What are SaaS Security Cameras?
An advantage of a SaaS based security product isaccessibility coupled with security updates pushed in real time to the edgedevice. Today, many companies have legacy NVR/DVR systems where you have accesslocally, but remote access can be complicated. Remote access is critical in many environments like retail, banking, andthird-party monitoring providers such as your alarm provider. It does notmatter if you were traveling the world or just next door your video feed isimportant. While many companies have security cameras, many of these cameras nowmay have various security vulnerabilities allowing for holes in the perimeter ofthe network.
The result is the security vulnerabilities may be lying dormantin the environment undetected by the normal analytics software. We have seen the increase of ioT devicesbecoming increasingly compromised evading our privacy and security. The vastamount of security systems such as the NVR/DVR systems may be next to ride thiswave. Noting that this is for the older non updated systems not staying currenton the security patching. Many companies have reacted to publishing updates afterit became mainstream news with a few also being proactive asking their clientsto update ahead of the news release.
While do not have to worry about a massive security breachfor NVR/DVR systems in general, though it can happen especially if the deviceis public facing, it is important to note the next wave of security technologyis now in view.
The advancements of the VSaaS cameras allow for a single wireto control the camera and provide power. Depending on the job specificrequirements you can use cat5e or cat6 cable to accomplish the objective. Thedifferent cable specifications allow for different distance lengths whilesupport PoE, or also known as power of ethernet. This provides the most simplistic cable runsvs running rg59 or rg6 cable with an added splice for power. Again, this is job specific as there arecountless options and variations you can configure for your environment.
Options again vary depending on your retention period forlocal storage on the security camera coupled with the cloud retention features. The local storage allows for a failovermethod in case the camera loses internet but also provides for redundancy incase someone would like to steal or destroy the camera.
Peter Chen
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