Challenge
A multi-story site secured by shared keys.
The organization occupied a multi-story facility with shared workspaces, department offices, restricted operational areas, and project-sensitive rooms. Access control was inconsistent and relied on manual key management — creating both security risk and administrative burden.
Key challenges
- No centralized access management
- Shared keys between employees
- Limited visibility into access events
- No way to restrict access by department
- No project-specific security zones
- Manual onboarding and offboarding
- Security risk from lost or duplicated keys
Solution
Centralized, identity-based access control.
Working alongside the client’s security service, we designed and implemented a centralized identity-based access control system that unified employees, departments, and security zones on a single management platform.
Permissions were structured using hierarchical security groups, enabling distinct access levels for:
- Common building areas
- Floor-specific locations
- Department-restricted zones
- Project-specific rooms
- Executive and administrative offices
- Technical infrastructure rooms
The platform introduced badge-based authentication, centralized access logging, automated permission assignment, and role-based access management — significantly improving physical security while reducing the overhead of onboarding, transfers, and offboarding.
Results
Controlled, auditable physical access.
- Centralized control over physical access across the building
- Eliminated reliance on shared and duplicated keys
- Department- and project-level access segmentation
- Full visibility through centralized access logging and audit trails
- Automated onboarding, transfers, and immediate offboarding
- Reduced security risk and administrative overhead
Technical specifications
What was put in place.
Identity management
- Centralized access control platform
- Employee identity database
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Department-based security groups
Security infrastructure
- RFID / NFC access cards
- Electronic door controllers
- Secure access readers
- Building security zones
Access segmentation
- Public areas
- Department areas
- Project-specific areas
- Executive offices
- Data center / server rooms
Monitoring & auditing
- Access event logging
- Security reports
- Audit trails
- Real-time access monitoring
Operational features
- Automated user provisioning
- Immediate access revocation
- Visitor access management
- Temporary project permissions