01 · Site security
How to design a secure self-storage facility
Connect customer access, unit protection and monitoring so each part of your site supports the next.
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Resources
Get to know your site’s security.
Practical self-storage guides to customer access, unit monitoring and alarm response.
What can a gate record tell you? When does a unit alarm need attention? Explore the questions behind a well-protected site, with examples you can bring to your own operation.
Plan the whole site
How to design a secure self-storage facility
Connect customer access, unit protection and monitoring so each part of your site supports the next.
Read the site-security guideQuestions worth asking.
Compare ways to manage customer access, protect units and respond when an alarm needs attention.
02 · Unit monitoring
A gate code gets someone in. What happens next?
An entrance record tells you which credentials were used. Unit monitoring helps you understand activity once someone is inside.
Read the guide: Unit monitoring03 · CCTV and remote monitoring
Your cameras are recording. Who is responding?
Recording helps you review an incident. Monitoring gives someone a chance to investigate while it’s happening.
Read the guide: CCTV and remote monitoring04 · Multi-factor authentication
A copied code should not be enough.
Requiring a QR code and a PIN adds a second check at the entrance. A copied QR alone cannot open it.
Read the guide: Multi-factor authentication05 · Door contacts and PIRs
The door stayed closed. Was there movement inside?
Door contacts report openings. PIRs detect movement. Together, they help you understand activity at the door and beyond it.
Read the guide: Door contacts and PIRs06 · Alarm response
An alarm arrives. What happens next?
Decide who checks an alert and what they do next, especially when reception is closed.
Read the guide: Alarm response07 · Customer visits and alarms
Let customers visit. Keep other areas protected.
Connect entrance permissions, route alarms and unit access around the visit your customer needs to make.
Read the guide: Customer visits and alarms08 · Static and dynamic codes
How long should an access code stay useful?
Choose fixed or changing codes to suit your customers and the checks your entrances need.
Read the guide: Static and dynamic codes09 · App-only access
Can your customers use their phones to get in?
Customers can enter from their phones without entrance keypads or QR Solo readers. Check that the arrival works for the people using your site.
Read the guide: App-only access10 · Installation
Installed locally. Backed by Bearbox.
Your local electrician can wire the installation. Bearbox signs off commissioning so warranty and support apply.
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Follow one customer visit.
From arrival to their unit, see how permissions, locks and alarm areas fit around a normal visit.
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