Rock X · Facial Authentication for the Workplace
You verify every login, every packet, every API call — then trust any badge that swipes at the door. Rock X extends zero trust to the physical workplace: facial authentication that verifies the person, drops into the access control system you already run, and holds the line in every industry Alcatraz serves.
Opt-in enrollment · Badge fallback stays · Works with Genetec, LenelS2, C•CURE, and Genea
Rock X
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Authentication at the edge, on the device.
120,000lux
Direct sunlight to total darkness — same glance.
-40°F
Cold-rated to -40°F, heat-rated to 150°F.
The Badge Problem
Zero trust means verifying the person, every time. Yet most workplaces still run on a credential that can be shared, cloned, lost, or simply held open for a stranger.
A lent ID opens a controlled area as convincingly as its owner does. Badge sharing is routine among students — and invisible in your audit logs, where every entry looks legitimate.
One held door defeats the entire access control investment behind it. At busy entries, polite door-holding quietly admits people no system ever verified — and no log ever recorded.
Cards get lost every semester and can be cloned with cheap, widely available hardware. Every reissue costs staff time; every clone is a standing vulnerability nobody can see.
Posting officers at entrances to check IDs is the most expensive reader on the market — and coverage still ends when the shift does.
State biometric statutes, sector rules, and employee privacy expectations keep raising the bar. "The log says a badge went through" is a weaker answer every year.
Dining halls, rec centers, and stadium gates move thousands of people in minutes. Fumbling for a card is the throughput bottleneck — and the reason doors get propped open.
How It Works
An enrolled employee walks up to a door and is verified by the Rock in under a second, using a 3D, liveness-checked scan processed on the device. Enrollment is opt-in and takes about a minute. The reader passes a standard credential to your existing access control system over Wiegand or OSDP.
Employees and staff opt in from a phone or laptop in about a minute. Where policy allows, auto-enrollment can build a profile after roughly 4–5 normal badge reads. Consent is recorded, auditable, and revocable in the Alcatraz Platform.
Walk up, keep walking. A 3D, liveness-checked facial authentication happens at the edge — on the device itself — in under a second. No phone to unlock, no card to find, nothing to share or clone.
The Rock presents to Genetec, LenelS2, Software House C•CURE, or Genea as a standard reader over Wiegand or OSDP. Your panels, policies, and badge fallback stay exactly where they are. No rip-and-replace.
Enroll in-person or from the comfort of home with transparent opt-in consent.
Enrolled users instantly authenticate with just their face.
Privacy-by-design architecture, robust data protection, transparent opt-in consent.
AI powered facial authentication at the edge, tailgating detection, video at the door and SIP intercom in one device.
Industries
From the data hall to the departure gate, Rock X verifies the person — not the badge — wherever the workplace needs zero trust to start at the door.
A physical security layer as strong as your firewall — facial authentication with tailgating detection at every rack, cage, and perimeter door.
Protect patient floors, pharmacies, and labs without slowing care — hands-free facial authentication that keeps clinicians moving.
Badge-plus-face verification at SIDA doors and secure areas — shift-change throughput without weakening the checkpoint.
From branch vaults to trading floors, verify every entry with a person — not a borrowed badge.
Weather-rated facial authentication for substations, plants, and control rooms — verified access where the grid can least afford a stranger.
Zero-trust physical access for government facilities — tiered authentication from the lobby to the evidence room, auditable end to end.
From residence halls to research labs, opt-in facial authentication built for student privacy and campus scale.
Players, staff, media, and VIPs through the right doors at event speed — without a badge to lose in the crowd.
Central offices, switch sites, and cell huts — verified, badge-free entry across thousands of distributed locations.
The Hardware & Platform
Rock X · At the door
Outdoor / enterprise reader
Edge AI facial authentication hardened for building perimeters, garages, turnstiles, and stadium gates — with tailgating detection, video at the door, and a SIP intercom in one device. It survives a Michigan January and an Arizona August, from pitch darkness to direct sun.
Customization
Rock X can be customized with your brand colors and logo, seamlessly blending security with your university's unique identity.
The device at the door is part of the workplace, not an appliance bolted onto it. Ship it in light or dark, or match the housing to your school's palette with your mark on the faceplate.
The Platform
Every Rock and Rock X in your estate is managed from one place — cloud or on-premises — from first enrollment to the audit report your compliance office asks for.
Onboard, configure, and manage Rock devices including authentication mode (1FA, 2FA etc.)
