhaps now is the time. What efficiencies
\nand added security can you provide everyone
\nin your employ? The world is more technology
\nbased then ever, access control is just the latest
\nvictim of that.<\/p>\n

Can you find a typewriter in your organization?
\nBest bets are in the next few years, it will
\nbe sitting next to your keys.<\/p>\n

Shaw, president of Stored Technology Solutions (StoredTech)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy StoredTech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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