OnGuard In-Depth

When a Security Platform Needs to Become a Multiregional Entity, OnGuard Enterprise Exceeds Expectations

Many organizations have advanced security needs that require a system that can propel security to the utmost in performance and design. However, the truly elite need a solution that takes security to a level beyond comprehension, to an environment where only the most technologically advanced infrastructure and cutting-edge design will be acceptable. Welcome to the world of OnGuard Enterprise. OnGuard Enterprise stands alone as the world’s first and foremost choice for large scale, multiple application, multiregional and multinational security operations. When the daily requirements of security have become basic instinct and a solution must cater to the technologically elite, OnGuard Enterprise becomes not merely a solution, but also a vision of an organization’s mission to obtain security nirvana.

When your business needs more than just a system that can manage security at local sites, OnGuard Enterprise is there to provide a single solution across even the most vast enterprise. For organizations that require centralized control over a large distribution of locally-managed security systems, OnGuard Enterprise becomes the clear choice.  Many operations find it difficult to maintain administrative control and manageability of local security operations, while maintaining tight integration with a centralized security location. It becomes an even more daunting task to implement organization-wide system policies and access levels while insuring that local policies are adhered to and consistently enforced. The OnGuard Enterprise solution allows administrative policies, access levels and much more to be coordinated and controlled from one central location, while also being disseminated instantaneously across the complete enterprise.

What does this mean? Let’s look at a common example of where enterprise architecture becomes the answer to a complicated security situation.

A multinational corporation produces, manages and issues employee access badges from a central location to employees located at sites around the globe. By utilizing the OnGuard Enterprise system, more than just a badge is created in a complete process that promotes security at a centralized management point. The central security operation sets all badge access levels, permissions, rights, and roles, while personalizing each employee badge with the rights and privileges associated that person’s daily local responsibilities. As soon as the badge is ready for use, all relevant information is distributed to every security implementation throughout the enterprise that needs that data. Therefore, as soon as the badge is created, every security system across the globe is aware of the new employee’s access rights and information. Instantly. This same functionality applies to any change or update of employee information at any time and at any place. If the employee’s role changes or the person is terminated, the same instantaneous, enterprise-wide data coordination takes place. This means that as soon as an employee’s access privileges and rights are modified or taken away, each system throughout the enterprise is instantly notified of the change.

The architecture of OnGuard Enterprise goes above and beyond the basic example just described to allow complete control and manageability of the total spectrum of security technologies. If you need a global video solution that can be monitored and managed from one single location, OnGuard Enterprise enables it. If you need an identity management system to coordinate physical and logical access control across a multiregional or multinational organization, OnGuard Enterprise makes that vision a reality. Supporting the latest in industry technologies and maintaining the vision of Lenel’s industry-leading, open architecture design, OnGuard Enterprise provides multi-tiered security operations with peace of mind. No matter what global requirements arise, OnGuard Enterprise is ready to lead.

What happens when an organization does not want its distributed security solutions to exist in an always on, always connected environment? OnGuard Enterprise enables organizations to eliminate the risks of being constantly connected. It becomes a unique solution in a true multiserver environment that supports distributed security systems functioning independently when network connectivity is unavailable. Then as soon as connectivity is needed, those independent security systems can coalesce into a single, harmonious solution. No matter what kind of security and connectivity policy is in place, OnGuard Enterprise can leverage a complete security management solution. This elite functionality leads the industry in design and performance, and is backed by software technology patented exclusively by Lenel.

The OnGuard Enterprise system can be as autonomous or manageable as an organization requires. This means that each site can control its own vision of security, or a total enterprise-wide solution can be administered from a single central location. Badge layouts, card formats, employee data and access controls, security permissions and much more can be managed and monitored from one single location, while being instantaneously coordinated with enterprise-wide distribution. Even when there is no network connectivity, each site will maintain its operations, and will run without a moment of downtime on Lenel’s award-winning enterprise platform.

For cohesive monitoring and reporting, OnGuard Enterprise’s power and flexibility allow system administrators to monitor and report on multiple regions simultaneously. This means that regional operators can monitor alarm and event information locally during certain hours, while enterprise operators can monitor alarms from all regions after hours.

You may be wondering how large an OnGuard Enterprise system can be. The answer is that there are no limits. OnGuard Enterprise supports an unlimited number of regional servers, cardholders and simultaneous users. Unlimited card readers, alarm inputs and client workstations. Unlimited timezones relay outputs and user privilege levels. OnGuard Enterprise gives corporate security and IT managers complete command and control over all system and event information. OnGuard Enterprise is totally scalable, making it the ideal platform for any size installation. The powerful, unlimited system architecture allows an organization to grow and expand while utilizing the industry’s leading security infrastructure.

Given the large amount of responsibility and a solution that resides in the technologically elite world of OnGuard Enterprise, Lenel understands that organizations need extra peace of mind when operating such an all-encompassing solution. That’s why Lenel provides a team of professionally certified, in-house engineers to make your security visions a reality. A robust technical support team is always ready to help provide guidance in administering the world’s most advanced security platform. And with over four hundred dedicated and Lenel-certified channel partners worldwide, there’s always a Lenel-trained professional within reach. With advanced features such as synchronous data coordination, mobile badge and remote enrollment functionality, segmented database architecture, intelligent fault tolerant server design, powerful import and export capabilities, and the industry’s best support network in place, OnGuard Enterprise is the pinnacle of security solutions on a global scale.

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