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CLOUD ACCESS CONTROL6 REASONS WHY IT’SA MUST FOR YOURCOMPANY

6 Reasons Why It’s a Must.Whether you have one oice door or one hundred, you can’t always be around to manage who isaccessing your building or facility. Using cloud-based security technology gives you the freedom tomanage one or multiple locations from any device - such as a desktop, tablet or mobile phone - froma single account. Here are six reasons why you must consider cloud access control for your business.1MOBILE CONVENIENCE/DRIVEN FLEXIBILITYThink of your phone; you don’t just talk to peoplewith your smartphone. You can share documents,access your bank accounts, control your thermostat,manage your alarm system and more. Cloud-basedaccess control is not any diferent than other businesscloud applications such as Salesforce, Intuit orGoogle Drive. These applications allow you to accessyour customer records, submit invoices or sharedocuments from any device, anywhere you are.Cloud-based access control allows you to manageaccess to your facility, from anywhere at anytimeand on any device. It can buy you hours of time andincrease your own productivity. Here are examplesof tasks you can eliminate:y Sitting on-site at a dedicated computer toadminister users, groups or access control settingsy Driving to a facility if a key or credentialis forgotten to let someone iny Being on-site to open the facility or tolet contractors or vendors iny Needing to physically be present to openthe facility for special eventsy Storing keys in a key safey Tracking who has what key and for which doorsy Chasing down vendors or contracts for keysor credentials after project completionWHAT OURCUSTOMERSSAY“The old system was not very nimble. If weneeded to lock the door during the businessweek, it was a big process and could only bedone through one stationary computer. WithBrivo Onair, I was able to change when doorsare locked on a bad weather day or to removea repairman’s access to the building when a jobwas complete. This was the convenience weneeded.”Tom HoganPresident and Owner of CENTURY 21 Action Plus Realty.We believe that access control should be as easy as makinga call. Opening doors with ID cards or key fobs is a thing ofthe past. This is why Brivo provides a mobile experience;the ability for system administrators to manage accesscontrol through an app on your tablet or smartphone andfor your employees, residents or vendors to access yourfacility and open doors with their smartphone.

2RELIABLE MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCEManaging your access control system should notbe another area of concern. With a cloud solution,managing the software or hardware and the serversthat the system is hosted on, can simply be left tocloud access control providers who manage the entireservice for you. The end result is higher uptime andincreased reliability as you are depending on peoplewhose business is to manage your system. This allowsyou to focus on what you do best.Organizations often ind it diicult to justify the highcost of implementing on-site security platforms ableto deliver 99.9% uptime. In many cases they indthe balance between budget and risk by settling for a“good enough” solution and depending on a measureof luck to help them minimize downtime and thebusiness impact of system outages.On the other hand, using a cloud-based solutioneliminates local servers and software, by shiftingoperational workload to proven cloud solutions,thereby eliminating the hassle, cost and complexityof a traditional security system. You can now reducebusiness risk with future-proof services delivered fromsecure, redundant data centers that are monitored24/7/365. Another term commonly used for cloudsolutions is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), which is asoftware licensing and delivery model that eliminatesthe need for individual entities to purchase, deployand maintain IT infrastructure or application software.In this model, the SaaS vendor takes responsibility fordeploying and managing the infrastructure (servers,operating systems, databases, application security,data center resources, networking, power, cooling,etc.) and processes (patches/upgrades, backups,database administration, etc.) required to run andmanage the full solution. By shifting this workloadto the SaaS vendor you minimize your costs andrisks, and save time and additional drain on scarcemanagement resources.Many organizations, especially ones with multiplefacilities, struggle to keep up with maintenanceand updates to their servers. Time and resourcesare of the essence and dedicating people to thistask every month can be overwhelming. That’swhy timely and automated updates are one of thebiggest beneits that most cloud (or SaaS) providersmake available. Think about your phone. Everytime there’s a new iOS or Android update, all youhave to do is click on the update link and it’s takencare of. The same experience holds true for cloudbased access control. Your internal IT and securitystaf don’t have to keep up with the latest cyberthreats; your cloud provider will do that for you.WHAT OURCUSTOMERSSAY“I didn’t want the hassle of ensuring everycomputer had the right software and versionsof software. Brivo Onair took care of that.”Mel ColvinDirector of Technology, Saint John’s College High School.With Brivo, you can rest assured that you have the latestfeatures and security patches since you are continuallygetting the latest version of the software and irmware.In addition our experience and leadership position in theindustry has set us apart from the competition.

