Mexico. As of June 13, 2021, 29 percent of the population over 18 years of age in Mexico has been immunized, according to data from the Ministry of Health, this has caused a large part of the states of the republic to be at a green light and, therefore, that the confinement measures are relaxed in the country. Faced with this, shopping centers, restaurants and offices reopen their doors and begin to fill with people.
"There are many terms to refer to our new reality: post-pandemic era, living in a COVID-19 world and, of course, the new normal. They all describe our ongoing efforts to socially distance and work from home to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus. They also refer to the slow and cautious reopening of companies and industries, while others await the green light," explained Gigi Agassini, CPP, Commercial Director of Genetec Mexico.
At the end of May 2021, there was a slight recovery of 9.9 thousand square meters in gross demand for corporate space in Mexico City*, which means that no matter where you are on the spectrum of the return to the office, one thing is clear: access control management and the protection of people's health and physical safety is undergoing a change. Genetec, a company that provides unified security, public safety, operations and business intelligence technology, explains how a physical identity and access management (PIAM) solution can help your organization.
Control the flow of traffic in the office
Securing an establishment while a large portion of employees remain off-site poses unique challenges to physical security. Many local regulations continue to encourage remote work and limit the number of people allowed in a building.
Allowing or restricting employee access to certain parts of the building is one way to maintain social distancing in your organization. The ability to quickly and easily adjust access management settings, to control the flow within the office, is essential, as this pandemic has proven unpredictable. By allowing and restricting access, organizations can remind employees which zones to transit in, while keeping track of their overall movements. This helps maintain the safety of everyone on your property.
Remote access control configuration management
The absence of on-site staff also affects the security of the organization. Since a limited number of employees are allowed in the office, external control of an organization's access management system is key. With the right system, you can manage access for your employees and visitors remotely. This allows you to improve your organization's access control, regardless of its location.
Reopen and ensure employee safety
Many organizations have adjusted their workflow to ensure the safety of their employees during the pandemic. But, as some governments have begun to relax their local regulations, it is important to prepare for reopening while maintaining the continued safety of your organization.
As employees gradually return to work, the need to establish an efficient and safe way to manage this increased traffic is crucial. It's important to have an adaptable, easy-to-use physical access and identity management (PIAM) system that helps manage the flow of employees and visitors.
For example, for many organizations, it will be essential to remotely manage employee access in one area of the property, limiting or allowing employee access to different parts of the office. Some organizations may allow visitors to register themselves and notify their hosts through a portal. This will reduce the tasks of the front desk staff and improve the visitor experience.
Prepare for your next wave of hiring
COVID-19 has affected the hiring process of many organizations, as regulations defining social distancing and remote work have been put in place. It's important to look ahead and prepare for the next wave of hiring that sets us up to normalize again.
A PIAM system is essential to maintain the flow of employees and visitors in the area of your property. This is especially true when new employees are onboarded. Since you need to be able to set up access control quickly and efficiently, you need an adaptable and easy-to-use PIAM system that can help automate access control provisioning, especially if you're hiring more employees than usual, which could be the case if your hiring operations were impacted by the pandemic.
Use ClearID to meet your PIAM needs
Your physical security system is a complex machine made up of many moving parts. The PIAM is a cog in that machine, requiring a flexible and easy-to-use system, especially throughout a pandemic. Access control evolves during periods of confinement and deconfinement, so it needs a system that can evolve with them.
GenetecClearID is a proven system that can help you manage physical identity and access control with ease, allowing you to adjust the access control of your employees and visitors quickly, remotely and in detail. Whether it is to allow or restrict employee access to the areas, or to facilitate the experience of visitors with the autocheck-in; ClearID is an adaptable system that can help you manage access control from anywhere.
*Reported by the Solili platform.
