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Understanding unique needs in large facilities Property management organizations From the parking lot to the corner office, property management requires security solutions that protect people and assets while providing enhanced experiences for tenants and visitors. In addition, property management also needs to keep upfront costs as low as possible in order to maintain pricing per square foot. Investing in an open architecture physical security system that facilitates the integration of existing solutions and supports industry-leading hardware and 3rd party add-ons makes it easier to keep costs down. And a unified solution helps you manage the movement of people and control access to restricted spaces without negatively affecting flow. With the increased amount of available data, you have the potential to provide greater operational intelligence. This allows you to offer better services, improve efficiency, and ensure the effective use of spaces within your buildings. Accessing more data depends on greater connectivity. This requires paying careful attention to cybersecurity. While unifying operations and physical security into a single framework can significantly improve efficiency and intelligence, it also has the potential to increase system and data vulnerability. For this reason, you have to deploy solutions that protect data against cyber threats and maintain privacy as they promote unification. Corporate campuses and distributed facilities Security directors and facility managers have to address numerous challenges to secure corporate campuses and multi-site facilities. Effectively protecting your people and assets requires solutions that automate responses, centralize security operations, and facilitate compliance. To prevent operator overload, you must manage the different types of information and alarms they receive. This means implementing solutions that provide proactive monitoring, improve response times, and minimize false alarms. When proving compliance with government security regulations and mandated responses to incidents, traceability and accountability are essential. To meet compliance requirements, security solutions must feature automated incident determination and response as well as report generation based on check-in and check-out dates, visitor movements, and security actions. Security directors and facility managers of corporate campuses and distributed facilities also need to effectively manage 3rd party workers, contractors, and visitors. You must ensure that the right people are given access to the right places, especially when dealing with remote sites. To do this, you could move away from a card access/door system towards identity management.