Effective Security Practices for elevator Projects
Getting the best security practices in place for facility elevator systems involves both physical as well as digital interfaces. Elevator access control systems today, increasingly rely on embedded electronics controlled by smart chips. As such they are vulnerable to both onsite as well as remote hacking attacks. The safety and security of elevator access control systems is, therefore, crucial to ensuring the worth and value of properties and personnel on different floors within the building.
This article will discuss the best practices that facility managers need to put in place to ensure that people and offices stay safe and secure at different levels of access. Some of the practices need to be integrated into the elevator system design process itself, while others need to be implemented by facility and maintenance managers onsite.
Most intelligent elevators have interfaces connected to the communication lines within a facility. This includes wireless internet access points as well as fiber optical nodes joining the facility to the world wide web. But there are trusted zones within the elevator control design whose physical security is entirely dependent on the personnel working for building security. These include control units within the elevator cab as well as remote control systems in the machine room, motion control systems, drive or motor control systems, and the braking and safety systems. Hacks into the control systems from outside are what will be considered for the purposes of security in this article.
Maintain and harden assets: Elevator system designers need to have adequate training, tools, resources, and processes in place to harden and maintain the building elevator from cyber-attacks. This means training elevator designers and operators in dealing with cyber security threats, perceive risk correctly, and have the ability to respond to emerging crises.
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