A Fortune 500 technology company with a sprawling campus of 12 buildings, over 8,000 employees, and 1,500 existing CCTV cameras was operating a fragmented security system. Each building had its own DVR/NVR setup from different eras of deployment, with no unified monitoring capability. Security personnel had to physically move between control rooms to review footage. The existing system had no analytics capability, visitor management was entirely manual, and the company had experienced multiple unauthorized access incidents in the previous year. The security team was unable to perform cross camera tracking or forensic searches efficiently.
Aptibit consolidated the entire 1,500 camera network onto the Visylix platform, replacing the fragmented DVR/NVR infrastructure with a unified cloud and edge hybrid architecture. Face recognition was deployed at all entry points for employee authentication and visitor verification. Person tracking enabled cross camera journey mapping across the entire campus. A centralized security operations center (SOC) was established with live AI analytics, automated threat detection, and instant forensic search capabilities. Integration with existing access control systems enabled seamless correlation between physical access events and video evidence.
Measurable Impact
Technologies Used
The Challenge: Fragmented and Outdated Security
The Fortune 500 company campus had grown organically over 15 years, with each building addition bringing its own surveillance system. The result was a patchwork of incompatible DVRs and NVRs from eight different manufacturers, running different software versions with no interoperability. Security personnel maintained separate login credentials for each system and had to physically walk between buildings to review footage from different areas.
This fragmentation created serious operational gaps. When an unauthorized individual was spotted in Building 7, security could not quickly check whether that person had been seen in other buildings. Forensic investigations that should have taken minutes required days of manual video scrubbing across multiple disconnected systems. The company estimated that security staff spent 60% of their time on administrative tasks rather than actual security monitoring.
Multiple unauthorized access incidents in the previous year had escalated the urgency. The company security board mandated a complete overhaul, requiring a unified platform with AI analytics, biometric access verification, and enterprise grade forensic capabilities.
The Solution: Unified Intelligence Across Campus
Aptibit enterprise security team designed a phased migration plan that allowed the company to transition to Visylix without any downtime in security coverage. The first phase involved deploying Visylix edge servers in each building, connecting to existing cameras through RTSP and ONVIF protocols. This immediately unified all 1,500 cameras into a single management interface without requiring any camera replacement.
Face recognition models were deployed at all building entrances, lobby areas, and restricted zones. The system was integrated with the company HR database for employee authentication and with the visitor management system for pre approved guest verification. Any unrecognized face in a restricted area triggered an immediate alert to the SOC.
The centralized SOC was equipped with a Visylix command dashboard featuring a campus wide map view, live alert panels, and a powerful forensic search interface. Security personnel could now search across all 1,500 cameras simultaneously by face, time range, or location. Cross camera person tracking provided complete journey reconstruction across the entire campus in seconds.
Seamless Migration and Integration
A critical success factor was the seamless integration with the company existing infrastructure. Visylix connected with the building access control system, correlating badge swipe events with face recognition data to detect tailgating and unauthorized entry attempts. Integration with the IT network monitoring system enabled automatic camera health alerts, ensuring zero blind spots.
The migration was completed in 10 weeks, with each building transitioning over a single weekend. Aptibit provided on site training for all 45 security personnel, ensuring they were proficient with the new system before each building went live. Historical footage from the legacy systems was archived and indexed by Visylix, maintaining continuity for any ongoing investigations.
Transformative Security Outcomes
Since the Visylix deployment went fully operational, the campus has recorded zero unauthorized access incidents. Forensic search time dropped from an average of two days to under 30 seconds. The security team now spends 80% of their time on proactive monitoring and threat assessment rather than administrative tasks, a complete inversion of the previous ratio.
The unified platform also delivered significant cost savings. By eliminating the need for multiple DVR/NVR maintenance contracts, reducing the number of security personnel needed for overnight shifts through AI automated monitoring, and preventing unauthorized access incidents, the company achieved a 40% reduction in total security operations costs within the first year.
The company CISO has described the Visylix deployment as the single most impactful security investment the organization has made. The project is now being used as a template for the company global campus rollout, with Aptibit engaged as the preferred implementation partner for facilities across three continents.
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