Author: Niranjan Maka
The recent Louvre Heist is in the headlines.ย If you are in any kind of protection / security, or any security role to protect the โcrown jewelsโ in your security scope โ life, property or critical assets, these headlines should not come as a surprise.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ.
Security has evolved from decades old โlabor intensiveโ patrols to relying on surveillance equipment providing the role of โsurveilโng eyesโ; and yes, those eyes are being replaced by โAI eyesโ โ systems that are watching video feeds, raising alarms when incidents are detected.
But most smart converged security folks realize that in todayโs โsmart everythingโ world (aka smart-spaces/cities/manufacturing/retail floors), systems from cameras, recorders, badge reading equipment have gotten very complex โ each has evolved into a mini-computer in itself.
Example, a camera on the wall is a computer with eyes!!!
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
These systems need an underlying infrastructure to monitor and manage. Monitor settings โ an average camera may have a thousand settings โ and in the Louvre case, ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ โ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ.
If you had a โsmart AI VMS systemโ, one should also be watching the underlying services (typically running a Windows or Linus OS derivative); one should be watching the storage capacity.ย And yes, have some basic cyber-hygiene procedures in place, like rotating the access control settings, update/rotate certificates and passwords โ all basic hygiene!!!
๐๐๐ค, ๐๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ฆโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐. ๐ด๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐โ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐.
In other words, you would need a platform that was developed in recent times (not decades old camera feed monitoring, dinosaur age systems) with ability to read, digest and write back policy-aligned settings and keep the firmware/OS updated.
๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐? ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ โ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฌโ!
