Overview

The Alcatraz Rock provides frictionless access and enhances physical security with an all-in-one biometric device. Powered by machine learning on the edge, the Rock quickly and privately authenticates users at the point of access, detects and alerts to tailgate incidents, and provides actionable insight to support changes in behavior. The Rock is designed to comply with biometric privacy frameworks, thereby protecting end-user privacy and supporting customer compliance. The Rock makes accessing secure areas as secure and frictionless as using your face to unlock your smartphone.

Outcomes

The Rock reduces friction at the point of access and strengthens the customer's security posture while eliminating the costs and burdens of enrolling and re-enrolling individuals, thereby reducing tailgate incidents and supporting compliance with privacy regulations. Because it works natively with the ACS, there is no need to rip and replace infrastructure.

Integration with Security Center

The Genetec integration is part of Alcatraz’s Platform and was written entirely using Alcatraz’s Application Programming Interface (API).  The API has enabled and significantly accelerated the onboarding of face-based identity authentication technology onto a myriad of platforms, including access control and IT security.

To maximize the efficiency of existing access control systems, the optional Genetec Integration component of the Alcatraz Platform can be implemented, enabling a quick and error-free enrollment process. During enrollment, cardholder data is retrieved directly from the access control database, eliminating the need for manual data entry and reducing the risk of errors. Once enrolled, data is kept in sync, simplifying the administrative process. The Platform also enables intelligent onboard memory management within the Rocks attached to the system. Utilizing an individual's access control permissions, the system determines and distributes face profiles only to the necessary doors, thereby maximizing the industry-leading onboard storage of 50,000 face templates.

Card Number Syncing (simplifies management and administration)

• Badge Replacement
• Badge Enable/Disable/Deletion

 Cardholder Access Level Syncing (increasing efficiency in profile management)

• Intelligent Profile Distribution to Rocks

 Enhanced Event Logging in Security Center - greater insights into biometric events

• Enrollments
• Alerts: Tailgating, Unauthorized, Crossing
• Badge/Face Mismatch (2 factor)
• Tamper

Features and benefits

How do end users benefit from the final product?

• Simplifies enrollment by offering options to reduce the burden and cost for administrators and users, provides the ability to perform mass enrollment in seconds, and supports visitor management.
• Ensures compliance with privacy regulation through privacy consent management, unique privacy features, and a privacy playbook that provides your customer details on the processes, policies and communications needed to not only comply, but drive user adoption, (and the Rock does not expose any Personally Identifiable Information, PII, that can be used to identify an individual).
• Eliminates friction as a single-factor device or increases speed and security in multi-factor environments - multi-factor authentication at the speed of single-factor authentication.
• Reduces risk of breaches from tailgating with tailgate detection, alerts, and reporting that provides insight to change behavior and support compliance.
• Works natively with existing ACS, eliminating the need to rip and replace infrastructure, and features strong integration with Security Center for enhanced.
• Provides unique forensic capabilities with video at the door that ties seamlessly with your customer's VMS.

What differentiates our solution?

• The only modern biometric device designed from the ground up to support privacy frameworks, including BIPA, GDPR, and CCPA
• All-in-one solution for access authentication and tailgate detection
• Sleek design that is aesthetically pleasing and easy to install
• Works natively with virtually all access control systems
• Designed with input from Fortune 10 companies to meet the access control, privacy, and security needs of enterprise customers around the world