Genetec, a technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, has announced its participation in Intersec 2020
Visitors to the exhibition will see a sneak peek of the upcoming release of Security Centre 5.9; Genetec will also showcase Security Centre 5.8.
The new platform focuses on raising awareness about the importance of multidimensional security solutions to mitigate physical and cyber risks. Genetec has conducted primary research that shows that almost one in four organisations (23 per cent) is unable to use unique passwords and rely on the same password across all cameras from the same manufacturer. This leaves an easy entry point for hackers once the camera has been compromised.
Firas Jadalla, regional director at the company, “We see enterprises in the Middle East increasingly moving towards unified security environments, where multiple systems combine to provide a comprehensive view of security and operational events.
“Yet, there seems to be a ‘set it and forget it’ mentality when securing physical devices using passwords. Also, more than half of installed cameras (53.9 per cent) are running with outdated firmware and contain known cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Keeping a default factory password and not updating the firmware puts an entire organisation’s security and its people’s privacy at risk.”
Security Centre is an open-architecture platform that helps users actively monitor the health of their system and ensure compliance with cybersecurity best practices.
The platform unifies video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR), communications, and analytics. The unified platform features customisable live dashboards, enhanced privacy protection features and, a brand-new map-driven mobile app. Security centre allows users to optimise their physical security environment while benefiting from greater visibility into their operations.
“Physical security devices and systems are smarter and more powerful than ever before. As part of both public and private networks, they are increasingly interconnected. This connectivity facilitates their management, speeds up communications, and increases collaboration. However, this also means that physical security systems need cybersecurity solutions. A poorly secured camera, unencrypted communications between a server and client application, or out-of-date firmware can all be exploited by cybercriminals,” added Jadalla.
Genetec experts will be available at the 22nd edition of Intersec to share the latest trends about cybersecurity and unification. Genetec will share its most recent findings at the Trade Centre Arena, H26.
