Data Center

Protecting your most valuable assets

Regardless of industry sector, your data center is home to the most valuable assets in your organisation. Physical security for data centers must meet the strictest requirements — keeping unauthorised individuals out while ensuring rapid, audited access for authorised staff and contractors. Suprema's latest biometric access control solution is designed to meet these demands: combining world-leading biometric technology, distributed system topology and two-way CCTV integration to deliver the most secure physical access control available.

Meeting data center security demands

• Sophisticated visitor and contractor management — pre-registration with escort requirements, time-limited temporary credentials and automatic revocation at expiry
• Distributed topology — eliminate cabling and installation complexity with intelligent readers at each door, communicating over existing network infrastructure
• Multi-modal authentication for high-security areas — combine RFID card with facial or fingerprint biometrics for cage and cold aisle access — no single-factor entry to critical zones
• Two-way video surveillance integration — access events link directly to camera footage for real-time monitoring and post-incident forensics
• Anti-tailgating and mantrap support — interlocked entry chambers prevent piggybacking at high-security perimeter transitions and server room entries
• Wiegand and OSDP compatibility — integrates with existing access control infrastructure via Wiegand or OSDP v2 protocols — no forklift replacement required
• Immutable audit trails — every access event is timestamped, logged and exportable for regulatory compliance, ISO 27001 audit and POPIA reporting
• Offline resilience — CoreStation controllers operate autonomously during network outages, re-syncing with BioStar 2 on reconnection

Tier-ready architecture

Suprema's infrastructure scales with your data center Tier rating — from a single cabinet room to a full Tier IV hyperscaler facility, the same BioStar 2 management platform administers all access points without degradation in performance or security posture.

Data centres demand the highest levels of physical security. Suprema's solution enforces multi-factor authentication (face + fingerprint + card) at every perimeter layer, provides tamper-proof audit logs for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance, and integrates with SIEM and DCIM platforms through the open BioStar 2 API. Anti-passback zones prevent tailgating between server rooms, and real-time alerts notify security operations the moment an anomaly is detected.