All properties are not the same part 2: Critical infrastructure
All properties and all access challenges are not the same. Luckily, iLOQ has a range of smart-access solutions that are designed to maximize security, minimize administration and lifecycle costs and optimize the user experience in all properties. In the second part of our series of blog posts, let’s take a look at the benefits of iLOQ’s smart-access solution for the critical infrastructure sector.
There are several challenges for the people who are responsible for access management in critical infrastructure sites:
- The large number of sites, often in remote areas.
- Hundreds of staff – both in-house and sub-contractors.
- Tailormade and often time-limited access rights needed.
- Access needs frequently changing.
- Fast access needed in emergency situations to ensure uninterrupted supply.
- Keys getting lost, shared with unknown people, stolen or simply not returned when the work has been completed.
The pain points are also clear:
- Security risks for the sites and the assets contained in them.
- High maintenance costs, particularly with mechanical or battery-powered systems.
- Complicated key logistics and administration to keep access rights up to date.
- Keys need to be collected from administration offices or admin staff need to visit sites to grant access wasting time and creating unnecessary costs and travel-related environmental impact.
- Challenges keeping track of who has access to where and when.
- Difficulties for staff to optimize workflows.
With iLOQ’s innovative, keyless, smart-access solution, a smartphone is the only key staff need. They can use it to securely and conveniently move around all the sites they need to have access to. All the access rights they need are shared to iLOQ’s app running on their smartphone. They can be updated remotely and in real time (24/7) as needs change giving staff more flexibility to plan efficient work routes and optimize their working day.
iLOQ’s solution is also unique in that it is battery-free. The power needed to recognize the access rights and open the locks comes from electricity generated by the NFC (near field communications) induction of the smartphone when it is held against the lock. In addition, no cabling, WiFi or internet access is needed eliminating the need for a complex electrical infrastructure in remote sites and worries about not being able to get access in a power outage or if batteries in the lock have run out.
There are a huge number of benefits of this smart-access solution for all relevant parties – the site owners, the locking system administrators and site managers and the members of staff themselves.
- Access rights are quickly and easily programmed using iLOQ’s cloud-based software platform. They are sent remotely and in real time to iLOQ’s app running on the member of staff’s smartphone.
- If the places they need to access change, their access rights can be quickly, easily and remotely updated in real time saving time and optimizing workflows.
- There are no security risks related to physical keys that can easily be lost, stolen or shared with unknown people.
- If a phone is lost or stolen, the access rights can be reloaded to the app on a new device.
- Audit trails use GPS coordinates to make it easy to track and manage who has accessed where and when.
- There are no costs related to purchasing batteries and no maintenance fees to change them.
- iLOQ’s solution is cable-free and needs no WiFi or internet connection which reduces costs related to the locking infrastructure.
- There is no need to renew the entire locking system or rekey locks if a key is lost or stolen saving a huge amount of time and costs.
- Members of staff have a fast, easy and convenient way to move around all the places they need to access. There’s no need to travel between administration offices and sites to pick up and return keys or wait for someone to come and give them access.
- When a member of staff or sub-contractor leaves, their access rights are immediately cancelled avoiding the hassle of getting keys back to keep security levels high.
iLOQ’s smart locks are extremely quick and easy to install in new sites and equally as easy to retrofit in existing sites. There’s no need for special tools, drilling or to make changes to the infrastructure.
iLOQ’s wide portfolio of hardware includes cylinders, camlocks, key tube locks and padlocks. They are robust and operate reliably in the harshest environments and weather conditions – both hot and cold.
Take a look at how Cellnex in Sweden found a secure and innovative way of handling access management for the telecom masts and data centers used by Cellnex personnel and many different sub-contractors.
Or watch this video to see how Keuruun Energia became more secure and efficient by replacing the locks and padlocks in the offices and at the sites in the field with iLOQ’s smart-access solution.
So, if you want to be savvy, improve the security of your sites, reduce locking system administration and provide a more convenient user experience for your staff, then be smart and choose iLOQ’s smart-access solution.
Watch this space for:
All properties are not the same part 3: Multifamily properties
And, if you missed it, read the first blog post in this series:
