Surveillance and Access Control
Camera coverage and access control designed together, so footage and entry logs tell one consistent story.
What it combines
Services in this solution
2 service categories, scoped and delivered as one engagement.
Cameras that don’t cover the doors an access system logs, or access logs nobody cross-references against footage, both weaken your ability to actually reconstruct what happened at an entrance. This solution designs coverage and access control as one system rather than two separately purchased products.
What this solution combines
Draws on CCTV and surveillance security for camera placement, monitoring and maintenance, combined with biometric access and workforce services for card, PIN or biometric access control and the access logs it produces.
What it typically looks like
Camera placement planned around actual access points first, then access control added at the entrances that need it — reception, server rooms, restricted stock areas — with both systems’ logs and footage retrievable together for the same time window during an incident review.
Why footage and access logs need to line up in time
An investigation into “who entered the server room at 2am” is straightforward when the access log and the camera covering that door share the same accurate timestamp and the same physical coverage. It becomes a much longer exercise when the camera’s clock has drifted, or its field of view was never actually checked against where the access reader is mounted. We treat time synchronisation and coverage verification as part of installation, not something assumed to be correct by default.
Retrofitting an existing site
Most requests in this category involve an existing building with some cameras already installed and no access control at all, rather than a blank site. Where existing cameras are in good condition and support integration with a new access control system, we keep them; where coverage has obvious gaps — a common finding once someone actually maps existing camera fields of view against the site’s real entrances — we recommend filling them as part of the same project rather than as a separate later one.
Who this fits
Hotels needing guest-area and back-of-house coverage handled distinctly, banks and MFIs with compliance requirements around branch security, schools and hospitals restricting specific areas, and any compound or campus with multiple entrances currently covered inconsistently.
Who we work with
Sectors we work with
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Banks and MFIs
Uptime, audit trails and segmented networks that hold up to a regulator’s questions.
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NGOs and international organisations
Secure access for staff across offices and field sites, on budgets that answer to donors.
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Schools
Wi-Fi that copes with a full classroom, managed devices and attendance that runs itself.
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Health facilities
Systems that stay up around the clock and keep patient records private.
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Hotels
Guest Wi-Fi, payment security and cameras that cover every entrance.
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Government agencies
Documented infrastructure with a clear handover, so accountability doesn’t leave with a supplier.
Frequently asked questions
Why design cameras and access control together rather than separately?
Because an incident review is more useful when a door's access log and the camera covering that door reference the same event — installed separately, they often don't line up in time or coverage, which weakens both when you actually need them.
Does this work for a single building or a multi-site campus?
Both — the design principle (coordinated coverage and access logging) applies whether it's one entrance or a multi-building compound with several access points.
Can existing CCTV be integrated with new access control, or does everything need replacing?
Often existing cameras can stay if they're in good working condition and support integration; access control is more commonly added new since older sites frequently have none at all.
Talk to us about surveillance and access control
Tell us your sector, your sites and what you run today. We’ll scope which parts of this you actually need.