Patent ID: 8819855

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for securing an area having a set of physical portals installed at a set of barriers between subareas, comprising: providing a handheld security device including a local database and a set of security device sensors; receiving a set of deployment instructions at the handheld security device; deploying the handheld security device to a physical portal in the set of physical portals; performing a security check at the physical portal using the handheld security device, the local database and the set of security device sensors; providing an access controller interface for the handheld security device; identifying a malfunctioning physical portal in the set of physical portals; downloading an access controller driver to the handheld security device; deploying the handheld security device to the malfunctioning physical portal; performing a security check at the malfunctioning physical portal using the handheld security device, the local database and the set of security device sensors; and, communicating with an access controller at the malfunctioning physical portal using the access controller interface and the access controller driver to allow access through the malfunctioning physical portal based on the security check.