Security Access Log Anomaly Alerts
A done-for-you everyday business automation built for the Facilities Manager, connecting Slack and Google Sheets so the work below happens on its own.
What this automation does, step by step
Every badge swipe and camera-triggered motion event from the building's access control system streams into a monitoring workflow that watches for patterns worth a human's attention instead of forcing the facilities manager to review raw logs.
A badge used outside normal business hours, three failed access attempts at the same door in under a minute, or a door propped open longer than two minutes all trigger an immediate Slack alert with the camera snapshot from Verkada attached.
A daily digest of after-hours entries and any doors left unlocked past closing gets emailed to the facilities manager every morning at seven.
Security incidents that used to surface days later during a routine log review, if they surfaced at all, now get caught and addressed within minutes of happening.
- Zapier
- Verkada
- Slack
- Microsoft 365
- Google Sheets
Using different software? We build around what you already have, so you never have to switch tools to automate.
The manual way vs. the automated way
Without automation
Left to a person, this means a facilities manager re-enters the same data more than once, double-checks it by hand, and still occasionally misses something. It's the kind of work that quietly eats hours every week.
With this automation
- Low-stock and reorder alerts before you run out
- Vendor and subcontractor confirmations that chase themselves
- Preventive maintenance scheduled by usage or date
- Work orders and project milestones that update stakeholders
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