Physical Security Integration
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forced/held door alarm
- CCTV / IP cameras: raw streams fed through video analytics (V07 integration)
- Passive infrared (PIR) detectors
- Microwave and dual-tech motion detectors
- Acoustic glass-break sensors
- Vibration/shock sensors on doors and windows
- Outdoor perimeter: IR beam curtains, microwave barriers, buried cable systems,
fence vibration fiber
- Personnel RTLS: BLE/UWB active badge tracking (location to ±0.5m in complex facilities)
- Vehicle LPR: License Plate Recognition at entry gates and perimeter roads
- Visitor management system: pre-registered visitor expected location vs actual
- Environmental context: gas (V01), fire (V16) — security-relevant environmental threats
- Access + video correlation: badge swipe event → verify person in video frame
matches credential holder (anti-passback, identity verification)
- Tailgating detection: door open event + occupancy count mismatch beyond threshold
- After-hours anomaly: access event at unusual time for that credential +
motion in sensitive area = elevated risk score
- Perimeter breach geometry: which sensors triggered in which sequence → predicted
path and destination
- Insider threat pattern: unusual access sequence, timing, zone combination, or
frequency relative to historical baseline (ACE pattern analysis)
- Aggressor dwell: person stationary in restricted area beyond behavioral norm
- Multi-site credential abuse: same badge used at two facilities within
impossible travel time
- Tailgating detected → Alert security desk with camera feed link, log event,
flag for review
- After-hours high-risk anomaly → Alert duty officer, increase camera polling
rate in zone, request verbal verification
- Perimeter breach confirmed → Lockdown affected zone access, alert response team
with location and direction of travel, activate all cameras in predicted path
- Credential abuse (impossible multi-site) → Suspend credential immediately,
alert both facilities, alert credential owner
- Environmental + access correlation (fire alarm + access event) → Unlock
emergency egress, alert fire responders with occupant count and location
- False alarm rate reduction (each confirmed event vs alert sent)
- Mean time to detect (MTTD) for real incidents
- Tailgating rate trend (culture and compliance metric)
- Insider threat risk score calibration vs actual incidents (ACE learning)
- Corporate campuses and headquarters
- Financial institutions (branch, data center, trading floor)
- Critical infrastructure: utilities, water treatment, power generation
- Government and federal facilities
- Military installations (works with V35 but civilian security context)
- Healthcare: hospital security, pharmacy, drug storage
- Retail: loss prevention integration with CCTV and POS
- Transportation hubs: airports, transit stations
PACS standards (FICAM — Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management), ISO 27001 Annex A physical controls, CPNI (Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure — UK), NERC CIP physical security requirements (utility), CFATS (Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards), HIPAA physical safeguards (healthcare), PCI DSS physical access controls (payment card environments)
Wiegand / OSDP (access control panels to readers), ONVIF (IP camera interoperability), TCP/IP LAN (primary backbone), BLE for RTLS badges, MQTT for event stream aggregation to M8n, direct integration with VMS (Video Management System) via SDK
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