For decades, access control has been built around one core assumption. Security starts and ends at the door. Card readers, electric strikes, and controllers were designed to manage who could enter a room, not what happened once inside.
Today, that assumption no longer holds.
Modern organisations are filled with assets that demand the same level of control, auditability, and accountability as perimeter doors. Cabinets, server racks, drug safes, lockers, display cases, and even refrigerated storage now hold high value, safety critical, or regulated items. Yet many of these assets remain protected by basic mechanical locks or standalone electronic solutions that sit outside the organisation’s access control ecosystem.
This is where extending access control beyond the door becomes essential.
The Limitations of Traditional Access Control
Most access control platforms are powerful, flexible, and already deeply embedded across organisations. They manage credentials, permissions, schedules, audit logs, and integrations with other systems. However, they are typically deployed only at doors.
When organisations need to secure non door assets, they often resort to compromises. Padlocks, cam locks or proprietary mechanical or battery powered electronic locks are added as isolated systems. These approaches introduce new problems.
No shared credentials or permissions. Separate software and administration. Limited or no audit trail. Increased maintenance and failure points. Higher long-term cost and complexity.
Instead of strengthening security, these standalone solutions fragment it.
Rethinking What Access Control Can Secure
Extending access control beyond the door means applying the same principles of credential based access, monitoring, and auditing to assets that were not traditionally considered part of the access control landscape.
Camlock Systems focuses specifically on this challenge.
Rather than adding additional platforms, Camlock Systems electronic locks and latches are designed to integrate directly into the existing. They operate in a similar way to an electric strike, allowing integrators and manufacturers to connect cabinets, drawers, server racks, and almost any secure enclosure to the same access control ecosystem that is already in use.
The result is a unified access control environment where doors and assets are managed as one system.
Compact, Rugged, and Purpose Built
One of the biggest barriers to securing non door assets has always been physical space. Cabinets and racks simply do not have room for bulky locking hardware.
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Camlock Systems electronic locks and latches are engineered to solve this. They are extremely compact yet rugged enough for demanding environments. Models are available for drawers, swing doors, sliding displays, and high strength applications such as server rack doors.
Options include built in microswitches for monitoring both door and latch position, providing real time status feedback into the access control system. For sites that require mechanical redundancy, key override can also be included.
These features make the range suitable for both internal and external applications, as well as OEM manufacturing or retrofit projects.
Value for Integrators
For integrators, extending access control beyond the door opens new opportunities while reducing complexity.
Camlock Systems allows integrators to leverage their clients current platforms, credentials, and software rather than introducing proprietary or standalone solutions. This means no new systems to learn or support, no additional software licences, a consistent user experience for clients, and cleaner, more scalable designs.
Because the locks operate like electric strikes, they fit naturally into existing access control architectures. This simplifies commissioning, reduces risk, and delivers a more professional outcome.
Advantages for OEMs and Manufacturers
Manufacturers of lockers, cabinets, server racks, drug safes, and secure storage units face increasing demand for access control ready products.
Camlock Systems provides OEM focused solutions that allow products to be shipped ready for direct connection to a customer access control systems. Instead of embedding proprietary electronics, manufacturers can offer flexibility and future proofing.
By removing the need for additional bolt work, hinge transfers, or complex mechanisms, Camlock Systems solutions help reduce manufacturing costs while eliminating common points of failure.
The result is a cleaner design, faster installation, and a product that aligns with modern security expectations.
A Unified Approach to Physical Security
Security today is about more than stopping unauthorised entry. It is about knowing who accessed what, when, and why. It is about reducing risk, meeting compliance requirements, and creating accountability across people, assets, and environments.
Extending access control beyond the door transforms access control from a perimeter tool into a comprehensive asset protection system.
With compact, high strength electronic locks and latches designed to integrate seamlessly into existing platforms, Camlock Systems enables organisations, integrators, and manufacturers to secure what matters most, without adding complexity.
Because in modern environments, the door is only the beginning.
