Historically, access control systems were concerned with securing access through a door or to a facility and managing access rights. From vendors to installers and end users, the conversation on security ended there. The security landscape has evolved and new threats, specifically cybersecurity threats, have emerged. Your access control system should not only secure your doors, but it should itself be protected from cyber-attacks. 

The operator experience should always be top of mind. After all, if a system is too complex, it will lead to human error and confusion. Unfortunately, traditional ACS vendors are primarily focused on developing door control hardware, while the user experience is of secondary importance. Modern ACS solutions must commit to focusing on the operator’s perspective, empowering them through a unified and a dynamic approach to security and access rights management.

For too long, security systems have served to strictly meet primary physical security needs like securing doors. Going beyond this conventional mindset, users should be able to do more with an ACS solution. Examples include securing server racks, medicine cabinets, and retail display cases. Taking it one step further, an ACS can complement time and attendance systems as a means of ensuring human resources compliance, as well as monitoring traffic-dense areas to enhance efficiency.

By supporting an ever-growing array of widely-deployed, non-proprietary, access control modules and electronic locks, the Synergis system closely safeguards the long-term viability of your access control investments. Organizations are able to choose the hardware that best suits their evolving needs, including controllers from HID Global, Mercury Security, and Axis and electronic locks from Allegion, ASSA ABLOY, SALTO and SimonsVoss.  As the Genetec™ ecosystem continues to expand, rest assured that you will have access to the latest ACS technology. 

The Synergis system empowers your organization to respond to physical security and cyber-threats with confidence. With embedded threat management capabilities, you can quickly change the behavior of your security system at a moment's notice in response to potential physical threats. Protect your security system from cyber threats with end-to-end encrypted communications for software and hardware, secure claims-based authentication, and digital certificates. Also, be assured on the health of your system with system health monitoring.

Empower security operators with a forward-looking approach that unifies access control with video, communications management, intrusion, and more. The Synergis system provides efficient workflows and greater automation through its unified platform, ensuring that more time can be spent monitoring critical tasks rather than administrating software. And, for multi-site organizations, the Synergis system allows you to monitor remote independent sites as if they were part of a single virtual system, improving your overall operations.