Face access control lets employees, contractors and guests in by face instead of a card: the camera at the entrance captures the person, NeuroVision looks them up in the access list and returns the result to your system, while the turnstile, door or security act under your rule. Entry to a building and zones by face is only for those who have given consent; everyone else goes in by card.
Entry by face
The price is the “Document + Liveness” package of the price matrix on the publication date
A card is given to a colleague, lost or copied. The face stays with its owner — and only the owner gets through.
The face at the entrance is matched only against the lists you have compiled: employees, contractors for a week, guests for today, the stop list. If the person is not on a list, there is no entry. Biometric access control changes one element in your access control system, the identifier: the turnstiles, doors and access rules stay yours. How face search in your own database works is described on the page about searching for a person by face in a database.
NeuroVision returns who is in the frame, while whether to let them into this zone at this time is decided by the rules of your system. A disputed frame can be sent to a guard: they see the photo from the list and the frame from the camera and decide themselves.
A camera or terminal is installed where people pass and where a mistake costs the most: at the main entrance, at doors with valuables and at zones admitting only those who have had a briefing.
A face recognition turnstile at the main entrance: the person walks up, looks into the camera and passes without a card. The queue at the checkpoint does not build up if the camera is installed properly.
Face entry to a building, a lift lobby or a tenant’s floor in a business centre. Each tenant has their own list, and the reception has the list of guests for today.
Rooms that only a few people visit. Here the face is often added as a second factor to the card: the door opens only if the card and the face belong to the same person.
A workshop, work at height, a chemicals warehouse. Access to hazardous zones is only for employees who have had a briefing: the briefing date is stored in the person’s card, and whether to close the zone after that date is determined by the rule of your access control system.
Lots of temporary staff and contractors, and cards are passed from hand to hand. A face cannot be passed on — the person who gets into the warehouse is the one who has been registered.
Crews change every week. The contractor submits a list of workers with photos, the security service checks it and adds it to the access list with a validity period in the card.
Registration happens once, entry every day. The example is a warehouse employee who has already consented to face entry.
The employee signs the consent and takes a photo — at the pass office or in advance via a link from a smartphone, with a Liveness check. The photo is added to the “Employees” list, together with the department, zones and access validity period.
The camera or terminal at the turnstile picks out the face in the frame. A face that is too small or turned too far is not recognised — the minimum size and permissible rotation are set in the source settings, and the person steps closer and looks into the camera.
The system checks that a live person is in front of the camera, not a photo on a phone or a mask, and searches for their face in the access lists of this entrance. Confidence below the threshold means no match.
The person is on the list and has access to this zone — the result goes to your system, the turnstile opens and the entry is written to the log. The person is not on the list, is on the stop list or the frame is disputed — entry is closed and the guard gets an alert with the frame.
A card can be handed over — a face cannot
A dismissed employee left their card to a friend, a contractor passed a pass to a replacement, an employee let in an acquaintance. With a face this scenario does not work: only the person on the list gets through.
Copying a card is easier than fooling Liveness
Simple cards are copied in minutes. A photo from a phone, a printout or a mask in front of the camera is rejected by the live presence check before the search in the list.
Access is closed by changing the list
An employee is dismissed or a contractor’s agreement has ended — the record is deleted from the list or moved to the stop list. There is no need to wait for the card to be returned and to reprogram the locks.
The log holds a frame, not a card number
When investigating an incident you see not “card 0471 passed at 22:14” but the frame of the person who passed. Access to the log and to face images is restricted by roles.
Corporate face access confirms that the person passing is the owner of the pass, not whoever has the card in their hand.
How to choose an algorithm and compare metrics — in the article “A face recognition system: how it works and where it is used”.
Between the frame and the open turnstile there are four groups of checks. Each answers its own question: is the person alive, are they on the list, can the frame be trusted and do they have access here and now.
A guest should not stand at the reception while a pass is being printed, and a contractor should not wait for a card to be issued. Access by face is arranged in advance and is valid until the end of the period in the person’s card.
The employee expecting the guest sends them a link. The guest reads the consent and takes a selfie with a Liveness check, and the employee adds them to the “Guests for today” list. The link is valid from 15 minutes to 30 days.
Suitable for:
for business centres and offices with a flow of guests
If the pass is issued by security, the guest’s document is recognised by the camera, data is not typed in by hand, and the face is matched with the photo in the passport. The guard sees the result and confirms access themselves.
Suitable for:
for sites where a guest is checked against a document
The contracting organisation submits a list of workers with photos and consents. The security service checks it and enables access for the period of works — after that the records are closed.
Suitable for:
for construction sites, factories, warehouses
Not every guest will agree to a photo. They are given a one-time card or taken through the security post — the same way as before face access control. A refusal of biometrics is not a reason to refuse entry to a person who is expected.
Suitable for:
for everyone — this is a mandatory fallback route
A card or a pass remains
An employee has the right not to give consent to biometrics. The previous method stays for them: a card, a pass without a photo or entry by document through the security post.
