Types of Access Control

Types of Access Control

The following are different types of access control to properties that you may encounter, or be required to manage while working as a security guard.

Minimum Access Control: ****

This type is used at sites that allow general admission, such as shopping malls. People are only denied entry by the security guard if rules are not followed or the law is broken.

Medium Access Control: ****

This type of control is often used at offices or residential buildings.

Maximum Access Control: ****

This type of control is used at sites of potentially high-risk security, such as government offices, laboratories, military bases, software companies, etc.

The clients needs determine the level of access control mechanism required at a job site. At any clients site, if physical access control is also in place, security guards are expected to conduct it in a professional manner, while escorting people in the building from one access point to another. Guards are expected to follow all clients procedures of security SOP’s.