Security cameras are installed in locations that require constant surveillance. These places generally have valuable items or people that cameras are guarding. But security cameras work efficiently only if all the best practices for them are followed properly. Here are some of the best practices that should be followed for utmost security from security cameras:
- Always Choose Secure Camera Passwords:
This is one of the most obvious security measures that need to be discussed. But during recent surveys, it was found that the cameras have really easy-to-hack passwords. These passwords are generally very generic like “Password” or “123456”. Therefore, it is advised that you choose a really secure password and make sure that you change the default password that comes with the camera. The default password is public information as it is published on the internet. Therefore, you should pick a different password, preferably something that is a mix of small letters, capital letters, special symbols, and numbers.
- Remote Access without Port Forwarding:
It is reasonable to demand remote access to the cameras as you would want to keep an eye on your recordings. But traditional remote access comes with port forwarding, which makes it vulnerable to breaches. However, with the help of cloud technology, this vulnerability can be dealt with as it was dealt in the case of Hikvision security breach. Therefore, always go with remote access that uses cloud technology or VSaaS as it comes without any vulnerabilities of this kind.
- Always Go for a Separate Network for Your Cameras:
Cameras shouldn’t be put on the standard network of your company or home as that could cause a real disaster. If camera is connected in main network, you create a simple doorway for hackers to enter your network via the camera system. You can place the security camera on a separate network. But if your IT environment is sophisticated, then you can use a VLAN technology.
- Use a High Security Team for Operating Systems:
Both Windows and Linux-based operating systems have vulnerabilities and you should have a team that knows all the security breaches of these operating systems. They should know how to tackle problems of the respective operating system. If you are using a traditional system then you should have a security team, but if you are using a cloud-managed system, generally the cloud provider has a sophisticated security and management team that handles all these problems for you.
- Update Your Video Management Software Regularly:
Video management software uses various different components other than the operating system like Microsoft database applications. These programs are regularly updated, but if you don’t keep your software up to date, you might risk opening your camera system and other systems connected to it to unforeseeable vulnerabilities.
If you follow these best security practices while using security cameras, your network and your system would be secure from cyber intruders as well as real life intruders. You would be secure in an all-round way.
