Physical security assessment in Montreal
Doors, cards, keys, cameras, server room: we check whether someone can get in where they shouldn’t, and tell you how to stop them. Altea installs and maintains these systems in Montreal and the surrounding area.
- 15+ years’ experience
- Across Quebec
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Physical security assessment and testing in Montreal
Montreal packs in every kind of building: older plexes and walk-ups, downtown office towers, street-front retail, housing agencies and institutions. Many buildings still run analog intercoms and keyed locks, and cabling is often hard to pull through brick walls.
Cybersecurity ends where someone can walk into the server room with a smile and a box of donuts. Altea assesses the physical security of your buildings: perimeter, doors and hardware, access control system and card type, key management, camera coverage, telecom room and reception procedures. On request, we also run physical penetration tests: tailgating, card cloning, pretext access. As an access control integrator, we can also fix what we find.
What we test in Montreal
- Perimeter, entrance and parking walkthrough
- Doors, frames, strikes, closers and door alarms
- Access control: configuration, schedules, stale accounts
- Cards and fobs: technology and cloning risk
- Key and master-key management
- Camera coverage and quality
What clients in Montreal ask us for
- In rental buildings we check common doors, the garage, technical rooms and how former tenants’ keys and cards are handled.
- In offices we test reception, floor access, the server room and unlocked workstations.
- In retail we look at the back room, delivery door, safe and camera blind spots.
- For institutions we assess secondary entrances, sensitive areas and rapid lockdown capability.
Working in Montreal
Montreal is about 35 km from our Saint-Eustache office, inside our regular service area: quick site visits and work scheduled around your hours.
Main routes: A-15, A-40, A-20, A-25 et A-720. Region: Montreal.
The steps
- Scoping: buildings, sensitive areas, authorized scenarios
- Walkthrough and survey
- Agreed tests (cards, doors, reception)
- Report with photos and priorities
- Remediation plan and quote, if needed
Planning in Montreal?
Describe your situation in a few lines; an engineer will call you back quickly. The site visit and quote are free.
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Frequently asked questions
Do you work in Montreal?
Montreal is about 35 km from our Saint-Eustache office, inside our regular service area: quick site visits and work scheduled around your hours.
How much does a physical security assessment cost in Montreal?
Price depends on the number of buildings, entrances and sensitive areas, and the tests authorized (walkthrough only or physical penetration test). The quote for Montreal is free.
Can our access cards be copied?
125 kHz proximity cards, still very common, are easy to copy with cheap hardware. Encrypted smart cards (such as MIFARE DESFire) and mobile credentials are far more resistant. The assessment identifies what you use.
Is the physical test unannounced?
That’s agreed with management: announced or not, with an authorization letter carried by the team on site.
Can you fix the weaknesses you find?
Yes, Altea installs access control, intercoms, cameras and door hardware.
Planning in Montreal?
Describe your situation in a few lines; an engineer will call you back quickly. The site visit and quote are free.
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- 15+ years’ experience, across Quebec
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Updated 2026-11-05