Case Study · Cement Manufacturing

How Star Cement Unified 700+ CCTV Cameras Across Multiple Plants and Warehouses with Tentovision Cloud VMS

This enterprise cloud CCTV storage case study India CISOs and compliance officers reference shows how Star Cement, a listed multi-plant cement manufacturer, moved surveillance out of fragmented local DVRs and disconnected systems and into a single cloud platform. 700+ cameras across multiple plants and all associated warehouses. Recording, storage, and live monitoring in the cloud, with edge-to-cloud recording that keeps running through internet outages. 1-year retention. Tiered cloud archive from Glacier Instant Retrieval to Deep Archive. One platform with role-based access. Aligned with Star Cement's internal SEBI compliance guidelines and the DPDP Act 2023.

🏭 Listed multi-plant enterprise ☁️ Pan-India cloud deployment 📍 Chennai-based delivery

SEE HOW TENTOVISION WORKS FOR YOUR MULTI-PLANT ENTERPRISE

Illustration of a multi-plant cement operation with cameras streaming to Tentovision Cloud VMS across multiple plants and warehouses — enterprise cloud CCTV storage case study India

700+Cameras unified

AllPlants + warehouses on cloud

1-YearRetention live

TieredCloud archive

Edge→CloudRecording through outages

SinglePlatform, role-based access

The Hidden Problem

CCTV fragmented across plants and warehouses.

Every plant had its own DVRs and NVRs. Different brands. Different retention policies. No consistent access controls. ANPR ran on a separate platform, disconnected from live monitoring and storage — so teams worked across multiple systems that didn't talk to each other.

Group-level visibility across all plants did not exist. Forensic footage retrieval took days per plant, not seconds. Hardware refresh costs were unpredictable and rising with every plant expansion.

Fragmented local surveillance cannot support listed-enterprise governance. When the internal audit committee asked about retention across all plants, answers took weeks. When insurance underwriters asked about tamper-safe evidence, there was no documented chain. When the Board risk committee asked about group-level visibility, there was no single dashboard. The solution had to be cloud-native, multi-plant unified, and aligned with the risk-management framework a listed enterprise Board expects.

The mandate came from Star Cement's internal SEBI-compliance and risk-management function: unify multi-plant CCTV, standardise retention across every location, make forensic evidence retrievable in seconds, and align with internal SEBI compliance guidelines for listed enterprises.

Tentovision Deployment

Tentovision Cloud VMS deployed across multiple plants, warehouses, and 700+ cameras

Tentosoft deployed Tentovision Cloud VMS across Star Cement's plant locations and all associated warehouses. Camera recording, storage, and live monitoring moved to the cloud. Local DVRs and NVRs were replaced with a unified cloud platform. Retention was standardised. Forensic retrieval time collapsed from days to seconds.

Cloud Live Viewing for 700+ Cameras

All 700+ cameras across every plant and warehouse stream to the cloud. Group security teams see live feeds from every site in one platform. Plant-level teams see their own plant. Everyone works from the same feed, in real time.

Edge-to-Cloud Recording — No Footage Lost During Outages

Each site records to a local edge device and streams to the cloud. If the internet drops, recording continues on the edge device, and the clips sync back to the cloud automatically once connectivity returns — so no footage is lost during an outage.

One Platform Instead of Disconnected Systems

ANPR and live monitoring/storage previously ran on separate, disconnected platforms. Today everything runs on a single Tentovision platform — making a 700+ camera estate far easier to monitor and manage, with one login, one set of access policies, and one place to investigate.

1-Year Long-Term Cloud CCTV Retention — Aligned with Internal SEBI Compliance Guidelines

Every camera's footage is retained for a full year, consistently across all plants. Retention is aligned with Star Cement's internal SEBI compliance guidelines and internal audit committee requirements. No per-plant inconsistency. No manual retention management.

Tiered Cloud Video Storage — Glacier IR to Deep Archive

Recent footage sits in hot cloud storage for immediate retrieval. Older footage automatically migrates to Glacier Instant Retrieval for audit windows. The oldest footage moves to Deep Archive for long-term retention at the lowest cost. Every tier is retrievable — cost curves down, retention curves up.

Hot Storage

Immediate

Recent days — instant retrieval for daily operations and live incidents

Glacier IR

Seconds

Compliance and audit windows — low cost, seconds to retrieve

Deep Archive

Hours

Long-term retention — lowest cost, hours to retrieve when needed

Centralized Multi-Location Dashboard

One dashboard. Every plant. Every camera. Group security teams navigate across plants by clicking, not by logging into different DVR systems. Historical retrieval by camera, plant, or date. Consistent user experience across every location.

Enterprise-Grade Role-Based Access Control

Advanced, role-based user access control is enforced across group, plant, and team scopes. The group CISO sees everything. Plant IT teams see their plant. Individual supervisors see their zones. Every access is logged for internal audit and insurance evidence.