A refusal is not a breach of discipline
An employee cannot be punished for refusing to give biometrics or for withdrawing consent — this conclusion is also found in case law. Do not make face entry a condition of hiring or of admission to a shift.
Consent can be withdrawn
The person has changed their mind — the record is deleted from the access list and entry switches to the card. Deletion is done in the console or via API, one record at a time or for the whole list.
The fallback route is not a loophole
A card for those without biometrics must be named and have the same zones and validity periods as entry by face. Otherwise an outsider will go in exactly through it.
Access control is not among the cases when biometrics may be processed without consent. This means face access control always works alongside another way of entry — and it must be planned before launch.
The position of the Ministry of Digital Development and what to arrange with employees — in the “Face access control and the law” block below. How cloud and on-premises storage of biometrics in KYC work — in the article “On-premises or cloud KYC”.
A face in access control based on facial biometrics is biometric personal data: it is used to establish who is passing. For an employer, the relevant rules are 152‑FZ on personal data, the Labour Code and the restrictions of 572‑FZ. Below is a summary of the rules as of October 2026. It is a guide for a conversation with a lawyer, not a legal opinion.
Where there are many people, the staff changes and the price of someone else’s entry is high.
NeuroVision is the software part: face recognition and access lists. The turnstiles, doors and cameras are yours or your integrator’s. We select the equipment requirements to suit your site.
An IP camera aimed at the face of the person passing will do, or a terminal with a camera and screen at the turnstile. The main thing is a large, frontal face at a distance of a step, and lighting without backlight.
The actuating devices stay the same. The recognition result goes to your access control system, and it opens the passage the same way as after a card.
Recognition and lists run in the NeuroVision cloud via API. Whether an option on your side is needed and on what terms — we discuss at connection.
Connection to your access control system is done by your integrator or a NeuroVision partner: they know the site’s equipment, and NeuroVision provides the API and lists.
Recognition and access lists are configured in the personal account and via API. Get a test scenario
A test scenario on your account, a personal manager, payment only for completed checks.
The price depends on the number of entrances, people on the lists and the connection method. You can start with a test scenario at one entrance — terms are specified by the manager.
Test access to the API and lists, connection of one camera or terminal, threshold setup and a check on your employees.
on request
Recognition and lists in the NeuroVision cloud, the log and access roles in the console, payment only for completed checks.
on request
Search in access lists via API with your interface and your access control system. Terms and price — to suit your site.
Registration of guests by link with a document check and Liveness can be paid for as a KYC session — the “Document + Liveness” package from 29 ₽ per session. Equipment and installation are not included in the price. Prices for online checks — price matrix.
Terms you will meet in the project, the contract with the integrator and the conversation with a lawyer.
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Tell us how many entrances and people you have, which access control system you have now and what requirements for data hosting your security service has — we will propose a scheme and a pilot at one entrance.
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Materials on face recognition, algorithm accuracy and protection against deepfakes — in our blog.
It is an access control system in which the pass is the face. A camera or terminal at the entrance captures the person, the system looks them up in the access list and returns the result to your access control system, while the turnstile, door or security act under your rule. Cards remain for those who have not consented to biometrics.
It depends on your access control system. NeuroVision is the software part: via API it answers whether the person is on the access list, and how this answer reaches the controller or the software of the access control system is determined at connection together with your integrator. The turnstiles and doors stay yours; we select the cameras or terminals at the entrances to suit the site.
The live presence check rejects photos on a screen, printouts, masks and videos before the search in the list. There is no absolute protection, so the decision on entry stays with your access control system and security. Whether to allow entry in a medical mask and glasses is for you to decide.
The time from the frame to the turnstile opening depends on the camera, lighting, the size of the list and your access control system. The figure for your entrance is given by a test scenario at a real checkpoint.
Yes. Biometrics is processed only with written consent, and the access regime is not among the exceptions in Part 2, Art. 11 of 152‑FZ. Consent is drawn up as a separate document, and the purpose of processing is fixed in a local act.
Leave them another way of entry — a card, a pass without a photo or entry by document. A refusal cannot be a reason to refuse work, and one cannot be punished for it (Part 3, Art. 11 of 152‑FZ).
The guest is sent a link: they give consent and take a selfie with Liveness, and the employee adds them to the list for today. The contractor submits a list of workers with photos and consents, and access is enabled for the period of works. Those without biometrics enter on a one-time card.
The data is processed in the NeuroVision cloud, and the terms of hosting and storage are fixed in the contract. The retention period is set in the scenario, and personal data is destroyed on request via API. For search a numerical face template is used, and access to lists and the log is restricted by roles.
The entry log shows who entered and when, but it is not a timesheet. Time tracking by face is a separate scenario with its own rules and consent, and it is covered on the page about time tracking by face.
You can start with a test scenario at one entrance — terms are specified by the manager. After that the price depends on the number of entrances and people on the lists. Guests who register by a link with a document and Liveness can be paid for as a “Document + Liveness” KYC session — from 29 ₽. Equipment and installation — separately, with you or your integrator. Prices for online checks — in the price matrix.
