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Secured Entry Solutions Deliver a Warehouse Full of Protection

Distribution, logistics and warehouse facilities house millions of dollars of valuable inventory in transit ...
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Secured Entrances: A Cost-Savings Imperative for Data Centers

Organizations are increasingly looking for ways to do more with less. This basically applies to every aspect ...
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Layering Physical Security Entrances to Protect Data Centers

Data centers, and the valuable information they hold, are among the most valuable assets in any organization. ...
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Physical Security in Layers: Turnstile Locations on a Corporate Campus

Physical Security in Layers: Turnstile Locations on a Corporate Campus

A layered physical security approach is the best way to mitigate unauthorized entry and the associated ...
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Vandal-Resistant Glass in Security Revolving Doors and Mantrap Portals Protect Against Intruders Attempts to Gain Access

Clearing Things Up: How Does Glass Make a Difference in Security Doors?

Security revolving doors and mantrap portals have never been more popular due to their ability to prevent ...
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The Right Way to Deploy Biometrics with Security Doors and Turnstiles in Our New Reality

The Right Way to Deploy Biometrics with Security Entrances in Our New Reality

The pairing of biometric technology with security entrances has been gaining momentum for more than a decade, ...
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Can You Imagine a World Without Automatic Doors?

As a partner with AAADM (The American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers), we are celebrating ...
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Security Trend: Identity as the New Perimeter

Security Trend: Identity as the New Perimeter

Basic security paradigms have changed. Whereas physical barriers and guards were once the primary mode of ...
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[Podcast] Lean Manufacturing: Balancing Safety, Quality and Productivity

What is lean manufacturing? Managing Director of Boon Edam’s manufacturing facility, Patrick Nora, describes ...
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How Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Improve Security Entrances?

With the evolving dynamics of cloud storage and the ability to harness and proactively employ an ...
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[Podcast] What Are the Risks of a Tailgating Incident at Your Facility?

Most security professionals are aware of the term, “tailgating,” as it refers to an unauthorized user ...
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Revolving Doors Counteract the Wind Tunnel Effect at Buildings

Mitigating the Wind Tunnel Effect with Revolving Doors

Many of us have experienced the wind tunnel effect while entering a building. You confidently walk up to the ...
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Solutions-Based Selling is More than “Good PR”

The security industry’s prime disrupters are the customers, not technology.
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Security Consultant Roundtable: Tailgating Risk Awareness and the Impacts of COVID-19

Without a doubt the biggest trending topic in the security industry right now is COVID-19 and how the various ...
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[Podcast] Are You Making the Wrong Entry Decision for Your Security Goals?

Selecting security entrances for a building or campus is a big decision. Security doors and turnstiles are an ...
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Touchless Entry Without Compromising Security

Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, business executives are thinking about future changes to their ...
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During COVID-19, Boon Edam Customer Service Teams Began TeleWorking to Deliver the Same High Level of Customer Service

COVID-19 Update: Protecting Staff with Continued Customer Service

As reports of COVID-19 outbreaks continue to spread across the globe, Boon Edam USA, like other ...
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Boon Edam Optical Turnstiles are Ideal for Lobby Security

Why Are Optical Turnstiles Ideal Security Solutions for Lobbies?

Organizations across every vertical select optical turnstiles for effective lobby security. These solutions ...
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What's New in Revolving Doors: Can You Really Teach an Old Door New Tricks?

Revolving doors have been around for well over 100 years since their invention by Theophilus Van Kannel in ...
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How to Properly Clean Your Boon Edam Revolving Doors and Security Entrances

How to Properly Clean Your Revolving Doors & Security Entrances

It’s possible that cleaning and disinfecting a full height turnstile or security revolving door hasn’t been ...
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10 "Must Have" Traits of Security Systems Salespeople

10 “Must Have” Traits of Security Systems Salespeople

Keeping people safe and secure has become one of the primary responsibilities of management at today’s ...
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Security Portals provide the highest level of tailgating and piggybacking prevention

Why the Fortune 100 Choose Security Portals for Tailgating Prevention

When it comes to preventing tailgating at the most sensitive of areas, such as data centers and corporate ...
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5 Reasons to Choose a Security Revolving Door for Your Physical Security Plan

Are you looking at different types of security entrances and trying to compare which one is right for you? ...
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Top 3 Things Customers Don't Know about Revolving Doors

So, what do you know about revolving doors? A revolving door can be a complex solution to implement. A big ...
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The True Cost Differences Between Different Types of Security Entrances

No organization has unlimited budgets for security. Because of that, you have to make some difficult choices ...
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The Global Cost of Terrorism

