Security and Disaster Recovery Planning

4MG Solutions - The bList

"I have been a Risk Management professional for over 25 years and my primary focus has been on Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.  As this industry now moves more into related areas - Cybersecurity, Human Resources, Supply Chain, etc. - that can affect one's ability to remain in business, there are some cool new solutions out there.
 
We are currently recommending "The bList".  It is an identity management solution using biometrics and barcode technology for identifying visitors, employees, and contractors that come to your facility. It is a product from 4MG Solutions that uses fingerprint or facial biometrics as a possible mode of identification.  As biometric technology has been around in security circles for a number of years, The bList takes the simplest of ideas and utilizes the technology to perform the most critical of identification functions, especially with threats of terrorism and natural disasters constantly in the forefront of our concerns as security professionals. 

The bList can:
* Be used for Lobby/Visitor Management - Identify visitors of all kinds with biometrics (fingerprint/facial recognition) or bar code technology
* Create visitor badges on demand
* Disperse an emergency report to multiple personnel in case of an emergency, natural disaster or terrorism that shows which visitors are still in the facility
* Provide a central repository of credentials across multiple facilities and locations to streamline enrollments and repeat visitors
* Create on-demand reports of who checked in, checked out, and time stamps for each

The benefits for customers is that for a minimal investment, this proactive identity management solution can insure that a facility will have the right tools in place should a problem ever surface. If a company ever needed a low cost way to increase convenience for the users but also increase productivity and accuracy for security or compliance personnel, then The bList is the answer as compared to traditional tools such as paper sign in sheets which lead to omissions, mistakes, fraud, and a possible media nightmare should a problem occur.

While I have seen a lot of new ideas while attending ASIS, InfraGard, DRJ, CI, BOMA, ISSA, SHRM and other national meetings, I like this one the best."

Ralph Petti, MBCI, CBCP, GRCP
President
Continuity Dynamics