The cameras you already own. Software that watches them properly.
Watchtower is a software layer over cameras a building already owns: detection at the edge, alerts to the people on duty in seconds, a tenant portal that shows each tenant only its own cameras, and a footage-access log that cannot be edited by the person accessing footage. It is in build, with pilots opening.
A camera feed becomes an alert, a portal entry, and a paper trail.
Detection happens at the edge, close to the camera, so raw footage does not need to leave the building to produce an alert.
Camera feed
Already owned by the building.
Edge detection
Runs on-site, close to the camera.
Alerts, portal, log
Alerts to on-duty staff in seconds. A tenant portal showing each tenant only its own cameras. An access log that cannot be edited by the viewer.
Assessment
A technical report against NPC Circular 2024-02.
NPC Circular 2024-02, in plain terms
A technical assessment, never legal advice. It documents what your system does against what the circular requires, for your own counsel to review.
The compliance window
The circular set a 60-day window for covered systems to come into compliance. That window closed in October 2024.
Access-request clocks
The circular sets 5 and 15 working-day clocks for responding to an access request, depending on the type of request. Watchtower's access log exists to make answering one straightforward.
Verified in a lab, before it goes anywhere near a real building
101-check test suite
Verified end to end in a lab, covering detection, alert delivery, tenant isolation and the access log together, not as separate pieces.
Real alerts, demo channel
Alerts are delivered end to end to a demo channel in testing, the same path a real on-duty team would receive them on.
No hardware, ever
Watchtower runs on cameras a building already owns. We do not sell or install cameras.
- We do not sell cameras or hardware.
- Watchtower is never part of a door-opening or access-control path.
- No real footage, prospect names, or pricing appear on this page.
Questions building owners ask first
What is Watchtower?
A software layer over cameras a building already owns: detection at the edge, alerts to the people on duty in seconds, a tenant portal that shows each tenant only its own cameras, a footage-access log that cannot be edited by the person accessing footage, and a technical assessment report against NPC Circular 2024-02. It is in build, with pilots opening.
Do you sell cameras or install hardware?
No. Watchtower runs on cameras a building already owns. We do not sell or install cameras, and Watchtower is never part of a door-opening or access-control path.
Is this legal advice?
No. The report we generate is a technical assessment against NPC Circular 2024-02, not legal advice. It documents what the system does and what the circular requires, so your own counsel can review it against your specific situation.
How was it tested?
Verified end to end in a lab by a 101-check test suite, with real alerts delivered on a demo channel. There is no live client deployment yet, which is why we call it in build rather than running.
What does the tenant portal actually show?
Each tenant sees only its own cameras, never a neighbouring unit's feed. Every time footage is accessed, it is written to a log that the person accessing the footage cannot edit or delete.
What is NPC Circular 2024-02?
The Philippines' National Privacy Commission circular governing CCTV systems: it set a 60-day compliance window that closed in October 2024, and it defines access-request clocks of 5 and 15 working days depending on the request type. Our assessment report checks a system against these requirements.
When can we run a pilot?
Pilots are opening now. Talk to us about your building and we will tell you what a pilot looks like, with no pricing or commitment on that first call.
Pilots are opening now.
Tell us about the building and the cameras it already has. No pricing or commitment on the first call.