Physical Security Applications of Personal Computers (From Electronic Crime Countermeasures, P 65-69, 1986, John S Jackson, ed. - See NCJ-102815)

• NCJ Number: 102819
• Author(s): J W Owen
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 5 pages
• Sale Source: University of Kentucky
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Personal computers (PC's) serve a variety of functions in physical security.

Abstract

As part of a total security system, the PC can annunciate alarms, log events, show diagrams of areas, produce reports for maintenance action, approve access, and encipher line security. PC's also can control automatic remote testing of sensors, integrate functions, and aid in security analysis and planning. More advanced applications of PC's include decision analysis, expert systems, and multiple tasking. The computer provides a simpler, more effective, and cheaper alternative to previous manual systems. Further, improvements in technology have produced and will continue to produce improvements in software and hardware that will greatly increase potential applications while lowering costs. 7 references.