Rhombus, a provider of cloud-managed video security, has announced a significant partnership with Honeywell.
The collaboration integrates Rhombus’s platform with Honeywell’s LenelS2 Elements, a cloud-native access control system, to deliver a unified solution.
This new arrangement offers a single interface for comprehensive physical security management.
Transforming the security landscape
The collaboration between Rhombus and Honeywell addresses a longstanding issue in physical security: the complexity of managing multiple, often fragmented, on-premise systems. The shift towards cloud-based solutions is not merely a trend; it offers tangible operational advantages such as quicker deployment, reduced infrastructure costs, and enhanced features like remote management and automatic updates.
This strategic move aligns with Rhombus's long-term plan, as their system has been inherently cloud-native, encompassing cameras, sensors, and AI capabilities under one centralised platform devoid of on-site server demands. Similarly, LenelS2 Elements centralises access control, providing flexibility across various site operations.
Integrated functionality for enhanced security
The collaboration improves operations with linked access-video data, AI detection and serverless deploymentThe integration of the two platforms enables bi-directional access to resources; Rhombus’s cameras and smart sensors are accessible within Elements, while LenelS2 access control activities are visible through the Rhombus Console. This seamless interconnection allows security personnel to efficiently manage and monitor environments using their preferred interface.
The collaboration also enhances operational capabilities by correlating access and video data, facilitating AI-driven detection integrated within access control workflows, and eliminating the need for on-premise servers. For organisations hesitant to overhaul existing systems, Rhombus Relay provides a bridge by integrating existing ONVIF cameras into the Rhombus cloud offering, ensuring continuity while reaping the benefits of the new integration.
AI beyond traditional surveillance
The use of artificial intelligence in security has often been misrepresented; however, Rhombus’s AI technology provides real-time, on-camera analysis without relying on cloud processing for every frame. This ensures fast and accurate detection, regardless of scale.
When combined with Elements, AI Analytics enrich access control functions by offering insights into space utilisation and movement patterns, supplemented by Rhombus Insights, a language-based investigative tool that simplifies data queries.
An open architecture approach
Rhombus emphasises the importance of open architecture to avoid vendor lock-in and supports deployment through existing reseller channels.
This partnership aims to connect systems in a meaningful way, maintaining openness as the platform expands.
Future plans and global expansion
Initially launched in North America, the partnership is poised for global rollout, leveraging Rhombus’s local teams and Honeywell’s extensive international network. Future plans include deeper integration within the LenelS2 ecosystem, such as with OnGuard and NetBox, allowing Rhombus’s video and AI features to integrate seamlessly into these widely-used systems.
As these integrations advance, Rhombus promises to provide updates on development timelines and implementation specifics, continuing to build on the collaborative foundation laid with Honeywell’s LenelS2 products.
Physical security has always involved a trade-off: the most capable systems were often the most complex to run.
On-premise servers, siloed video and access control platforms, and multi-dashboard workflows became the norm; not because anyone wanted it that way, but because the integrations weren’t there to do better.
That’s changing. Rhombus is excited to announce their strategic partnership with Honeywell, bringing Rhombus’ cloud-managed video security platform together with LenelS2 Elements - Honeywell’s cloud-native access control system - in a deeply integrated, single-pane-of-glass solution.
This isn’t a standard API handshake; it’s a purpose-built integration between two platforms that were both designed from the ground up for the cloud.
Why this partnership, why now
The physical security market isin the middle of a genuine platform shift. Organisations that have spent years managing disparate on-premise systems are moving to the cloud; not because it’s a trend, but because the operational benefits are real and measurable. Faster deployment, lower infrastructure overhead, remote management, automatic updates, and AI capabilities that simply can’t run cost-effectively on local hardware.
Rhombus has been building toward this moment since day one. Thier platform is cloud-native by design; every camera, sensor, and AI capability is managed through a single console, with noNVRs or on-site servers required. LenelS2 Elements takes the same approach to access control: cloud-managed doors, mobile-first credentials, and centralised control across any number of sites.
When both your video and your access control are built for the cloud, connecting them becomes significantly more powerful than bolting two legacy systems together. That’s the foundation this partnership is built on.
What the integration actually does
The practical outcome is bidirectional: Rhombus cameras, AI analytics, and IoT sensors are accessible directly within the Elements platform, and LenelS2 access control events are surfaced within the Rhombus Console. Security teams can work from whichever interface they prefer without losing visibility into either system.
A few things this unlocks in practice:
- Correlated access and video: When a badge event fires -a door access, a failed credential attempt, a forced door - Rhombus automatically surfaces the relevant video clip alongside it. No more jumping between systems to piece together what happened.
- Edge AI built into your access control workflows: Rhombus’ on-camera AI - human detection, facial recognition, vehicle and license plate recognition, tailgating detection, anomaly alerts - surfaces directly within Elements, giving access control events the visual context they’ve always lacked.
- No on-premise servers required: Both platforms arefully cloud-managed, so there’s nothing to rack, patch, or maintain on-site.Deployment across new locations is fast, and management stays centralised regardless of how many sites you operate.
- Rhombus Relay for existing infrastructure: If you’re not ready to replace every camera on day one, Rhombus Relay lets you pull existing ONVIF cameras into the Rhombus cloud platform, turning them into AI-enabled devices; protecting your current investment and avoiding a full-scale rip-and-replace while still unlocking the integration benefits.
AI that does more than detect motion
The security industry has used the word “AI” loosely for years. Motion detection got rebranded, filters got repackaged, and not much actually changed for the people trying to run buildings more safely and efficiently.
What Rhombus has built is different.Rhombus processes AI inference directly on the camera, which means analysis happens in real time without routing video through the cloud for every frame.The result is genuinely fast, accurate detection that works at scale, whether you’re managing five doors or five hundred.
Combined with Elements, thoseAI Analytics capabilities become part of your access control story. Occupancy data helps you understand how spaces are being used. Movement analysis surfaces patterns you wouldn’t catch manually. And Rhombus Insights - thier LLM-powered investigation tool - lets your team ask plain-language questions about what’s happened across your facilities, getting answers in seconds rather than spending hours scrubbing footage.
Security data becomes operational intelligence. That’s a meaningful shift for the teams managing these environments every day.
Open by design
One thing Rhombus feels strongly about: physical security platforms shouldn’t lock customers in. The integration between Rhombus and Elements is built on an open architecture, so organisations can deploy the combined solution through their existing reseller relationships and continue working with the partners they trust.
This isn’t a case of two vendors building a walled garden together. The goal is to give customers the best tools available, connected in a way that actually works — and to keep extending that openness as the platform grows.
What’s next: Global expansion and deeper LenelS2 integration
The initial launch is focused on North America; a region where both Rhombus and Honeywell already have strong customer bases and established go-to-market infrastructure. But this is explicitly a starting point, not a ceiling. Expanding availability globally isa core part of the roadmap, and Rhombus is building toward that with their own teams on the ground and Honeywell’s international reach behind us.
On the product side, theLenelS2 integration extends well beyond Elements. Rhombus is actively working toward deeper integration with the broader LenelS2 portfolio, including OnGuard, one of the most widely deployed enterprise access control platforms in the world, and NetBox, LenelS2’s networked hardware management solution. For organisations already running OnGuard or NetBox deployments, this means Rhombus video and AI capabilities will be available within the systems they already rely on, without requiring a platform migration.
Rhombus will have more to share on timelines and specifics as those integrations mature. The direction is clear: we’re building a comprehensive bridge between Rhombus and the full Honeywell LenelS2 security ecosystem.