Enroll users on mobile, online, or at the Rock X device. Capture and manage consent in one place.
Easily manage devices and push firmware updates, keeping every Rock device up to date with the latest features and security enhancements.
Enhance security with real-time authentication and security events, and streamline operations with audit reports.
No sensitive data stored or shared — ever. Powered by the Alcatraz Platform, enabling remote management, instant updates, and secure on-device facial matching.
Privacy by Design
Enrollment converts a 3D facial scan into an encrypted, non-reconstitutable mathematical template — processed at the edge, on the device. No photos, names, or videos are stored on it, and anyone enrolled can revoke consent and delete their template at any time.
This is facial authentication, not surveillance: a one-to-one check that an enrolled person is who they claim to be at a specific door. Nobody is identified in a crowd, and nobody participates without choosing to.
On Campus Today
Four deployments from Alcatraz AI's published higher-education work — athletics, research, data centers, and aquatics.
Athletics
An NCAA Division I university eliminated ID cards by deploying Alcatraz for credential-free, facial authentication. Cloud-based deployment enabled rapid rollout across athletic facilities, delivering faster and more secure access for athletes, coaches, and high-profile staff.
Campus-wide
A large public research university deployed Alcatraz across labs, athletics, and administrative areas. The touchless solution improved user experience, reduced admin burden, and delivered zero-trust security while replacing legacy biometric systems campus-wide.
Data center
A top technology university adopted Alcatraz at mission-critical data center entry points. With enhanced 2FA, mobile self-enrollment, and tailgating detection, the cloud-managed deployment provided scalable, integrated protection for sensitive research environments.
Athletics & aquatics
A major public university deployed Alcatraz Rock for touchless entry at its athletic facilities and natatorium. The solution replaced failing legacy biometric readers, ensuring seamless access for athletes, staff, and event personnel during high-traffic times.
Proof
ZeroTrustWorkplace is new. The technology behind it is not: Alcatraz AI was founded in 2016 by an ex-Apple Face ID engineer and closed a $50M Series B in April 2026, bringing total funding past $100M.
5M+
employees protected (as of April 2026)
300%
YoY data center adoption in 2025 (as of April 2026)
200%
new enterprise customer growth (as of April 2026)
95%
customer satisfaction (as of April 2026)
Figures as reported in Alcatraz AI's April 2026 Series B announcement.
Proven across industries
Integrations
The Rock presents as a standard reader over Wiegand or OSDP. Your panels, your policies, and the platform your team already knows stay in place — facial authentication becomes one more credential inside them.
Fit check
Three questions, no email required — your answers just pre-fill the demo request so the session starts on your doors, not ours.
FAQ
No. Facial recognition scans crowds to identify people who never agreed to it. Facial authentication is the opposite: an opt-in, one-to-one match that verifies an enrolled person at a door — the biometric equivalent of presenting a badge, minus the badge.
Enrollment converts a 3D facial scan into an encrypted, non-reconstitutable mathematical template. No photos, names, or videos are stored on the device. Data is encrypted with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit, and anyone enrolled can revoke consent and delete their template at any time.
No. The Rock connects over Wiegand or OSDP and works alongside your existing readers within Genetec, LenelS2, Software House C•CURE, or Genea. Facial authentication becomes another credential in the system you already run — no rip-and-replace.
Nothing changes for them. Enrollment is strictly opt-in, and badges keep working as a fallback at every door. Facial authentication adds a faster, more secure option for those who choose it — it never locks out those who don't.
Under a minute. Employees and staff self-enroll from a phone or computer through the Alcatraz Platform. Where policy allows, opt-in auto-enrollment can also build a profile after roughly 4–5 normal badge reads at a Rock-equipped door.
The platform is built to support compliance: opt-in consent with audit trails, data minimization, encryption, and deletion on request align with GDPR, BIPA, and CCPA requirements, and Alcatraz AI maintains SOC 2 attestation. Your counsel maps it to your institution's FERPA obligations.
Yes. Rock X is engineered for exterior doors: IP66-sealed against rain and dust, IK08 impact-rated, and operational from -40°F to 150°F in lighting conditions from darkness to 120,000 lux of direct sun.
The Rock keeps watching after the door unlocks. If more people pass through than authenticated, it flags the event to your access control system in real time — turning every entry into a monitored one instead of relying on guards or door alarms.
A 30-minute working session with an access control engineer — bring your doors, your ACS, and your questions.
