Rock X · AI facial authentication
On-device facial authentication that drops in line with the access control your campus already runs. No new badges. No queue at the dining hall.
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The majority of the top 10 AI leaders protect their facilities with Alcatraz.
April 2026 Series B announcement
Deployed across facilities protecting 5M+ people.
Privacy by architecture 0 images stored. Anywhere.
One-way algorithm. The image never exists.
Authentication at the door. In under a second.
How the template works →How it works
Approach & authenticate · on-device
Enrolled students and staff simply walk up and are authenticated in under a second — no badge fished out of a backpack, no phone unlocked, no line. Edge AI runs the full scan-to-match pipeline on the reader itself, so the decision never leaves the door.
3D liveness detection
Multi-sensor 3D scanning verifies a real, physically present person — analyzing depth and facial characteristics in real time. Photos, videos, and masks are rejected at the sensor, before they ever reach the door decision.
Tailgating detection built-in
A student holds the door, a stranger follows them in, and no badge log ever shows it. Rock X keeps watching after the door unlocks and routes the alert — with actionable footage — to your access control and video management systems in under a second.
SIP intercom & video
Every Rock X carries an 8MP ONVIF-compliant camera for eye-level video into your existing VMS, plus a SIP intercom with an omni-directional microphone and 5W amplified speaker. Visitor and after-hours workflows, without another box at the door.
Passive MFA · Wiegand & OSDP ready
For research labs, server rooms, and health-center pharmacies, Rock X adds the face as a passive second factor on top of the badge your campus already issues. No new credentials, no change in behavior, no complex integration.
The Hardware & Platform
One reader covers the whole campus map. Rock X brings opt-in facial authentication to exterior entrances, parking structures, turnstiles, and loading gates, while the badge your community already carries stays valid as a fallback. Enrollment is opt-in, matching runs on the device in under a second, and no facial images are ever stored.
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.
Enrollment
Every path starts with transparent, opt-in consent captured in the Alcatraz Platform — and every path ends the same way: an encrypted, non-reconstitutable template. Badges keep working as the fallback for anyone who doesn't enroll.
Students and staff enroll from anywhere in about a minute, on their own phone or laptop, and authenticate at Rock X the moment they arrive. Machine learning at the edge keeps profiles current — no one ever re-enrolls.
Built for enrolling a whole campus. Each consented badge read builds part of the profile; after roughly 4–5 reads, facial authentication is live. Anyone who opts out goes on an opt-out list and no facial data is ever captured for them.
A badge scan at the reader starts a guided enrollment on the Rock X OLED screen. In seconds, the profile is created, encrypted, and fused to the badge ID from the existing credential — ideal for badge-office and orientation-day workflows.
Operates anywhere
Perimeter doors, stadium gates, a northern campus in January: Rock X is engineered for the entrances weather tests hardest, in lighting from a moonless residence-hall walkway to direct noon sun.
Color options
Your campus colors. Your logo. Your Rock X. Standard black and grey ship on every order; custom finishes are quoted on larger campus deployments.
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Custom finishes are quoted per order, on larger campus deployments. Standard black and grey ship on every order.
Email me this mockupPrivacy architecture
Rock X processes every authentication at the edge, on the device. A one-way algorithm converts the 3D scan into an encrypted template that cannot be turned back into a face, protected with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit. No photos, names, or videos are stored on the device, and enrollment is governed by opt-in consent management.
Specifications
Built to live outdoors, integrate with whatever access control your campus runs today, and operate on the privacy posture your counsel already approved.
Specifications drawn from the Alcatraz Rock X datasheet. Alcatraz AI maintains SOC 2 Type II attestation — see privacy by design.
Outcomes
Rock X installs in line between any Wiegand or OSDP reader and the access control system your campus already runs — cloud or on-premises. The plug-and-play design covers outdoor and extreme-weather entrances, from stadium gates to perimeter doors, without a rip-and-replace project.
AI facial authentication, intelligent tailgating detection, and real-time monitoring across every campus building — administered from one console. High-performance biometric access control in all lighting conditions strengthens physical security while simplifying day-to-day administration.
Eliminate the card printing and replacement cycle for tens of thousands of students and cut badge-office administration. Automated enrollment at campus scale, continuous firmware updates, and a durable outdoor-rated design keep long-term operating costs down.
A one-way biometric algorithm links each profile to the existing badge ID without exposing personal data. This privacy-by-design approach simplifies adherence to GDPR, CCPA, and BIPA — with a consent model campuses can map to their FERPA obligations for student data.
Rock X presents to your ACS as a standard reader over Wiegand or OSDP, with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit. No new server footprint unless you want on-premises.
IP66, IK08, −40°F to 150°F: one reader family covers perimeter doors, stadium gates, and turnstile lanes. Embedded and flat-mount turnstile options need no lane rebuild.
Opt-in consent, a one-way template that cannot become a photo, and zero images stored — mapped to GDPR, CCPA, and BIPA, with a consent model campuses align to FERPA.
The badge math
Your campus spends ~$30,000 a year on the card cycle.
Rock X eliminates the card printing and replacement cycle
Book a demoA specialist responds within one business hour. No high-pressure sales.
FAQ
Rock X installs in line between any Wiegand or OSDP reader and your access control system. Your ACS, badges, panels, and controllers all stay — Rock X adds facial authentication, tailgating detection, and 3D liveness at the door, within Genetec, LenelS2, C•CURE, or Genea.
No — Rock X converts 3D facial scans into encrypted templates with a one-way algorithm, so a template can never be turned back into a face. Data is protected with AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit, and personal data never leaves your environment.
Three opt-in paths: self-enrollment from a phone or laptop in about a minute, auto-enrollment after roughly 4–5 normal badge reads where policy allows, and manual enrollment guided by the on-device screen. Consent is recorded in the Alcatraz Platform and revocable at any time.
Anywhere on campus, including outdoors: IP66-sealed against dust and water, IK08 impact-rated with chemically hardened glass, operational from -40°F to 150°F in lighting from darkness to 120,000 lux. Perimeter doors, stadium gates, and winter entrances are in scope.
Yes. Rock X works as a passive second factor in line with existing badge readers over Wiegand or OSDP. Students and staff present their badge as they do today and are verified by face in parallel — no new credentials to issue and no change in behavior.
Rock X is designed for GDPR, CCPA, and BIPA: privacy by design, no images stored, a one-way biometric algorithm, and segregation of biometric templates from ACS data. Alcatraz AI maintains SOC 2 Type II attestation, and campuses map the consent model to their FERPA obligations.
Nothing changes for them. Enrollment is strictly opt-in and badges keep working as a fallback at every Rock X door. Facial authentication adds a faster, more secure option for those who choose it — it never locks out those who don't.
Yes — residence halls are where badge sharing and tailgating hurt most. Rock X verifies the person rather than the card, flags piggybacking in real time, and its privacy-by-design architecture — opt-in consent, no images stored — is built for student populations.
