Bosch has updated its Building Integration System (BIS) software. That’s for security managers to manage and configure access control and authorization across global sites, from a single server to all local sites.
These distributed systems are usually found in large, global enterprises with many sites spread across regions. They can include, for example, corporations with offices worldwide or companies with corporate security responsibility but distributed installations, such as metros or retail chains.
With BIS 4.3 from Bosch, companies managing distributed systems can now operate multiple servers. All changes and updates at the central corporate server are replicated to all sites and servers. Security managers can use a single central authorization server to operate a range of servers, for central cardholder management, thereby aiding central enrollment of new employees or modifying access authorisations for all cardholders. The effect is immediate for all sites, so that employees travelling between sites no longer have to ask for local access permissions.
Also, regional access can be granted from the central authorization server. This allows, for example, an international manufacturing corporation based in Berlin to grant or deny site access to employee cardholders at a remote industrial plant in Brazil from their Berlin HQ. Central cardholder management is available with BIS 4.3 from Bosch on demand as an optional feature.
As for cyber security, there’s advanced encryption on client-server communication and BIS 4.3 can be installed on Windows 10, Microsoft’s most secure operating system.
