Rafael Schrijvers, Access Control Product Marketing Manager of the Security Products Building Technologies & Solutions division of Johnson Controls explains how the latest generation of access control platforms can help companies with their compliance obligations.
Compliance with industry standards, health & safety policies, and government regulations is an important issue for many companies which have a duty of care to the general public.
Health compliance
This is particularly so for those involved in the production sector. For example, the requirements of a food processing plant where it is essential to ensure compliance with hygiene regulations, as the consequences of anyone with an expired certificate being allowed to work in a food processing plant could be huge.
An inspector making a random visit could insist that all on-site foodstuff is put on the rubbish tip and all machinery cleaned to avoid the slightest risk of contamination if they find someone onsite who has not had the appropriate level of training on hygiene issues.
USFDA compliance
Pharmaceutical companies who wish to export their products prove compliance with USFDA
It is equally for pharmaceutical companies who wish to export their products around the world to prove compliance with US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) regulations.
To do so they must be able to provide an audit trail of electronic signatures associated with any changes made during research, development, manufacturing, or QA Assurance activities.
The solution: access control systems
Advances in technology enable access control systems to deliver far more than the ability to control who can enter a building.
As a result, in addition to security managers being responsible for the security of people, property, and assets, there are likely to be several other stakeholders involved in the decision to fund the installation of an access control system and these could include health & safety, operations, and human resources management.
Monitoring solution
The reason for this is that the same smart access control cards which enable staff or visitors to gain access to sensitive areas can hold data relating to the cardholder and as such assist with compliance issues. C-CURE 9000 has exceptional reporting abilities and as such can play a significant role in helping users monitor and prove compliance with their internal procedures, as well as their legal obligations.
Integration with Microsoft’s active directory functionality means C-CURE 9000 can effortlessly generate a report that lists, for example, staff who need refresher training or whose hygiene certificate is due to be renewed.
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