C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station Guide - Tyco Security Products

Security ConceptsSecurity ConceptsAn access control and activity monitoring system allows authorized people toenter specified areas and records their movement through those areas. A doorlock is a basic security access control system, admitting those with keys,excluding those without them. However, keys can be stolen or lost and such abasic system provides no record of entries or exits. A C•CURE 800/8000, onthe other hand, provides badges, which can be deactivated if lost or stolen,and provides a historical record of all activity within the system, includingattempts to use a lost or stolen badge.Access ControlAn access control system controls and monitors who enters and exits an area;the system observes and annunciates any unauthorized use. C•CURE800/8000 provides enhanced access control so that system users can be easilyidentified, entry is allowed only at given times, and a record of system activityis kept in an historical journal.Security ComponentsC•CURE 800/8000 is based on several basic security components, describedhere.Activity MonitoringActivity monitoring involves monitoring security devices such as doorswitch monitors (DSMs), panic buttons, and motion detectors and accessattempts and rejections.EventsEvents tie state changes in objects that the system monitors to Actions, such asaudible annunciations on the Monitoring Station or unlocking doors.1–4 C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station User Guide