Encrypted, Tamper-Safe Cloud Storage

All footage is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest (AES-256). Cryptographic integrity guarantees make any modification detectable. India-resident cloud regions align with DPDP Act 2023 requirements. Tamper-safe archive is designed for internal audit and insurance underwriter requirements.

Scalable Beyond 700+ Cameras Without Re-Architecting

The architecture supports Star Cement's growth. New plant, new warehouse, new cameras, new users — all handled by configuration, not re-architecting. Cost scales predictably with usage. No forklift upgrades. No DVR/NVR refresh cycles per plant.

How the cloud architecture works

Cameras at every plant and warehouse record to a local edge device that streams to the cloud. Tentovision handles ingest and management. Tiered archive optimises cost. A centralized dashboard delivers group-level visibility.

🏭 Plants + Warehouses 700+ cameras · edge device per site

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☁️ Tentovision Cloud VMS Ingest + management

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📚 Tiered Archive Hot · Glacier IR · Deep Archive

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🖥️ Central Dashboard RBAC + audit trail

If a site loses internet, the edge device keeps recording and syncs clips to the cloud automatically when the connection returns. India-resident cloud regions. Encrypted at rest and in transit. Aligned with internal SEBI compliance guidelines and DPDP Act 2023.

India-resident cloud regions with DPDP Act 2023 alignment
Multi-brand camera compatibility via ONVIF and RTSP — no rip-and-replace
Configurable retention per plant, per camera group, or global
SLA-backed uptime for multi-plant availability
Chennai-based engineering and pan-India enterprise support

Expanding Scope

AI analytics now rolling out on the same platform

With 700+ cameras across Star Cement's plants and warehouses already on one cloud platform, AI analytics are now being added on top of it — no separate systems, no re-architecting. The same Tentovision platform that handles live viewing, recording, tiered archive, and role-based access is being extended with:

PPE detection

Helmet and safety-gear compliance detection on existing plant cameras, being rolled out on the same platform.

ANPR

Automatic Number Plate Recognition for vehicle movement at plant and warehouse gates — rolling out on the same platform that runs live monitoring and storage, replacing the separate ANPR system used before.

Fire & smoke detection

Early visual detection of fire and smoke across plant and warehouse areas, being added to the same platform.

Cement-bag counting

Computer-vision bag counting for dispatch and inventory verification, being added as a further module on the same platform.

Note: PPE detection, ANPR, fire & smoke detection, and cement-bag counting are being rolled out now. Outcomes will be reported once they are live; no results are claimed for them on this page.

Results & Impact

Measurable outcomes at Star Cement

700+ cameras unified

All cameras across multiple plants and their associated warehouses unified into a single cloud platform. No fragmented local DVR silos.

1-year retention live

Consistent 1-year retention across every plant. Aligned with internal SEBI compliance guidelines.

Tiered archive economics

Hot storage, Glacier IR, and Deep Archive tiers keep long-term retention cost-efficient at scale.

Seconds-not-days retrieval

Forensic footage retrieval is now measured in seconds, not the days it took across fragmented DVRs.

Group-level visibility

One dashboard across every plant and warehouse for the group security team. Board-committee-reportable metrics on demand.

One platform, not several

ANPR and live monitoring/storage, previously on separate disconnected platforms, now run on a single Tentovision platform with enterprise-grade role-based access.

Cloud VMS vs local DVR/NVR — feature-by-feature

Dimension	Before — Local DVR/NVR (per plant)	After — Tentovision Cloud VMS (unified)
Retention	Inconsistent across plants	Uniform 1-year across every plant and warehouse
Forensic Retrieval	Days per plant, requires local access	Seconds via centralized dashboard
Group-Level Visibility	None — plant-by-plant only	Single dashboard across every plant and warehouse
Platforms	ANPR and live monitoring/storage on separate, disconnected platforms	One Tentovision platform
Internet Outage	—	Edge device keeps recording; clips sync to cloud automatically
Role-Based Access	Inconsistent, per-plant configuration	Group, plant, and team scopes — uniform
Hardware Refresh	Every 3–5 years per plant, capex-heavy	Cloud-managed — no DVR/NVR refresh cycles per plant
Scalability	New DVRs per plant expansion	Configuration change — 700+ cameras and growing
Governance Alignment	Fragmented audit evidence	SEBI-guideline-aligned, DPDP-aligned, audit-ready

Compliance & Governance Alignment

Aligned with listed-enterprise governance frameworks

Star Cement's cloud CCTV deployment supports the risk-management and internal-controls obligations of a listed multi-plant enterprise. Each regulation below applies to a specific aspect of the deployment — no framework claims are made beyond what actually applies.

