I work at a commercial office building. Each floor has several office suites for businesses to lease. At the building there are business tenants such as a Daycare for children, pediatrician, staffing agencies, Multi-Level Marketing, immigration lawyer, licensing schools, etc.
I’ve noticed that the security is lax and can be bypassed by any savvy employee or visitor. The camera footage is typically only reviewed after an incident has been reported, deemed necessary to investigate. Locked doors can be easily loided. Maglock doors with REX sensors can be tricked, bypassed as well. Tailgating is not heavily monitored at all. Keyfobs can be easily cloned.
I’ve seen other business tenants use a trash can or an object to keep their maglock doors ajar. One of the employees at a catering business uses a piece of cardboard and places it over the strike plate hole on the door to prevent it from locking for convenience. During afterhours I will see visitors that were invited to a training session by one of the business tenants. These folks don’t have access to lobby doors during off hours so they loiter outside the building and wait for someone to open the door for them so they can tailgate in.
If a door forced open alarm is activated, after over 5 minutes it will either turn itself off or a maintenance worker or security personnel will look around then use their key fob to turn it off manually. One of the maglock lobby doors had a mechanical problem that caused it not to lock up during after hours, took over 5 months for management to notice and fix.
With so many different business tenant employees on each floor and countless number of potential visitors coming in and out, everyone is a stranger. Accessibility seems to be the main focus with basic physical access control to deter/prevent people from wandering off. However detecting someone who has bypassed the security and responding to it promptly seems nonexistent. At my office building I would imagine the offending person would be simply asked to stop and leave if they are not an employee.
Anyone else notice this at their office building?
I’ve noticed that the security is lax and can be bypassed by any savvy employee or visitor. The camera footage is typically only reviewed after an incident has been reported, deemed necessary to investigate. Locked doors can be easily loided. Maglock doors with REX sensors can be tricked, bypassed as well. Tailgating is not heavily monitored at all. Keyfobs can be easily cloned.
I’ve seen other business tenants use a trash can or an object to keep their maglock doors ajar. One of the employees at a catering business uses a piece of cardboard and places it over the strike plate hole on the door to prevent it from locking for convenience. During afterhours I will see visitors that were invited to a training session by one of the business tenants. These folks don’t have access to lobby doors during off hours so they loiter outside the building and wait for someone to open the door for them so they can tailgate in.
If a door forced open alarm is activated, after over 5 minutes it will either turn itself off or a maintenance worker or security personnel will look around then use their key fob to turn it off manually. One of the maglock lobby doors had a mechanical problem that caused it not to lock up during after hours, took over 5 months for management to notice and fix.
With so many different business tenant employees on each floor and countless number of potential visitors coming in and out, everyone is a stranger. Accessibility seems to be the main focus with basic physical access control to deter/prevent people from wandering off. However detecting someone who has bypassed the security and responding to it promptly seems nonexistent. At my office building I would imagine the offending person would be simply asked to stop and leave if they are not an employee.
Anyone else notice this at their office building?
