Access control and in particular
visitor control is a very significant
concern for the finance and banking industry. Whilst the threat of covert intruders
stealing computer hardware is a legitimate concern, the damage that can be done
by a an unauthorised visitor, accessing live systems could be far greater.
Many financial institutions recognise this specific threat, and it was no suprise
when Mitsubishi Tokyo, the large bank in the world came to G4S Security Systems seeking
an access control system for their London headquarters.
The system G4S Security Systems installed feature access control for over 50 doors, enabling
the bank to not only determine who could enter their offices, but also what areas
each person could access. Therefore a day visitor might be allowed acess to meeting
rooms and similar facilities, but would be barred from access high security data
centres and server rooms.
The Bankers Trust (recently merged with Deutsche Bank) also came to G4S Security Systems seeking to combat the risk of unauthorised visitors to their buildings. However
they were concerned that a standard system could be easily compromised by a lost
or stolen card. Therefore they instead called on our proven expertise in biometrics,
to install a biometric access control
system, using special readers capable of identifying the unique patterns of an
individuals fingerprint.
Mitsubishi-Tokyo
and Deutsche bank