Internal SEBI Compliance Guidelines — Listed-Enterprise Framework

Star Cement's internal SEBI-compliance function drove the requirement for long-term cloud CCTV retention across all plants. Listed entities in India operate under the SEBI regulatory framework — including LODR 2015 obligations around risk management and Board attestation — and internal SEBI-compliance functions translate these obligations into practical enterprise requirements. Long-term CCTV retention with tamper-safe storage, role-based access, and audit trails supports these internal guidelines at a Board-committee-reportable level.

Companies Act 2013 — Internal Controls Over Physical Assets

Companies Act 2013 (Section 134) requires the Board of a listed company to attest to adequate internal financial controls, which typically include internal controls over physical asset security. Unified cloud CCTV with documented retention and access strengthens this attestation posture.

DPDP Act 2023 — India-Resident Video Data

DPDP Act 2023 governs the processing of personal data in India. CCTV footage with people in frame is in scope. Tentovision Cloud VMS uses India-resident cloud regions with configurable retention, role-based access, and documented data-protection posture — supporting Star Cement's DPDP compliance framework.

Internal Audit & Insurance — Forensic Evidence Chain

Internal audit committee requirements and property insurance underwriter requirements are the practical drivers behind multi-year CCTV retention at listed enterprises. Tamper-safe cloud storage with audit trails provides the forensic evidence chain these functions require.

Why Decision Makers Trust Tentovision

Why listed enterprises choose Tentovision for multi-plant Cloud VMS

Purpose-built for multi-plant governance

Unified cloud VMS with tiered archive, group-level dashboards, and RBAC across group, plant, and team scopes — purpose-built for listed multi-plant enterprises, not adapted from single-site product design.

Chennai-based, pan-India enterprise delivery

Engineering, deployment, and support run from Chennai with pan-India delivery capability across cement, mining, steel, chemicals, and other multi-plant heavy industry sectors.

Regulatory literacy for listed enterprises

Configuration and documentation aligned with internal SEBI compliance guidelines for listed enterprises, Companies Act 2013 internal controls, DPDP Act 2023 data-protection requirements, and internal audit + insurance underwriter expectations.

Recognised innovation credentials

Recognised by Google and the Tamil Nadu Government for innovation in AI video analytics — credentials your enterprise IT, procurement, and compliance teams can validate independently.

FAQ

Questions CISOs and compliance officers ask

What cloud CCTV solution does Star Cement use across its plants?

Star Cement, a listed multi-plant cement manufacturer, uses Tentosoft's Tentovision Cloud VMS to unify more than 700 cameras across multiple plant locations and all associated warehouses, with recording, storage and live monitoring in the cloud. Each site records to a local edge device and streams to the cloud, so recording continues through internet outages and clips sync back automatically. The deployment provides 1-year governance-grade retention using a tiered cloud archive (Glacier Instant Retrieval to Deep Archive), a centralized multi-location dashboard, enterprise-grade role-based access control, and encrypted tamper-safe storage — all on a single platform, aligned with Star Cement's internal SEBI compliance guidelines and the DPDP Act 2023.

How does Tentovision support SEBI compliance guidelines for CCTV retention?

Star Cement's internal SEBI-compliance function drove the requirement for long-term cloud CCTV retention across all plants. Tentovision Cloud VMS delivers 1-year retention using tiered cloud storage, encrypted at rest and in transit, with tamper-safe archive and every access logged. This provides the forensic evidence chain that internal SEBI-compliance and risk teams expect for listed multi-plant operators — supporting the broader risk-management and internal-controls posture of a listed enterprise.

How does tiered cloud storage keep long-term CCTV retention cost-efficient?

Tiered cloud storage uses different storage classes based on how frequently footage is accessed. Recent footage sits in hot storage for immediate retrieval, older footage automatically migrates to Glacier Instant Retrieval for compliance and audit windows, and the oldest footage moves to Deep Archive for long-term retention at the lowest cost. Star Cement's Tentovision deployment uses this tier progression to hold 1 year of retention economically across all 700+ cameras.

How does the centralized dashboard work for multi-plant enterprises?

The centralized multi-location dashboard consolidates all cameras from every plant into a single view. Group security teams see live feeds and historical footage across all plants, retrieve archived clips in seconds instead of days, and enforce consistent retention and access policies. At Star Cement, one dashboard now unifies 700+ cameras across multiple plants and warehouses for group-level visibility that local DVRs and NVRs could never deliver.

Is Tentovision Cloud VMS available for other listed enterprises and multi-plant operators?

Yes. Tentovision Cloud VMS is available for listed enterprises and multi-plant operators across cement, steel, mining, chemicals, power, oil and gas, and other heavy industries in India. Tentosoft scopes each deployment based on the number of plants, camera count, retention requirements, and governance framework. The architecture supports scaling from hundreds to thousands of cameras across multiple locations with no re-architecting.