The threat of terrorism is something which has escalated in recent years and now sits squarely in the ...
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Security revolving doors and turnstiles can be a main component of your emergency egress plan

Red Alert! Security Entrances and Emergency Egress Plans

Alarms are sounding, lights are flashing, and there is a sense of panic in the air. In the confusion of a ...
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From the Ground Up: 5 Installation Tips for Revolving Doors

Revolving doors are an excellent solution for commercial buildings due to their appealing aesthetic ...
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How Distribution Centers Can Reduce Risk with Security Entrances

By definition, distribution centers are enormous facilities, operating 24/7 and filled with millions of ...
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Security Manager Roundtable: Selling the C-Suite on Physical Security

We have long since passed the point when executive management had to be made aware of the need to establish ...
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Security Integrator Roundtable: Should You Sell Security Entrances?

Security entrances have been successfully used in enterprises for years to mitigate security threats and ...
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A Hacker’s View of Security Entrances

What do hackers see when they look at many company’s IT networks? One word: opportunity. An opportunity to ...
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The challenge for coworking spaces is incorporating security without discouraging creativity

Flexible Security in Corporate Coworking Spaces

With the rising trend of corporate office real estate moving towards shared working environments, it stands ...
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Active shooter crimes are a top risk for corporate businesses

The Evolution of Risk and Why You are More Vulnerable Today

Your organization is being threatened, and you may not be safe. Risk prevention has always been a fundamental ...
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5 Revolving Door Safety Tips to Avoid Injury with Public Users

Revolving doors create modern entrances that reduce energy and save businesses space. But, as with any ...
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After the Breach: Damage Control and Complying with Regulations

No one wants to hear, “Our facility was breached,” yet physical breaches can and do happen. Whether it was ...
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Safeguarding Students in Educational Environments

Many people in the business industry have long been aware of the importance of overall building security, and ...
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Types of Biometric Authentication Devices and Integration with Security Entrances

Here at Boon Edam, we manufacture security doors and turnstiles that integrate with virtually any access ...
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Security Barriers: Finding the Balance Between Throughput, Safety and Security

Turnstiles and security revolving doors are designed to work smoothly and seamlessly so that people can walk ...
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Full Height Turnstiles- Outdoors vs Indoors

Security Entrances for Indoors or Outdoors – or Both

You have a team of security guards, an ID card system in place, and a top-notch video surveillance system. ...
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Revolving doors can save a company on their energy bills

Can Inefficient Entrances Cost Your Company Money?

Entrances are probably not the first thing you think of when considering ways to be more cost-effective in ...
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When it Comes to Physical Security, Do We Need Guards at all Anymore?

In today’s increasingly intelligent business environment, technology is taking over many of the ...
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Integrating Revolving Doors with Vestibules for Code Compliance, Energy Savings and Beauty

Many people and authorities are taking a serious look at energy efficiency, especially where large, ...
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Security Culture: Do Your Employees Know What to Do in a Security Emergency?

Unfortunately, these days we are all living in a time where we rarely feel safe, even at work. No matter what ...
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9 Reasons Organizations Select Security Revolving Doors to Protect their Most Valuable Assets

Security revolving doors are the entrance solution of choice for the Fortune 500. An IHS report on Pedestrian ...
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The Missing Link in Data Center Security: Mitigating Physical Intrusion

We live in a digital age. This fact makes the data center one of the most critical infrastructures of our ...
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2019: What's In & Out in Physical Security

The one thing that is always constant in life is change. The climate of the physical security industry is no ...
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3 Reasons Mantrap Portals Provide the Highest Level of Security Compliance for an Entry

Your physical security system must comply with regulations specific to your industry. A regulation that is of ...
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IP Connectivity of Physical Security Entrances Has Strengths and Cybersecurity Weaknesses

Cybersecurity Best Practices for Security Entrances

Security entrances safeguard entry points at facilities across the globe from the risks and liabilities ...
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People vs. Machines: Ignoring Your Culture Can Undermine Your Security Entrance ROI

Welcome to the ninth and final blog of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. series. Our objective with this series has been to ...
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Four Elements of Security Entrance Safety that Directly Impact Your ROI

Next up in the eighth installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. blog series, we are discussing the final “S” for ...
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Interactive Troubleshooting Guides from Boon Edam help accelerate service

Maximize ROI by Including Service in Your Purchase Decision: 9 Important Questions to Ask Before You Buy

It’s the seventh installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. blog series. This series was created to help you make the ...
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The Most Common Revolving Door Installation Mistake is Neglecting the Floor

You’ve done the research – revolving doors will save your company significantly on its energy bills, allow ...
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Training Prior to Installation is Key for Security Entrance ROI

The Indirect But Potent Impact of Manufacturer Technical Training on Your Bottom Line

It’s the sixth installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. blog series! To learn more about this series, click here to ...
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Calculating return on investment for security entrances is deceptively simple

Which Security Entrance Has the Best ROI?

