Cloud-Based Access Control Systems
Access control is necessary to prevent unauthorized entry and protect employees and assets. A cloud-based system simplifies access control implementation and management.
At RapidFire Safety & Security, we design, install, and support cloud-based access control systems to meet your specific security needs. These systems offer increased scalability, centralized multisite management, and automatic software updates for enhanced cybersecurity. Improve productivity and security for your people with a customized access control solution.
Cloud Based Access Control System Advantages
Why move your access control to the cloud? Consider the following advantages:
- Multi-location ease of use: Administrators can easily manage access at any location from anywhere by PC or mobile device. This means they can add or remove user access, monitor activity in real time, or unlock doors for a delivery from a single centralized platform. With a cloud-based system, administrators save time and effort by eliminating the need to travel to different sites to resolve access control issues.
- Effortless scalability: IT teams can effortlessly add new locations and users to a cloud-based access control system. They no longer need to deploy and maintain servers at each site.
- Automatic software updates: The cloud provider handles all software updates and security patches automatically. This ensures your access control system is continuously operating on the latest, most secure software versions without requiring the IT team’s intervention.
- Enhanced reliability and uptime: Since modern cloud-based systems are hosted in data centers with built-in redundancy, your system will continue to run even if a server fails. Cloud-based systems also offer offline functionality. Therefore, if your facility faces a temporary internet outage, your doors will still function securely.
- Robust cybersecurity: Cloud platforms provide end-to-end encryption, ensuring every communication between the reader and the cloud is secure in transit and at rest. These platforms are also professionally managed in secure data centers, providing a level of security that can be difficult to achieve in-house.
- Seamless integrations and mobile credential setup: Since cloud platforms are often built with APIs, they can easily integrate with other systems like video surveillance, fire, intrusion, and even HR platforms. The system can automatically grant access to new employees and revoke it when they leave, cutting administrative time. Because a cloud-based solution already lives on the internet, it’s easier to establish secure connections to other internet-connected devices, making it a great option for mobile credentials.
Expert Cloud Access Control Solutions & Services
We provide a complete cloud-based access control system tailored to your requirements. Our services include:
Consultation and Design
Our process begins with an assessment, where we evaluate your security risks and recommend the appropriate access control solutions. We then create a custom blueprint detailing every component of your cloud-based system, from mobile-ready credential readers to on-site controllers.
Expert Installation
Once the design is approved, our certified technicians install all on-site hardware, including controllers and readers, with minimal disruption to your operations. We will customize the programming of your system for maximum value and functionality to make sure it’s ready for operation. There is also the option to integrate it with other platforms, like your video surveillance system.
System Commissioning
Our team turns the system on and tests critical components to confirm it performs flawlessly. This process includes testing and verifying credential validation, door functioning, reader response, alarm inputs and outputs, and controller communication.
Documentation and Training
We provide all the necessary documentation to operate your cloud access control system confidently, including training guides and the hardware manufacturers’ manuals. We also train your administrators on how to use the cloud-based platform to manage users and run reports from anywhere, as well as ensure they understand how to operate the system on-site.
Maintenance and Support
While the cloud platform provider handles security updates, we support the software side of your system by managing its configuration and assisting with troubleshooting. We combine digital support with on-site service, sending certified technicians to repair and replace on-premise hardware, like controllers, readers, power supplies, locks, and cabling when needed.
Why Choose RapidFire’s Remote Access Control & Mobile Solutions?
With RapidFire, you not only get a premier access control solution — you get an expert partner who understands all of your security needs. Unlike other providers, we can integrate your access control with your fire and life safety systems if it suits your requirements and system capabilities. Our proactive, integrated approach and commitment to professional, on-time service lead to faster installations and a simpler experience overall.
Modernize and Simplify Access Control Today
A cloud-based access control system enables you to replace outdated, on-site servers with a single, streamlined platform. This allows your team to easily manage access control at any location from anywhere. Selecting a reliable partner is the first step to making this shift.
Choose RapidFire Safety & Security. With over 180 years of combined industry experience, our team delivers best-in-class service and engineering expertise.
If your facility needs to scale or replace on-prem servers, now is the perfect time to move to a cloud-based solution. Contact us today for a no-obligation quote and get started.