Definition
An access control system
- is a system that manage physical access to buildings, specific areas, systems, or services.
- "grant[s] access to information system resources to authorized users, programs, processes, or other systems."[1]
- is a "system of physical, electronic and/or human controls used to identify and/or admit authorized personnel to a facility or controlled area, e.g., Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) or internal compartmented area."[2]
References
- ↑ NIST Special Publication 800-36, at 16.
- ↑ Intelligence Community Standard 700-01, at 2.