Office Security

Security, as we’ve suggested before, can mean many things, and different measures bring a feeling of security to different people. But the core of security is controlling access – to oneself (and by extension family or coworkers); to personal information; to portable property, or a physical location, or even, as in the case of stalkers, to proximity.

Monitoring is a fundamental component of every method of access control. You have to know who’s there to determine whether or not to allow access. Peepholes in apartment doors, doormen or intercom systems, corporate security guards at gated facilities, and video cameras all serve the same purpose: monitoring to determine identity to permit or deny access.

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