Individual-only focus, no background visibility
You check the person at the gate, not the company behind them. Sanctions and watchlist screening are rarely part of that process, leaving critical security gaps.
Data center security
Zero-trust physical access control for enterprise data centers
9ID's AI security agent combines automated identity checks with background screening for every external company and person before granting access.
- Company checks
- Individual checks
How it works
Pre-verify every external company and person before perimeter entry.
An automated identity verification workflow for contractors, visitors, drivers, and their employers that keeps physical access security consistent across your sites.
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Start from the blueprint
Company and personal checks are pre-configured. Adjust to your policy, buildings, and company types.
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Companies register themselves
Send an invitation link. The external company registers, gets checked automatically, and adds the people it sends.
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Checks run before arrival
People verify identity, pass watchlist screening, and complete the site briefing on their phone. Your team only reviews flagged cases.
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Every entry is logged
Every check, source, and timestamp linked to the external person and company. Exportable in one click for audits.
Threat mitigation
Traditional gate checks leave mission-critical infrastructure exposed.
Manual gate checks miss company-level risk and treat contractors, visitors, and drivers differently. They cannot keep up when external company rotation is high.
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Dual-layer pre-verification
Company screening and individual checks, both completed before arrival, including real-time screening against EU Financial Sanctions, UN Security Council, OFAC, and INTERPOL Red Notices.
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Physical access disconnected from compliance
Your badge system and your compliance records don't talk to each other. When a certificate expires, nothing automatically stops that person from entering.
Physical access connected to compliance status
Documents monitored continuously. Access blocked the moment company or personal checks no longer pass.
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Siloed site decisions
A person turned away at one facility can still badge in at another
Portfolio-wide enforcement
One overview across your portfolio. A block at one location applies at every site
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Fragmented access records
Spreadsheets, gate notes, and badge lists that do not link a decision to the person, company, and check
Linked audit trails
Every check, source, timestamp, and decision logged to the external person and company, exportable in one click
The datacenter blueprint
Automate every compliance check required before site arrival
Pre-clear both the contracting company and the individual worker before they reach your perimeter. All checks execute automatically long before gate entry.
01 Company Per VAT number
Company checks
Every external company you admit to site. Enter a VAT number and 9ID runs four checks against official sources, then keeps monitoring them so you hear about a change when it happens.
- VAT database check Registration confirmed at the source
- UBO check Who owns and controls the company
- Sanctions and watchlist screening EU Financial Sanctions, UN Security Council, OFAC, PEP exposure, and other official lists, monitored continuously
- Credit database check Financial health and payment behaviour
02 Individuals Per person
Personal checks
Every external person the company sends (contractor, visitor, or driver) completes their own checks on their phone before arrival.
Inherited permissions
Automatically block workers from non-compliant companies on site
If an external company fails a compliance check, access is instantly paused for every worker they employ—preventing unverified personnel from reaching your perimeter and creating compliance risk.
- Continuous monitoring of company status and watchlists
- Access is withdrawn automatically, with no manual check of your badge list
- Instant alerts with root-cause context, keeping teams in control
Site coverage
Unified security rules across every type of site
Apply the same pre-verification across colocation, hyperscale campuses, active builds, and remote edge sites for external companies, contractors, visitors, and drivers.
- Colocation
Multi-tenant facilities
Different tenants, buildings, and halls can require different checks, applied the same way for every external company and external person.
- Hyperscale
High-density campuses
External companies and people rotate frequently across multi-building campuses. Clearance follows the verified person and employer, not whoever is holding a badge.
- Build & expansion
Active construction sites
Verify every company tier in a subcontractor chain before trade crews enter live or active build zones.
- Edge & remote
Unmanned facilities
Pre-verify external companies and people before arrival so unmanned sites never have to decide at the door. Verified contractors, visitors, and drivers pass to your existing access hardware, with no on-site reception required.
Eliminate physical security blind spots across your data center footprint.
Deploy the 9ID Data Center Blueprint for uncompromised, automated access control.
FAQ
Discover answers to common questions
about 9ID's AI security agent.
Which checks does 9ID run on an external company?
Four, all from one VAT number: the VAT registration is confirmed at the source, ultimate beneficial owners are identified, owners and directors are screened against sanctions and watchlists (including PEP exposure, EU Financial Sanctions, UN Security Council, and OFAC), and a credit database check shows financial health. After onboarding, 9ID keeps monitoring those results instead of filing them away.
Which checks does every external person complete?
An identity check that verifies an ID document and matches it to the person, watchlist screening against sanctions and official lists (EU Financial Sanctions, UN Security Council, OFAC, INTERPOL Red Notices, FBI Most Wanted, and others) in their own name, and your security briefing. All three are done on their phone before arrival, so a person who has not completed them never becomes someone your team has to turn away at the gate.
Does 9ID replace our access control system?
No. Your badge readers, turnstiles and cameras stay as they are. 9ID decides who is allowed to reach them. It holds the verified identity, the check results and the access rules per building, hall and time window, and passes a verified person to the systems you already have.
Does 9ID integrate with our existing physical access control system?
Yes. 9ID connects to your PACS (badge readers, turnstiles, door controllers, and badge provisioning tools) via APIs and integrations. Screening results and access rules per building, hall, and time window are evaluated in 9ID first; verified permissions are passed to the systems you already run. Your hardware stays in place.
How does this help with client audits, NIS2, SOC 2, and ISO 27001?
You have to be able to show how people are checked before they get access. 9ID logs what was checked, against which source, when, and how a flagged result was handled, linked to both the person and the company. You can export that record for tenant audits, certification reviews (including access-control evidence for frameworks like NIS2 and SOC 2), and incident investigations. 9ID delivers the workflow and the records; the security programme itself stays yours.
Can the checks differ per building or per type of company?
Yes. You assign requirements by role, type of company, building, hall and time window. A cooling contractor working in a plant room and an engineer entering a tenant hall do not need to meet the same requirements.
If someone is blocked at one site, can they enter another?
No. 9ID gives you one overview across your whole portfolio. If an external person is blocked at one location, that decision applies at every site you run on 9ID. You do not need to re-check badge lists site by site.
What if an external company sends a different person at short notice?
The replacement completes the checks in their own name first. External companies add and manage their own people, so this usually takes minutes instead of a phone call to your security desk. Someone who has not been checked does not get access.
Are the checks repeated over time?
Yes. Company checks are monitored after onboarding, so a watchlist hit, a change of owner or financial trouble shows up when it happens. Personal documents are tracked to their expiry date and requested again before they expire.
How is personal data handled?
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is role-based, and every action is logged. 9ID is GDPR-compliant and certified to ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and SOC 2 Type II. A Data Processing Agreement is part of onboarding.