3SIMPLY BETTER SECURITY:Think of the old-fashioned way of securing doors;lock and key. How secure is it? Anyone can get ahold of a key, replicate it and get access to yourfacilities. No one is intentionally losing their keys,but it happens all the time. With cloud-based accesscontrol you gain additional security by:y Counting on the latest technology and not anold method of securing your locationsy Depending on a system that is that is builtand maintained by security experts whoare trained on the latest cyber threatsy Utilizing a system that provides real timemanagement so that you can instantly revokecredentials when an employee becomes disgruntledWHAT OURCUSTOMERSSAY“If you want to secure your building and fullycontrol who can come in and out, Brivo is theperfect system. Now we know who is in ourbuilding and who isn’t. Our dispatchers canfocus on their primary functions, not buzzingpeople in a hundred times a day.”David MillerVice President of Operations for Star EMSBrivo not only gives you visibility into your location,but it also lets you set up alerts or notiications whenan employee attempts to access an unauthorized area.For an additional layer of security you can restrictpermissions to only allow people connected to yourWi-Fi network access the building.4INSTANT ACCESS TO DATAGone are the days where you had to wait fora report until the following month. Today’sbusinesses operate in real-time basis which makesit essential that access to data is available instantly.Because data is stored in the cloud, it can beaccessed anytime and anywhere. You no longerhave to worry about your data getting lost becauseof a server failing. In the case of access control,this means you can see who enters or tamperswith your location in real time, so you can takecorrective measures immediately.WHAT OURCUSTOMERSSAY“Brivo’s notiication rules were helpful forthe airport by having the system notify theadministrator whenever someone entered orexited the location.”Tom Fujiwara, Airport Security.Brivo lets you view all current or previous incidents inan activity log which serves as saved documentationfor inspection and audit purposes. In addition, real timenotiications will alert you when unsafe behaviors occur suchas when a door is tampered with or held open for too long.This way you know when or where a breach happened andyou can create preventative policies for the future.

5INTEGRATIONSCloud-based security solutions allow you to indnew ways to incorporate security services intoother applications that you use. The beauty of thiscomes from what is referred to as an API. What cancompanies do with an API? You can use it to connectyour digital businesses to the physical world. Thelargest application is synchronizing identity andcredential data between databases and users.Companies can manage access control from withintheir own platform and ofer it to their customers,vendors or employees.WHAT OURCUSTOMERSSAY“Partnering with Brivo provides us an opportunityto integrate with another cloud company andofer comprehensive access control and businessoperations solutions that make businesses moreeicient and improve on their safety.”Steve BardoczPresident and CEO of Savance, LLC.The Brivo API provides easy integrations with other businesssoftware solutions. Today over 500 individual customerFor example, one integration with a cloud-basedaccess control system could be with your currentHR system. Anytime a new employee joins yourcompany, they are automatically granted accessto your facilities. As a result, you no longer have tologin to two diferent systems to get new employeesset-up. The same goes for revoking access whenan employee leaves or a contractor’s project iscompleted.applications interact with our access control services,Another example is an integration with your videosurveillance system. Digging through hours ofrecordings to ind speciic events or to identifypotential threats is unproductive and unsecure.Therefore, connecting access control events withvideo recordings helps you save time and resources.co-op work spaces.extending our platform and role of access control. Oneof our newest partners is the Canadian-born company,Breather, a shared workspace provider that lets usersrent business spaces by the hour in locations all overthe world. Their mission is to “make the world’s spacesconnected, accessible and productive.” We help them withthe “accessible” part. Breather connects to our API to sendcustomers a PIN code allowing them to access their reservedlocation, thereby moving toward the oice of the future:Some partners use our APIs to infuse smartphone apps withthe power of mobile credentials. Microstrategy’s enterprisesecurity solution, Usher, has extended the reach of theirown identity management system by connecting it with APIendpoints that permit users to unlock doors with Usherenterprise credentials.