Tailgating at doors
One badge, two people through. The access log shows one entry.
Solutions
Every rack door, on the record
Access, aisle and cage-level monitoring with the audit trail your compliance team is going to ask for.
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The situation
What sites in this sector are dealing with
In a data centre the security question is rarely 'did someone break in'. It is 'who opened that cage, when, with whom, and can you prove it six months from now'.
Audits need evidence
Compliance reviews ask for footage tied to specific access events.
Vendor access
Third-party engineers need escorted, time-boxed access to specific cages.
Long retention windows
Footage has to survive far longer than a typical CCTV retention setting.
What we deploy
The products doing the work
Same platform, same event pipeline, same audit log — only the rules differ.
Video Management System
Aisle and cage cameras with long retention and full playback audit.
Face Recognition System
Access verification at doors and man-traps, with vendor lists that expire.
AI-Enabled Video Analytics
Tailgating, loitering and restricted-aisle detection.
Outcomes
What changes on site
- Access events linked to the clip that shows what actually happened
- Vendor access that expires automatically at the end of the work window
- Retention set per camera so critical areas outlive routine footage
- An export log showing who pulled which footage, for the audit file
Retention and audit are the whole point here. We set them before anything else, because footage that has already rolled over cannot be recovered for a review.
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Questions
Frequently asked
How long can footage be retained?
As long as your storage allows — retention is set per drive and per camera. Tell us the window and we will size the storage.
Does it integrate with our access control system?
Events can be correlated with badge events so a door open and its clip sit together, whichever access control system you run.
Planning something for Data Center?
Tell us the site, the camera count and what you need to catch. We will tell you what is realistic before anyone talks price.