There’s eventually going to come a day when customers won’t do business with you unless you take proper cyber-precautions.
Cybersecurity is a hot topic and security systems and equipment are right in the middle of the issue. It’s not going to be long before customers are letting you know that unless you use secure encryption in equipment that stores, processes or transmits data, and allow third-party cybersecurity review (monitoring and inspection that complies with “industry guidelines”), they can’t do business with you.
Those of you doing business with the government already experience this. Try providing security to a defense contractor without ensuring encryption services and external compliance audits.
SecureXperts is among the industry leaders in providing guidance and technical baselines that reduce the risk of cybersecurity breaches and attacks. The company’s president and CEO, Darnell Washington, is a recognized expert in this area and advises that there are two industry sources for guidelines.
Cybersecurity compliance and conformance directives can be found in the UL 2090 Cybersecurity Assurance Program and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF).
Encryption services meeting high level requirements are available for cameras and access control equipment and systems as well as other IoT and network-connected physical security devices.
Ensuring that your equipment complies with cybersecurity guidelines is going to cost money, a cost you will be passing on to your subscribers who will insist on this level of cyber protection.
I may be jumping the gun, but the Commerc ..
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