Welcome to the fifth installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S.® blog series. In this series, we’re taking a deeper ...
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Beauty isn’t Just Skin Deep: How Aesthetics Play a Role in Maximizing ROI

Welcome to the fourth installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. blog series! In this series, we are taking a deeper ...
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Do the Math! Why Calculating Throughput is Essential to Entrance ROI

It’s the third installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. blog series! This unique decision methodology provides a ...
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Door #1, 2, 3 or 4? Which Type of Entrance Solution for the Best ROI?

Welcome to the second installment of our S.T.A.R.T.S.S.® blog series! In this series, we’re taking a deeper ...
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Introducing our S.T.A.R.T.S.S. Blog Series – Helping You Win the Long Game with Security Entrances

Welcome to our S.T.A.R.T.S.S.® blog series! We have decided to create a series dedicated to helping customers ...
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5 Reasons to Attend a Free Technical Training Session on Security Entrances and Revolving Doors

It can be a big decision to pull technicians out of the field for a one or two day training session, but an ...
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Security entrances allow you to proactively prevent infiltration

Shifting Your Physical Security Approach from Forensics to Preventive Starting at the Front Door

You’ve just held open the front door of your office building to a well-dressed person who was fumbling for ...
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5 BIM (Building Information Modeling) Trends to Watch in 2018

BIM, or Building Information Modeling, has been growing in popularity within the building construction and ...
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5 Ways to Create an Accurate Revolving Door Specification that Estimators Will Love

Creating a revolving door specification (“spec” for short) can be extremely challenging. Many architects and ...
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How Do Security Entrances Measure Up Against Compliance Regulations?

Security professionals build their security plans around compliance to a number of industry-specific ...
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Functional Airport Solutions at Every Zone

Airports have undoubtedly become high-risk environments that are routinely regulated by national and ...
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6 Service Features to Consider Before You Purchase Security Entrances

Not long ago, a Philadelphia office tower installed two optical turnstiles in their main lobby that matched ...
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Cyber Risk Management Planning: Are You Missing Something?

You’ve probably already done a ton of preparation to harden your organization against breaches. This could ...
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Integrating High Security Solutions into Data Centers

Data centers are highly sensitive areas when it comes to protecting sensitive data. The need to build and ...
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Aesthetics: When Looks and Beauty Matter for Security Entrances

Google the term “best looking offices” and you’ll find no shortage of results, with photos of interiors ...
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Security guards alone are not enough to mitigate risk

How Guards and Security Entrances Work Together for Risk Mitigation

Maintaining a secure entrance is an essential part of overall building security, and many enterprises are ...
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Regulatory Compliance: How a Lack of Clarity Around the Entry Leads to Fines

Many organizations spend a great deal of time and financial resources in making the entrances to their ...
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How to Capitalize on Eroding Margins to Boost Your Profits

Your sales margin is an important indicator of the success of your business. The higher your sales margin, ...
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Physical and Cyber Security: Be Sure to Consider Your Liability when Mitigating Risks

A few years ago, a New Jersey teenager sneaked out of his home in the middle of the night and made himself ...
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Not all Sales are Created Equal: How Impact Selling Can Increase Your Security Profits

Can you sell a security solution? Of course, you can. You’ve been successfully doing it for many years and ...
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How are Mantrap Portals Designed to Mitigate Physical Security Risk?

Organizations around the globe are looking for ways to reduce the risk of unauthorized entry due to ...
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Equal Access for All: End User Experience and Disabled Access Are Essential

With almost all buildings in the public and private environment, the entrance is, rightly, expected to be ...
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6 Compelling Factors to Consider When Deciding Who to Work With on Your Entry Solution

The world is full of choices, and a lot of the time it feels like, as a decision maker, you are left confused ...
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Security Risk Management: Are You Forgetting Something?

Is Security Risk Management Forgetting Something?

In early January of 2018, the Security Industry Association (SIA) published, “Security Megatrends™: The 2018 ...
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Our Heritage: 3 Golden Lessons

Have you ever wondered where Boon Edam came from? You hear us often talk proudly about our 144 ...
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Risk Mitigation Strategies: The Science of Securing an Entrance

The problem with some employees is that they are too nice. They let people in behind them without thinking ...
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Top 5 Reasons the C-Suite Deploys Security Entrances

Even though they’ve been around for decades, sales of security doors and turnstiles have increased markedly ...
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4 'Gotchas' That Could Derail Your Security Entrance Upgrades

We’ve installed thousands of entry solutions, talked to end users all over the world and have developed a ...
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Physical Security Snapshot: Who Are the Winners & Losers in 2018?

