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## Foundational Security and Access Control Concepts CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1. Understand risk and how to manage risk 2. Understand types of countermeasures 3. Understand access control system principles ## CHAPTER OVERVIEW Access control systems are electronic systems that facilitate automated approval for authorized personnel to enter through a security portal without the need for a security officer to review and validate the authorization of the person entering the portal, typically by using a credential to present to the system to verify their authorization. A security portal is a door or passageway that creates an entry point in a security boundary. Common security portals include standard doors (such as shown in Fig. 2.1 using an HID Global Corporation reader), vestibules, revolving doors, and vehicle entry barriers. Access control systems are an important part of an overall security program that is designed to deter and reduce both criminal behavior and violations of an organization's security policies. But it is important to remember that it is only a part. First, it is important to understand that access control is not an element of security; it is a concession that security p

Author
Thomas L. Norman
Publisher
Elsevier
Published
2017
Language
EN

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