Your business and, perhaps, your home contains confidential data that you cannot afford to lose and you are slightly aware of how access control systems can help you. It is important that you take the appropriate steps to decrease the risks of your documents ending up in the wrong hands. You may be struggling to make a decision on the appropriate technology to use for your business security? We encourage you to stick around because we may have the information that can help narrow down to the right access control system for your business.
Whether you are looking to protect your residential or commercial property and its occupants, access control systems are one of the best options technology has to offer. Multiple commercial and residential buildings in Abbotsford, Mission, Maple Ridge, Surrey, Richmond, and, especially, Vancouver are utilizing the latest technology to control who, when, why, and how their resources and properties are being accessed.
What is Access Control?
Control of access can take place on a physical and logical level. Physical access control systems regulates and limits access to physical property and resources. For example, access to campus, home, apartment buildings, paper documents, safes and vaults. Logical access control regulates and limits access to digital property or resources such as Wi-Fi connections, network connections, system files, and online data. It is an important concept in security that reduces the risk to businesses or organizations.
Types of Access Control
Access control can be both manual and electronic. Manual access control, commonly used by us all, include keys for doors or cars, and even ID to enter a bar. Electronic access control can vary from password, fingerprints, to eyeball scanning. Electronic access control is the new innovative technology used for high security and can serve multiple purposes.
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Role Based Access Control, the most demanded access control system, grants access based on roles. This grants physical and logical access necessary to an individual’s job role or privilege level. Not only is it in high demand in the business world, RBAC has also become highly sought-after among households.
Rather than assigning an individual as a security manager, the security manager position already has access control permissions assigned to it. In a household, parents or adults have access to certain areas, property, and documents that are restricted to children, tenants, or guests. RBAC makes life much easier because rather than assigning multiple individuals particular access, the system administrator only has to assign access to specific roles in the household or organization. It saves time, effort, increases efficiency as you are not required to reassign access when new employees take on job roles.
Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
Discretionary Access Control is the least restrictive compared to the other systems. It holds the business owner responsible for deciding who is allowed in a specific location, physically or digitally. Essentially, it allows an individual complete control over all objects they own, as well as the programs associated with those objects.
Mandatory Access Control (MAC)
Mandatory Access Control is more commonly used in organizations requiring maximum security due to their ownership of highly confidential and classified data (i.e. military institutions). MAC only permits one central authority to regulate access. Access is regulated by class and sensitivity level. For example, unclassified data is accessible to anyone, confidential and Top Secret are highly regulated and only accessible to those who are permitted by the central authority.
When it comes to choosing the type of access control system that is most suitable for your organization, there are a number of factors involved. If you want to regulate access based on job roles within your organization, maybe RBAC is the best option. You may not have military level classified dataca but if you still want to regulate access by classifications, MAC could work for your business as well. You may feel that your business is small enough for you to regulate access individually, then DAC could be good enough for you. Always remember that the primary beneficiary of access control on your property are you and your stakeholders. Don’t gamble on safety, get your access control installed today by HomeForce’s professional team.