Patent ID: 8218435

Claim:
A method comprising: (a) receiving by a database an entry that is associated with a product, wherein an enterprise network comprises the database and the product and wherein the database operates independently of whether the enterprise network comprises at least one of a secure gateway and an alarm access controller, and wherein the entry is inactive; (b) in response to the product in the enterprise network generating an alarm: (I) activating the entry in the database, and (II) transmitting to a resource that is external to the enterprise network a resource-identifier that is based on (i) the identity of the product and (ii) the activated entry, wherein the resource-identifier comprises a dynamic uniform resource locator (URL), a username, and a password for the resource to access the product; (c) when the entry in the database is active, granting by the enterprise network to the resource access to the product based on the resource-identifier; and (d) when the entry in the database is inactive, denying to the resource access to the product.