Lisa Roy

VP Global Security & Fire Safety Solutions Johnson Controls

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Integrating Security Solutions by Lisa Roy
VP Global Security & Fire Safety Solutions Johnson Controls

As a global leader of integrated security solutions, Johnson Controls understands the importance of protecting life, property and assets. In today’s turbulent economy, emerging forces in the marketplace are driving business results. The needs to lower costs, reduce risk, and improve compliance are forcing executives to reassess their security strategies to maximize enterprise-wide results.

Evolving technologies are enabling companies like Johnson Controls to integrate all building systems on one communications platform. This environment of system integration enables security leaders to take a holistic approach to providing safety and security.

Security decision-makers must have full situational awareness of the building to monitor and respond to security events. This can be now done through a single integrated command and control system that combines data from physical security, building management, and other systems on a single IP network.

Businesses must also consider the growing need for employee identification management services that reduce risk by controlling employee, contractor and visitor access rights. Tracking these individuals’ activities can help meet specific work rules. Access rights can also be assigned based on changes to employment status, changes in job function, or changes in threat level.

The integration of building management systems with security systems can further maximize occupant safety, increase productivity, and create operational efficiency. For example, buildings can conserve energy from occupancy information provided by the security system and adjust controls by zone, usage and schedule.

Finally, businesses worldwide also need to meet escalating internal and external compliance and regulatory measures from their respective governments and industries, including data integrity. Adding real-time date from security and other building systems to traditional compliance management software applications further enables direct enforcement, documentation and rapid intervention.

An enterprise-wide approach to security will help protect the bottom line, reduce risk and improve compliance.