Decides at the guard house
Access rules live on the guard-house computer. Registered plates and synced passes keep working for up to 7 days without internet.
Security & privacy
Safe at the gate, careful with data.
An access system has to work all the time, even when the internet fails, and treat residents' information with respect.
No open ports
The guard house connects outward through an encrypted tunnel. Nothing on the internet can reach it directly.
Signed passes
The QR only identifies the pass. It's signed, so it can't be forged, and it carries no personal data. The guard house checks validity, schedule, uses and cancellation.
Everything is logged
The decision, the open command and its acknowledgement are logged separately. Every change in the system is logged with its author.
Physical safety first
No opening is ever replayed, so an expired or lost command never opens the gate later. Argus also doesn't open it when it starts or reconnects.
Everyone sees their own
Residents, guards and managers see only what their role allows. The team signs in with two-step verification.
Your data
Only what's needed, only as long as needed.
Argus keeps what it needs to decide who gets in and to answer to the community, and nothing else.
What we record
- Residents, households and vehicles added by management
- Passes and their uses
- Plate reads and vehicle images at the entrance
- Every entry, denial and manual opening
What we don't do
- No face recognition or biometrics
- No government IDs
- No selling data or sharing it for advertising
In detail
Where it lives and who sees it.
At the guard house
Camera images are processed on the guard-house computer, on the entrance's own network, kept apart from the internet.
On the server
The dashboard, passes and the copy of the log live on an Argus server in Dallas, Texas, with administrative access by certificate only.
Who sees it
Your community's management and the Argus team, who access it to install, run and support the service. Every change is logged under their name.
The data belongs to the community
The board can export its log whenever it wants.
Your next step
Let's look at your entrance together.
We visit your entrance, review the gates and the equipment you already have, and bring you a proposal with the installation plan.