AN INTEGRATED ACCESS CONTROL AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

An integrated access control and identity management system comprises an IT access control unit and a physical access control unit. The IT access control unit comprises stored access criteria defining access rights for each user associated with the system. The IT access control unit is arranged to determine whether and the extent to which access should be granted to a user based on the stored access criteria. The physical access control unit is arranged to monitor attempts to physically access an area by a person. The integrated system is arranged to store in the access information storage device access information indicative of access attempts monitored by the IT and physical access control units. The stored access criteria are arranged such that a user identity criterion, an access location criterion, an access time criterion, a type criterion indicative of the type of IT resource that the user is allowed to access, and/or an access level criterion are definable in the stored access criteria.