Case study · Hospitality & tourism
A hospitality group unifies physical security across 5 properties
Senegalese hotel group operating 5 properties in Dakar and along the Petite Côte. Aging video surveillance (analog cameras, local DVRs without backup), manual staff access control (physical keys), no centralization between properties.
350
centralized IP cameras
100%
of staff access logged
-30%
on the security budget
Project challenges
What the client needed to solve
- Modernize video surveillance to meet the requirements of international quality labels (guest safety)
- Implement biometric access control for staff (to prevent time-and-attendance fraud)
- Centralize supervision of the 5 properties from a single workstation at headquarters
- Comply with Senegalese Law no. 2008-12 on the protection of biometric data (CDP)
Our intervention
The Sylamtech solution
- On-site audit of the 5 properties (mapping of sensitive areas)
- Full replacement of the camera fleet with Hikvision 4K IP cameras and intelligent video analytics
- Deployment of ZKTeco F22 for biometric staff clocking (350 employees)
- Central supervision center at headquarters with secure remote access
- Encrypted cloud storage (30-day retention + long-term archiving)
- CDP declaration and staff training on data protection
Technologies deployed
Hikvision DS-2CD · ZKTeco F22 · Encrypted cloud storage · HikCentral platform
Measured results
The impact on the business
- 350 IP cameras centralized across 5 properties under continuous supervision
- 100% of staff access logged (physical keys fully eliminated)
- 30% reduction in the security budget (pooling of surveillance personnel)
- International quality labels maintained through successive audits
- Zero time-and-attendance fraud incidents detected since go-live (12 months)
About this case study
This client's name has been anonymized at their request for confidentiality reasons. The figures, technologies and results presented are real and come from the project actually delivered by Sylamtech.GROUP. Named references are available on request, under a confidentiality agreement.