Forced Door Alarms for Access Control Tutorial
Forced door alarms serve one of the most important functions of access control by providing notification of critical security risks, so why do many users see these alerts as a nuisance and ignore them?
In this report, IPVM examines why this happens and how to correct the problem, in addition to examining these key factors:
- Why Forced Door Alarms Are Ignored As Nuisance
- Ignoring Them Is A Bad Policy
- False Alarm Root Causes
- Common Preventions For False Forced Door Alarms
- Forced Door Alarms Are Valuable For Security
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