Access Control is a technique of limiting access to a system or to objective or virtual assets. It is process by which users are approved access and certain rights to a system. Access Control System provides safety to significant, covert and responsive equipment or information. Services that are provided for Access Control Systems are:
- Authorization
- Identification and Authentications
- Access Approvals
- Accountability
GMC offers software based Access Control System. So that users can customize its application according to their requirement. You can connect other devices with this system like: CCTV or Fire Alarm depends on the size of the organization, we can increase the no. of doors with a single machine. The use of Access Control Systems allows an overseer to specifically define access privileges for each user and also immediately update them within the system, which is much more suitable than yielding or revoking key privileges.
There are mainly three factors, which are used for the authentication purpose.
- Manually entering the secret PIN or password which is only known by the individual user.
- Using something that is the part of the user, such as figure print, retina scrutinize or other biometric measurement.
- Providing the cards to the individual user i.e. called RFID.