References for Brivo Systems Door Access Controls?

Brivo Systems is a elatively small access control company with a unique product. The cellular product is especially useful for remote areas with limited connectivety. Brivo is basically remote hosted access control system that communicates via the Internet or via cellular. End user account databases are hosted on Brivo servers and accessed remotely using IE. The main strengths are the remote accessbility, never having to worry about a future incompatibility with an OS or hardware version, and the ease of integrating nonconnected sites without having to worry with trenching or traditional microwave or WiFi connectivity. Weaknesses include the inability to share data with other systems since the database resides offsite and the lack of an intgrated badging solution. In short, Brivo is a niche product best suited for property management companies, remote gates, and for customers who want to control multiple sites from multiple access points without having to woryy with client software. J.

That's a shame that Brivo appears to have no option to run their control software on the customer's computer. I don't like the security implications of the administration tool running on their computer. What happens when someone steals my userid and password? What happens when they go out of business? How does Brivo uplink the access panel to their computers? The panel is Internet connected and they connect to it directly?

What product(s) do you think have the best e-mail and Internet integration for a location with under 10 doors?

For the money, Kantech Corporate Edition.

I believe they have redundant servers at two separate locations - east coast and west coast, maybe? They'll claim this is more secure because they have much better security at their server sites than would a typical end-user with a local database housed on a box on the receptionists desk. With any remotely accessible system, you run the risk of someone with your login and password compromising the system, although with most systems you would also need the client side software to be able to communicate. As far as them going out of business, you'd have to find some access control panels and some software to replace Brivo with should this happen. Their systems use standard HID card readers.

J.

If the Internet security is under my control, I can put the panel on a separate network attached to a computer whose access requires both a userid/password as well as a cipher code that is randomized (see

About 40% of all home computers (and quite a large number of business ones too) have keystroke sniffing programs installed (e.g., Trojan Horses) and I don't think userids or passwords can be made secure any more.