Security

Security and access control

Hostels hold personal information about residents and their families. These are the protections built into Residara.

Passwords

Passwords are stored as BCrypt hashes, never in plain text. A temporary password set by an administrator must be changed at first sign-in.

Sign-in protection

Accounts lock after repeated failed sign-in attempts, slowing down password guessing.

Role-based access

12 built-in roles and custom roles decide what each person can see and do. Managers can be restricted to particular hostels.

Audit log

Important changes are written to an audit log, so you can see who did what and when.

Verified complaint closure

Closing a complaint can require a one-time password from the resident, so complaints are not closed without them knowing.

Separate companies

Each company’s data is kept to its own account; residents and guardians see only their own information.

Have a security question? Contact us.

See Residara with your own hostel in mind

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