Access control requirements can vary considerably between different organisations.
An office may prioritise mobile credentials and employee onboarding, while a warehouse needs to manage shifts, restricted operational areas and vehicle entrances. A school may require different permissions across several buildings and a fast way to investigate door events.
Verkada Access Control can be configured using different controllers, readers, credentials and locks to suit the individual premises.
Offices and Corporate Premises
Office access control often needs to support employees who join, leave, change departments or work across more than one location.
Useful features may include:
- Mobile credentials
- Apple Wallet and Android NFC access
- Different permissions for teams or departments
- Time-limited contractor access
- Integration with identity management systems
- Central management across several offices
- Card-and-PIN access for server rooms
- Video linked to entrance events
A combination of AD34 readers for general entrances and AD64 keypad readers for sensitive areas may be appropriate.
Schools and Education Settings
Schools need to balance building security with straightforward movement for authorised staff.
Access control may be used for:
- Main entrances
- Staff-only areas
- Classrooms
- Plant rooms
- IT and equipment stores
- Sports facilities
- Separate buildings across a campus
- Visitor and contractor access
Linking Verkada Access Control with video security can help staff review door events more quickly. Visitor credentials can also be managed through Verkada Guest. ernal doors may use hardwired readers, while wireless locks could be considered for suitable internal classrooms or staff areas.
Warehouses and Manufacturing Sites
Warehouses and industrial premises often have multiple user groups, changing shifts and a mixture of pedestrian and vehicle access points.
A suitable system may include:
- Cards or fobs for operational employees
- Scheduled access based on shifts
- PIN authentication for restricted areas
- Mobile access for managers
- Number plate recognition at vehicle entrances
- Control of loading, stock and plant areas
- Integration with CCTV
- Central management across several sites
Higher-capacity controllers such as the AC62 may suit buildings with several controlled doors in close proximity. Retail and Hospitality
Retailers need to protect stock, cash-handling areas and staff-only spaces while managing frequent employee changes.
Verkada Access Control can support:
- Staff entrance management
- Stockroom security
- Temporary contractor credentials
- Restricted office or cash-room access
- Multi-branch oversight
- Fast removal of access for leavers
- Connection between door events and CCTV
A central team can oversee the wider estate while local managers receive access limited to their own premises.
Healthcare and Care Environments
Access control in healthcare and care environments must support security without disrupting the delivery of care.
Potential applications include:
- Medication rooms
- Records storage
- Plant rooms
- Staff areas
- External entrances
- Controlled clinical or operational areas
- Contractor access
- Multi-building management
Permissions can be assigned according to a person’s role, location or working hours.
Careful system design is essential to account for fire safety, emergency release, accessibility, safeguarding and how people move through the building.
Multi-Tenant and Managed Properties
Property managers may need to manage access for tenants, employees, contractors, cleaners and maintenance teams.
Useful features could include:
- Separate permissions for each tenant
- Mobile credentials
- Temporary contractor access
- Lift floor control
- Wireless locks on individual suites
- Central management across several buildings
- Remote locking and unlocking
- Clear records of access events
The AX11 can support controlled access to different floors where lift integration is required. A System Designed Around Your Premises
These examples are not fixed packages.
Two schools, offices or warehouses can have very different buildings, risks and working arrangements. The correct system depends on:
- Who needs access
- Which doors need to be controlled
- When access should be permitted
- The existing hardware
- The required credentials
- Emergency arrangements
- Other security systems
- Future growth
Fastech can assess your premises and recommend the right combination of Verkada controllers, readers, locks and credentials.
Talk to Fastech about Verkada Access Control for your sector.