It is important to reflect on the past in order to have success in the future. What contributed to our ...
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Why Access Control Systems Will Never Be Enough to Protect Your Premises

Security systems have long been in the business of risk mitigation. In addition to controlling potentially ...
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Security Entrances and Biometric Access Control Devices

Organizations around the globe are making their buildings more secure by combining physical security ...
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Security Entrance Throughput: What's in a Number?

One of the biggest mistakes security professionals can make is not installing enough entrances to accommodate ...
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3 Variables that Impair the Effectiveness of "DIY" Mantrap Vestibules

We recently met with a Fortune 100 company who had constructed their own mantrap style security vestibule at ...
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[Interview] Security Trends: Campus Challenges, Manpower Importance, & Measuring ROI

We recently sat down with Boon Edam's Senior Vice President of Sales, Greg Schreiber. Greg has more than 30 ...
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Are you Fostering a Corporate Culture of Security?

How are you currently fostering security as part of your corporate culture? BrightCoach CEO, Peter Ashworth, ...
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Mitigating Protests, Smart Mobs and Crime with Manual Revolving Doors

It is no secret that we’re living in a time of great unrest. The news is laden with headlines publicizing ...
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How to Fail When Implementing Security Entrances

With an investment upwards of five, six and or even seven figures, the selection of security entrances is one ...
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Interview with Revolving Door Visionary, Bob Mariano

After 49 years in the grocery business, Bob Mariano is a legend in the Chicago area and beyond. After ...
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You Deserve to be Delighted: 10 Essential Elements to Look for in a Security Entrance Manufacturer

Today’s security entrances can last 10 years or more, so your organization can go years without installing a ...
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[Interview] Demand for Physical Security Products Increasing Globally

With the increasing threat of terrorism, active shooters and workplace violence, the physical security market ...
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Advantages of Revolving Doors - 7 Key Elements

A building's entrance is its calling card, its first contact with visitors. As such its design is a key ...
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[Interview] Top 3 Mistakes Integrating Access Control Systems & Security Entrances

Access control and security entrance integration is a specialized discipline. Sure, security entrances ...
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Bottom Line: How Many Guards Do You Need With Security Entrances?

Security entrances are an essential component of a physical security plan, but they should not be the only ...
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Door Access Control & Security Entrance Integration Techniques

You are likely convinced that a physical security entrance is absolutely necessary in order to get the most ...
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Reducing Workplace Violence - How is Building Security Changing?

As the manufacturer that offers the fullest range of physical security entrance products, Boon Edam has the ...
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6 Main Benefits of Security Turnstiles at Recreational Centers

When a campus recreation center experiences large numbers of people entering at once, reception staff can ...
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It’s Time to Integrate Security Entrances into Your Profit Model

As an integrator, you’re used to having a predictable revenue model selling security products to end users. ...
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Effectively Preventing Workplace Violence and its Costly Impacts

For many years, we've been hearing about workplace violence, but where do things stand in 2017? What are the ...
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5 Optical Turnstile Enhancements for Workplace Violence Prevention

Workplace violence prevention is essential in today's world. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
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Security Entrances Protect Your Bottom Line and More

Executives must handle large security decisions that affect the entire organization – and these choices are ...
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Best Active Shooter Policy: Security Revolving Doors or Turnstiles?

Active shooters are meticulous planners with an “MO” of going inside buildings to seek out targets. An ...
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What's this Turnstile Doing in the Bathroom?

We’re all used to seeing these sturdy, waist-high, tripod turnstiles in stadiums, amusement parks and subway ...
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What Else is Your Entrance Letting into Your Building?

Recently, the city of New York passed a law stating all city businesses are now required to keep their doors ...
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Active Shooter Safety: 4 Things Your High Security Entrances Must Have

According to a study completed by the FBI, from 2000 to 2018, there were 2,430 casualties as a result of mass ...
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Physical Security Planning: What's Your Active Shooter Response?

At any given security tradeshow, around 80% of the exhibits focus on video surveillance and access control ...
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Entrance Installers, Don't Fake It! 9 Reasons You Need Technical Training

If you don’t have a lot of experience installing doors or turnstiles, you don’t want to fake your way through ...
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Why Security Entrances Should Be Your First Line of Defense

Security entrances prevent workplace violence and crime. There may be differences of opinion about the ...
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