Physical access control technology has remained largely the same through most of its history. A user walks up to a reader, presents a valid access card, and the door opens. Administrators manually ...

The methods for gaining access to a computer system or network such as dial-up modem, cable modem, DSL, satellite and wireless. See access network. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other ...

A software routine that is part of the operating system or network control program which performs the storing/retrieving or transmitting/receiving of data. The access method is also responsible for ...

This article originally appeared in the 2020 Access Control Trends & Technology bonus publication. The role of access control in the modern era of converged infrastructure is set to become one of the ...