Physical security system and method for effecting a temporary access permission change

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• defining and applying a time-limited video redaction to at least a part of a pixel area of images of video captured by a security camera having a Field Of View (FOV), the security camera being operated to monitor a physical area in respect of which entry therein is controlled by a physical access control system that includes at least one entry barrier, and the at least one entry barrier being configured to assume any one of least a physical entry-preventing state and a physical entry-allowing state;
• analyzing, using an at least one processor, context information corresponding to the defining and applying of the time-limited video redaction to responsively define a temporary access permission change impacting the physical access control system;
• and
• effecting the temporary access permission change to at least make entry via the at least one entry barrier more restricted than before the effecting of the temporary access permission change,
• wherein making the entry via the at least one entry barrier more restricted includes requiring a person or vehicle attempting to enter the physical area to provide respectively assigned access control credentials which were not required before the effecting of the temporary access permission change.

Apparatus that integrates with a physical access control system that includes at least one entry barrier at an entry to a physical area in respect of which the entry is controlled by the physical access control system, the at least one entry barrier being configured to assume any one of least a physical entry-preventing state and a physical entry-allowing state, and the apparatus comprising:

• a security camera having a Field Of View (FOV), the security camera being configured to monitor the physical area and capture video;
• at least one processor within and/or communicatively coupled to the security camera;
• and
• at least one electronic storage medium storing program instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform:
• defining and applying a time-limited video redaction to at least a part of a pixel area of images of the video;
• analyzing context information corresponding to the defining and applying of the time-limited video redaction to responsively define a temporary access permission change impacting the physical access control system;
• and
• effecting the temporary access permission change to at least make entry via the at least one entry barrier more restricted than before the effecting of the temporary access permission change,
• wherein making of the entry via the at least one entry barrier more restricted includes causing a change in the physical access control system to selectively prompt for a second factor authentication not prompted for before the effecting of the temporary access permission change.

Apparatus that integrates with a physical access control system that includes at least one entry barrier at an entry to a physical area in respect of which the entry is controlled by the physical access control system, the at least one entry barrier being configured to assume any one of least a physical entry-preventing state and a physical entry-allowing state, and the apparatus comprising:

• a security camera having a Field Of View (FOV), the security camera being configured to monitor the physical area and capture video;
• at least one processor within and/or communicatively coupled to the security camera;
• and
• at least one electronic storage medium storing program instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform:
• defining and applying a time-limited video redaction to at least a part of a pixel area of images of the video;
• analyzing context information corresponding to the defining and applying of the time-limited video redaction to responsively define a temporary access permission change impacting the physical access control system;
• and
• effecting the temporary access permission change to at least make entry via the at least one entry barrier more restricted than before the effecting of the temporary access permission change,
• wherein making of the entry via the at least one entry barrier more restricted includes causing a change in the physical access control system to require a person or vehicle attempting to enter the physical area to provide respectively assigned access control credentials which were not required before the effecting of the temporary access permission change.