Entrance Controls

Security is a top priority for businesses of all sizes. Whether you run a small office or manage a large commercial complex, controlling who accesses your premises is essential for maintaining the safety and security of your employees, assets, and sensitive information.
Some businesses allow guests for events, or throughout the working day, which can cause more complications. Entrance control plays a vital role in this regard, as it allows you to regulate entry and exit points to your building effectively. Businesses may need to consider numerous different types of entrance, and different levels of security based on what you are looking for. For example:
 

Main Entrances
These are the primary entry points to your building and are typically used by employees, visitors, and delivery personnel. Main entrances often feature access control systems such as key cards, biometric scanners, or keypad entry systems to restrict unauthorised access.
 

Emergency Exits
Emergency exits are designed to provide a quick and safe evacuation route in case of emergencies such as fires or natural disasters. While these exits should remain accessible at all times, they can be equipped with alarms or panic bars to deter misuse and ensure compliance with safety regulations.
 

Service Entrances
Service entrances are used for deliveries, maintenance, and other operational tasks. These entrances may have limited access and can be equipped with security features such as security cameras or intercom systems to monitor and control entry.
 

Car Parks
For buildings with parking, controlling access to parking entrances is crucial for preventing unauthorised vehicles from entering the premises. Automated gates, access cards, barriers, or ticket-based systems can be used to manage entry and exit from parking facilities. 

If access control verifies authorised personnel using their credentials – their face, fingerprints, PIN number, fob, key card etc – and decides whether or not they are permitted access, entrance control is the hardware which enforces that decision by making users present their credentials in the correct way, either opening to allow pedestrian access or remaining closed to bar entry and potentially raising an alarm.

For example, a card reader acts as an access control device, recognising the card holder as having the correct permissions and saying ‘yes, this person can pass’. But, it’s the entrance control system – a turnstile, for example – which actually physically allows or denies access.

Some entrance control systems don’t feature a physical barrier, however. It will not physically stop an unauthorised person from passing through, and instead alarm when someone fails to present valid credentials, alerting security staff that a breach has occurred. These kinds of turnstiles are suited to environments which just need to delineate between the public and secure side of an entrance, with less need to physically prevent unauthorised users from entering.

It’s also possible to capture video footage of any incidents, allowing security personnel to identify users failing to abide by the access control system’s rules, using It’s also possible to capture video footage of incidents, allowing security personnel to identify users failing to abide by access control system rulesthe footage to decide on the level of response required. The breach could have been the result of a member of staff being in a hurry and failing to show their card before passing through, in which case they can be reminded about the security protocol. Or, it could be an unidentified person who needs to be escorted from the premises.

For optimum security, access control and entrance control should work together, with the entrance control system enhancing the use of the access control system, making it more efficient and better value for money. The two can’t effectively operate without each other. Security turnstiles, for example, require something to tell them that someone is about to enter – the access control system does this – and, the access control system needs a method of stopping people when they don’t badge in correctly. The two systems are complementary.

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