Building Security System

The purposes of having building security system are

• To control intruders from entering the buildings or properties

• To protect valuable belongings

The building security system depends on

 Location of buildings

 Purpose of buildings

 Socio economy of surrounding neighbourhood

 Equipment or system installed

Level of Building Security

1. Low level security

-normally for residential and small scale commercial buildings

-additional locks at main entrance and windows

-alarm system only used in one or two zones within the premise

-fire alarm is separated

2. Medium level security

-used for medium size industrial and commercial buildings

-use master system or grand master key

-use of keys in buildings is monitored and controlled

-certain areas in buildings use stand-alone card reader

-buildings are equipped with fire alarm and automatic or manual alarm
system
 -use anti-vandal protection and anti-bandit glazing at high risk are

-use CCTV at entrance point

3. High level security

-used by big scale commercial buildings and industrial building complex

-has advance and extensive entrance monitoring system

-has recording system

-use integrated and centralized security management and monitoring

system

-use automatic intruder sensors, fire alarm and CCTV

Case Study in Kompleks Bukit Jambul, Pulau Pinang.

The Kompleks Bukit Jambul uses some types of building security system to
protect the users and the properties or belongings of users.

Intrusion Detection

The Kompleks Bukit Jambul uses video motion detectors to detect the
movement on video signals transmitted from closed-circuit television (CCTV)
cameras.

According to the technician of the Kompleks Bukit Jambul, 48 CCTV

cameras are installed there. The two main CCTV cameras are fixed at the main
entrance and loading bay. This is important because people will walk in and out
through the main entrance. Besides, at the loading bay, things are loading there.
Hence, higher security and attention needed there to prevent any stealing cases
occur.

The CCTV camears used in the Kompleks Bukit Jambul are operating 24
hours every day. Then, a person will monitor the CCTV cameras in the security
room. Once the person notices anything wrong, he or she will inform the security
guards who are on duty to go to check or solve the problem.
 The CCTV cameras used in the Kompleks
Bukit Jambul.
The security room in the Kompleks Bukit Jambul.

The CCTV cameras are monitored in the security room.

Access Control

Swipe card readers in the Kompleks Bukit Jambul.

-Includes the immense variety of card-readers, chip-readers, and electronic locks

that read information encoded on the cards, disks, or keys carried by employees.
-Popular systems incorporate insertion- or swipe-readers that interpret magnetic-
stripe cards, or proximity-readers that do not require physical contact with the
cards they read.

-Some more sophisticated systems incorporate biometric devices based on

fingerprints, voiceprints, retinal patterns and the like to allow or forbid access to
restricted areas.
 The Management Office of Kompleks Bukit Jambul has the swipe card
readers outside its office. Hence, only the authority personnel with the cards can
enter to the office.

For the swipe card readers, the cardholder is

required merely to move the card rapidly through
an open-ended slot in this type of reader. This
procedure is slightly faster than inserting a card.
However, swipe readers are subject to the same
card and reader maintenance problems as the
insert variety.

Security Guard

The Kompleks Bukit Jambul same likes other complex has security guard.
Hence, the security guards have to ensure the building is in secure condition.
The security guards will guard this complex 24 hours every day. So, there have
different shift. There are only three security guards duty at night shift.

The security guard is on duty at the main entrance of the Kompleks Bukit
Jambul.
Police

According to the technician of the Kompleks Bukit Jambul, police will

make patrol of this complex every day. This is just carried out by the police
recently.

Every time, after the police have patrol of this complex, the police will sign
in a book in the information counter. Therefore, the Kompleks Bukit Jambul is
very secure.