International agency, Latin America
Deployed contactless facial authentication for employees — and established the reference design for the agency's future facilities across the region.
Government
Government Facility Access Control to a Federal Standard
Zero-trust physical access for government facilities — tiered authentication from the lobby to the evidence room, auditable end to end.
Opt-in enrollment · Badge fallback stays · Works with Genetec, LenelS2, C•CURE, and Genea
The Problem
Where badge-only access breaks down.
Evidence and weapons rooms need chain-of-custody
The rooms that decide court cases demand per-person entry records. A badge event names a card; a defense attorney will ask who was holding it.
Contractor and visitor churn in secure facilities
Cleared and escorted populations change daily. Credential provisioning that lags reality leaves access active after departure and missing on day one.
Tailgating past the guard post
Even staffed lobbies can't watch every interior door. The sensitive spaces deeper in the building need their own enforcement, not a sightline.
A compliance stack with teeth
FIPS 201-3 credentialing, CJIS and FISMA obligations, records-retention rules — government access control lives inside frameworks that vendors must fit, not fight.
Public-sector privacy scrutiny
Unions, counsel, and the public records process will all examine a biometric deployment. Opt-in consent and provable data minimization are the difference between adoption and headlines.
The Solution
Rock X and the Alcatraz Platform, mapped to your doors.
Facial authentication at the edge, tailgating detection, and enrollment with recorded consent — delivered through the access control system you already run.
Tiered authentication by zone
Single-factor face at general areas, face-plus-badge at sensitive zones — one platform enforcing the right level at every door, from lobby to evidence room.
Video at the door + tailgating detection
Built-in video capture and real-time tailgating events give weapons rooms, evidence storage, and secure suites a record of what actually happened at the threshold.
On-premises deployment available
The Alcatraz Platform runs in the cloud or entirely on-premises for environments where enrollment and audit data must stay inside the perimeter.
Privacy architecture built for scrutiny
Opt-in consent recorded and revocable, encrypted non-reconstitutable templates, edge processing, no photos or videos stored on the device — claims your counsel can verify.
Standard reader to your ACS
Wiegand and OSDP integration with Genetec, LenelS2, Software House C•CURE, and Genea keeps existing panels, PIV workflows, and alarm systems in charge of the doors.
In Production
Already running at doors like yours.
5M+ employees protected and a 95% customer satisfaction rating, as of the April 2026 Series B announcement.
Large U.S. law-enforcement agency
Secured its new headquarters with single-factor authentication in general areas and two-factor at sensitive zones — with video capture and tailgating detection protecting weapons and evidence rooms.
Technology enterprise in regulated facilities
Scaled the platform across regulated facilities supporting more than 150,000 employees with high-availability biometric access.
Compliance
FIPS 201-3
CJIS
FISMA
SOC 2
BIPA
CCPA
How It Works
From badge read to face-first in three steps.
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Enroll
People opt in from a phone or laptop in about a minute. Consent is recorded, auditable, and revocable in the Alcatraz Platform.
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Authenticate
A 3D, liveness-checked facial authentication happens at the edge — on the device — in under a second. Nothing to find, share, or clone.
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Integrate
Rock X presents to your access control system as a standard reader over Wiegand or OSDP. Panels, policies, and badge fallback stay put.
FAQ
The questions your review will ask.
Can it secure evidence and weapons rooms?
Yes — this is a proven deployment pattern. Face-plus-badge two-factor gives per-person accountability at the door, built-in video capture records the threshold, and tailgating detection flags anyone entering on someone else's authorization. A large U.S. law-enforcement agency runs exactly this configuration at its headquarters.
Can the system run fully on-premises?
Yes. The Alcatraz Platform deploys entirely on-premises where policy requires enrollment data, consent records, and audit logs to remain inside the agency perimeter — with the same device management and reporting as the cloud model. Authentication itself always happens at the edge, on the reader.
How does it fit FIPS 201-3 credentialing environments?
The PIV credential stays the credential of record: Rock X presents as a standard reader to your access control system and adds face verification as an additional factor at the door. Existing FIPS 201-3 issuance, lifecycle, and PACS registration workflows continue unchanged — verification strengthens the door without touching the credential program.
How is employee and visitor privacy protected?
Enrollment is opt-in with recorded, revocable consent. A 3D scan becomes an encrypted, non-reconstitutable template matched on the device — no photos, names, or videos are stored on it, with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit. Nobody who hasn't enrolled is ever matched against anything.
Does it handle contractors and escorted visitors?
Yes. Contractors enroll the same opt-in way as staff — about a minute from a phone — and revocation deletes the template immediately when an engagement ends. Escorted visitors simply remain on existing badge and escort procedures; facial authentication never applies to anyone unenrolled.
Will it integrate with our existing PACS?
Yes. Rock X speaks standard Wiegand and OSDP to Genetec, LenelS2, Software House C•CURE, and Genea, so panels, door hardware, schedules, and alarm logic stay exactly where they are. Rollout proceeds door-by-door on the agency's schedule, with badge fallback available throughout for anyone not yet enrolled.
See it at your door.
A 30-minute working session with an access control engineer — bring your doors, your ACS, and your questions.