Access Control Systems
Urban Eye installs Suprema and Ajax access control for Nairobi offices, warehouses, clinics, and estates. Staff open doors with a fingerprint, face, encrypted card, or phone. Visitors get passes that work only where you allow. Every entry is logged, and exit doors still open instantly in a fire.
Quoted after a site survey · You pay only for the doors that need control See how quoting works →
Which of these sounds like you?
These are the five situations we are asked to solve most. If yours is here, a survey will show exactly which doors need control.
A former employee still has a key, and nobody knows how many copies exist.
Cancel a card or fingerprint in the software and it stops working at every door. Each door records who opened it and when, so a missing item has a trail.
Usually fits: offices, clinics, and stores
Payroll pays for hours nobody worked, because a PIN or card can be handed to a friend.
Fingerprint or face entry confirms the actual person. Because this is biometric data, we set it up with staff consent, an impact assessment, and a card option for anyone who declines.
Usually fits: offices, factories, and warehouses
The visitor badge opens every door, or none, so staff keep walking down to reception.
Suprema's visitor module issues a card or QR pass that opens only the doors and lift floors you assign, for the period of the visit, with no paper register on the counter.
Usually fits: shared office buildings and headquarters
Dust, grease, and worn fingers cause failed scans, queues at shift change, and doors propped open.
Where hands are dirty or worn, we specify face recognition or encrypted cards instead of fingerprints, so the door works for the people who use it every day.
Usually fits: factories, workshops, and warehouses
A magnetic lock or bolt that will not release puts staff at risk and breaks workplace safety law.
Escape-route doors get fail-safe locks, Suprema systems can unlock every door when the fire alarm activates, and backup power is sized for each door.
Usually fits: pair with a fire alarm system
Tell us how many doors, staff, and daily visitors you have. We will survey the site and list every door with its price.
Book a SurveyAt every controlled door
The same sequence runs at every door, whether it is the main entrance, a store room, or a lift.
A fingerprint, face, encrypted card, QR code, phone, or PIN, depending on what the door is set up to accept.
It confirms who the person is, whether they may use this door, and whether it is within their allowed hours.
Authorised people go through. Refused attempts are recorded, so repeated tries at a restricted room stand out.
You can see who went through which door and when, and cancel a lost card or a departed employee straight away.
Escape-route locks release when power is cut, and a signal from the fire alarm can unlock the doors in a fire alarm zone.
The hardware
We install two systems because no single one fits every building. The survey decides which, and we explain why.
BioStation 3 readers accept face, card, and QR code credentials, and CoreStation controllers manage many doors from one system. The BioStar 2 visitor module issues visitor passes, OM‑120 modules limit which lift floors a person can reach, and a fire alarm zone unlocks its doors when your fire alarm signals.
Ajax KeyPad TouchScreen accepts codes, DESFire cards and tags, and phones over Bluetooth. Relay modules switch electric locks, gates, and barriers, and everything runs in the same Ajax app as your alarm and fire system.
Basic proximity cards can be cloned with cheap tools. Ajax DESFire credentials combine 128‑bit encryption with copy protection, and Suprema readers can connect over OSDP Secure Channel, which encrypts the reader-to-controller link with AES‑128.
Is access control right for you?
We would rather point you to the right solution than sell you doors you do not need.
Installation
Access control is quoted door by door, so you see the full equipment list and price before anything is installed.
Share how many doors and gates you have, roughly how many staff and daily visitors, and what is not working today.
We check every door, escape route, and lock type, how people and visitors move, the power at each door, and whether a fire alarm needs to connect.
You receive a door-by-door list of readers, locks, and controllers, whether we recommend Suprema or Ajax, and the final price.
We fit locks, readers, and controllers, then test every door, including release on power loss and on a fire alarm signal.
We enrol your staff, set up who can use which doors and when, and train your administrators to add and cancel access.
FAQs
Talk to our operations team directly on WhatsApp or by phone.
Every system is quoted after a site survey. The price depends on how many doors need control, the reader type (card, fingerprint, or face), the lock on each door, whether you need visitor passes or lift floor control, and the cabling and backup power each door needs. You receive a written quotation listing every door before anything is installed.
It can be, if it is set up properly. Kenya's Data Protection Act treats biometric data as sensitive personal data, and processing that is likely to be high risk needs a data protection impact assessment before it starts. The Data Protection Commissioner's draft guidance for private security says staff consent is needed unless there is a real safety or security risk, and that people should be offered another way in, such as a card. This is a summary, not legal advice.
Only with its own lawful basis. The Data Protection Commissioner's draft guidance says biometric access justified for security should not be reused to monitor attendance or performance. If you want biometric attendance, plan for staff consent, a data protection impact assessment, and a card option for anyone who declines. Many businesses use card-based attendance instead, which avoids biometric data altogether.
Doors on escape routes use fail-safe locks that release when power is cut, and Suprema systems can take a signal from your fire alarm to unlock every door in a fire alarm zone. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, exit doors must be easy to open immediately from the inside while people are at work. Store rooms and server rooms that are not on an escape route can use fail-secure locks that stay locked. Backup power for each door is sized during the survey.
Reception registers the visitor in Suprema's BioStar 2 visitor module and issues a card or a QR code pass. The pass opens only the doors and lift floors you assign, for the period of the visit. You decide how long visitor records are kept, which matters because the Data Protection Commissioner's draft guidance says records should not be kept just in case.
It depends on the site. Ajax suits a few doors opened with a code, card, or phone, especially where you already have an Ajax alarm or fire system. Suprema suits fingerprint or face entry, visitor passes, lift control, and buildings with many doors. We recommend one after the survey and explain why.
Basic proximity cards can be copied with cheap tools. Ajax keypads use DESFire cards and tags, which combine 128-bit encryption with copy protection. On Suprema systems, readers can connect over OSDP Secure Channel, which encrypts the link between reader and controller with AES-128.