Getting the Most From Your Credential Tracking Platforms

Physical Security Credential tracking software is useful in keeping track of, managing, and improving any access control practices. Without organized credential tracking, you may be spending more on security than you need to and you may be unable to address or even notice security weaknesses or breaches happening within your organization.

Even diligent security managers can be limited by the effectiveness of their credential tracking methods and software.

If credentials are lost by an employee in your organization, what is the process for replacing them and regaining control of security? How easy or difficult is it to pull a list of what they had and those affected locations? If a Facility Manager in one location updates your tracking system, can managers at other locations see those updates?

Thinking critically about your credentials control and tracking abilities enables you to boost security and reduce expenses related to security.

When establishing or enhancing your company's credential control program, your credential tracking software should be at the heart of it. Your company's security policies are only as good as your ability to manage the credentials, users, and locations. Unorganized or incomplete records can have a dramatic impact on your physical security.

Effective Credential Tracking Software

Credential tracking will look different for every organization depending on the number of facilities/locations, size of the company, suppliers, systems, and policies in place. Despite variations across organizations, there are some best practices that can enhance the credential security for any organization.

Enhancing your security doesn't happen overnight, and implementing best practices for your credential tracking can impact all your other security systems. Here are capabilities to look for across your systems where a unified credential tracking system can benefit you.

Credential Tracking and Updates

The main purpose of your credential tracking software should unsurprisingly be its ability to track the credentials you distribute across employees, managers, owners, and stakeholders. Look for tracking software that enables you to search by individual device, user, or location.

When updating credentials, the most effective software allows you to have multiple managers working in the same portal and making updates in the cloud. This enables companies with many locations to split the responsibilities of credential management across facilities or areas.

Unified Credential Control Data

Regularly auditing your credentials helps your company maintain physical security even as your organization, employees, and internal practices change over time. Credential tracking software can provide the data and reporting power to look critically at your control methods.

Credential tracking software enables you to know how often you're transitioning, losing, or replacing credentials, and so much more. With cloud data accessibility, administrators at any level can make informed choices about physical security.

SecurityRecords Credential Tracking Software

SecurityRecords' cloud-based credential tracking software is designed to provide comprehensive credential tracking capabilities to security and facilities managers. SecurityRecords can be accessed from anywhere in the world where you have an internet connection. Which means organizations with multiple locations can have streamlined control across facilities and geographical areas.

Cloud-based software enables real-time updates across users. With SecurityRecords, your administrators can make quick informed decisions about your security policies. When updating the credential information, the cloud captures that change, ensuring that every user in your tracking software is seeing accurate information.

From your console dashboard, you can see analytics for active locations and how often you're transitioning credentials. Search by user, location, access point, and device to oversee every credential in your security platform.