“ I think the key thing is trying to get people to understand that cyber and physical security are not two different things ; they should be talked about together in tandem ”
“ I think the key thing is trying to get people to understand that cyber and physical security are not two different things ; they should be talked about together in tandem ”
NICK SMITH BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER , GENETEC
from an inside perspective , it ’ s about evaluating the building layers and the hall layers , and managing the insider threat through authorisation . Through technology , providers can build sophisticated tools to provide this high security .
For instance , Genetec provides a ClearID identity management system . Typically , if you needed access to a cage within a data hall , you would need to email somebody so they could perform the required checks . This could take days . Or , if emergency access is required , the likelihood of human error increases due to the added pressure . Through the ClearID product , Genetec essentially puts that request back on the owner .
“ Because it uses the cloud to leverage that whole permission process , the person who owns that area gets my request . They can then do their due diligence , they can authorise it , and then the access can be granted immediately . So what we ’ re doing is taking that process away from a security control room , which doesn ’ t know you as a requester and doesn ’ t know the area as an owner , and bringing it back to the owner . In this way , we ’ re making it a seamless , immediate access request and authorisation by utilising the cloud and getting away from emails that sit in an inbox for days ,” Smith explains .
96 June 2023