Benefits of Hosted Card Access Control

Many businesses are moving to card access control systems in order to properly track who is coming and going from their business, to integrate their time and attendance with employee comings and goings, to more easily manage keys and to generally improve the security of their business and commercial space. Card access systems are easy to use and easy to manage. Ultimately allowing for greater control of the security of your commercial premise. We’ve outlined the benefits of hosted card access control below.

Here are the main benefits of hosted access control:

Reduced Installation Costs For Your Card Access Control System

A hosted access control system reduces installation costs because you don’t need to install a costly server with the rest of the card access control system. FMC’s secure data facility hosts and maintains all the required computer equipment, so you don’t need to provide any extra equipment.

Access to Your Card Access Control System from Anywhere

The servers are hosted in the cloud, allowing you to securely access your card access control software from anywhere with an internet connection. You are able to log into your card access system through a secure login via a workstation, software client installed on a computer, via web browser or through an app for your smartphone. This means you have access to your access control system at a moment’s notice, from anywhere in the world. This makes the management of your system easy. You can grant access to your building for authorized people from anywhere at any time.

Easier Management of Multiple Sites with Card Access Control

Often, businesses with multiple sites who have card access control systems installed have multiple databases which manage each individual site. This means when employees leave or join your company, someone needs to access each database to add or remove that particular person. A single person can manage all sites through a single database and software interface with hosted access control. They can easily add or remove a user from your company through one simple portal.

Higher Levels of Data Security for your Card Access Control System

As all or your card access control data resides in the cloud, your data will always remain available to you. Without the worry of data loss in the event of a computer failure. You will always have access to your data and system history.

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