Guest Wi-Fi is more than handing out an internet connection.
Keycyte Hotspot is an on-premise hotspot and access management platform that lets organisations manage guest and shared internet access centrally, authenticate users, and keep internet access records securely on their own infrastructure.
Runs on your own server. Your data never leaves your organisation.
In most organisations guest internet is a single Wi-Fi password. The more it is shared, the harder it becomes to know who is connected. Users change, devices change, IP addresses change. When something happens, the answers to “who, when, and over which connection?” have to be dug out of scattered systems.
The same password is shared by dozens, even hundreds of people. Working out who connected becomes guesswork.
Creating users, granting access and ending it all lands on the operations team.
Routers, firewalls and hotspot devices each keep their own logs. After an incident, pulling them together takes time.
In government, defence, healthcare, manufacturing and critical infrastructure, user and access data often must not leave the organisation. Keycyte Hotspot runs on your own infrastructure for exactly these cases.
Verifies the identity of every user who connects to the hotspot, using the authentication methods you define. Different methods can be applied to different usage scenarios.
Manages the authenticated user’s internet access according to the policies and time limits you set. Every grant of access is controlled centrally.
Collects and stores the required internet access records centrally. User, IP address, MAC address, time and session details are linked together so they can be examined retrospectively whenever needed.
Operations teams review users, sessions and access records from one central interface. No more trawling through log files on different devices to find a record.
Keycyte Hotspot sits alongside your existing network infrastructure. Four steps, and the records start building themselves.
Keycyte Hotspot is positioned to work with the network infrastructure you already have.
Configure a captive portal that fits your organisation. Logo, colours, information texts and user guidance are all yours to set.
Decide under which conditions users get to the internet.
User sessions and access details start being collected centrally. Nobody on the operations team has to chase individual connections.
From the login screen to record management, the whole guest internet process on one platform.
Manage the login screen users see before they reach the internet. Build a branded experience with your own logo, design and information content.
Control hotspot access through identity verification. Different authentication methods and integrations can be used depending on your usage scenario.
See who is connected to the internet on a single screen. Track each user’s details centrally:
Keep internet access records in an orderly, correlated form that can be examined retrospectively. Link users to their connection details and quickly query the access that took place within any date and time range.
Note: whether the records the product provides satisfy the regulation must be assessed together with your network architecture, retention policy and the organisation’s legal obligations.
Collect the records generated by hotspot access in one central system. Replace scattered log files with a searchable, filterable record structure.
Stop spending hours searching log files. Filter records by date, user, IP address, MAC address and session details. Reach the connection you need in seconds.
Manage the hotspot infrastructure of several branches, facilities, campuses or service points centrally. Track each location’s users and access records separately while keeping the benefits of central management.
Not every user needs the same data. Define the authority levels required for administrators, operations staff and the managers of individual locations.
Turn user and internet access data into meaningful reports. For any date range, examine:
For your guest, the process should be simple. Four steps:
The guest picks your network.
With your logo, colours and information text.
Using the method your organisation has chosen.
For the time and under the conditions your policy allows.
In the background, the system keeps recording.
The required access and session details are collected without the guest noticing. Simplicity for the user does not mean loss of control for the organisation.
One of the most important things about Keycyte Hotspot is where the data lives.
The product is installed on your own servers. Hotspot management, user details and access records stay on infrastructure under your control.
Your user and access data does not have to be moved to a third-party cloud platform.
Where internet access is restricted, or systems are not allowed to connect outside the organisation, the on-premise architecture works in your favour.
Internet access records are more than “log files”. After an incident, what matters is not only that a record exists, but that the records can be linked together meaningfully.
Keycyte Hotspot lets you follow this relationship centrally, so examining the access that took place within a given date and time range becomes straightforward.
Manage guest and shared internet access centrally. Keep user and access records on your own infrastructure.
Manage student, staff and guest access under different policies. Track several buildings and locations from one place.
Make wireless internet easy for guests and manage their sessions centrally.
Keep patient, visitor and staff internet access separate, and manage each.
Separate guest and employee internet access from the corporate network in a controlled way.
Manage heavy user traffic centrally and keep track of access records.
Keycyte Hotspot aims beyond showing users a login screen. Authenticate. Authorise. Record. Examine. Report. The whole process on one platform.
On-premise architecture running inside your organisation. The data stays under your control.
Bring Keycyte Hotspot into your network without replacing your existing network and firewall infrastructure.
Manage hundreds of access points and user sessions from a single location.
Do not just collect access records: correlate them, search them and examine them retrospectively whenever needed.
Each product in the Keycyte family focuses on a different operational need. Used together, they bring the different operational layers of your network infrastructure into a single ecosystem.
No. Keycyte Hotspot is deployed on-premise, on your organisation’s own servers.
On the Keycyte Hotspot server or on your own storage infrastructure. The records never have to be sent to a third-party cloud platform outside the organisation.
Yes. User and session details are displayed in the central management interface.
Yes. Several branches, facilities or campuses are managed from one centre, and each location’s users and records can be tracked separately.
Yes. Access durations and connection conditions are managed according to your user and access policies.
SMS verification is supported depending on the integration and service provider used.
Integration scenarios with external services such as the WhatsApp Business Platform can be implemented. The setup depends on the provider and your organisation’s account requirements.
Keycyte Hotspot provides the record management infrastructure needed to keep and correlate internet access records centrally. Regulatory compliance must be assessed together with your usage scenario, network architecture, time synchronisation, record retention and other operational and legal requirements.
Yes. The four products work independently. Used together, the different operational layers of the network come together in one ecosystem, but that is a choice, not a requirement.
According to your organisation’s needs, number of locations and number of users. Get in touch; let’s talk through your requirements and show you the product in your own environment.
Don’t just keep guest internet running. Who connected, when, and which access did they use? Manage all of it on your own infrastructure.
Try Keycyte Hotspot on your own network.
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