International Security Journal - August 2019 - Special Report

Issue 06 | August 2019
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surveillance
International Security Journal keeps watch
on the global surveillance industry
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Examining the crossroads that
the industry now finds itself at
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Market
Analysis
Discussing the value of collaboration
when it comes to surveillance
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MATTHEW BULL @INTSECJOURNAL @INTSECJOURNAL2019 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY JOURNAL
surveillance
With the surveillance industry at a crossroads, International Security
Journal takes a deeper look at which direction it is likely to take
In this month’s Special Report, we
are taking a deeper look into the
critical subject of surveillance.
For some time now, the global
surveillance market has been
growing at an incredible rate, but
it now finds itself at somewhat of a
crossroads. The introduction of new
technologies and fears over privacy
have led to manufacturers needing
to take a step back and consider
what their next moves will be.
The use of facial recognition within
surveillance systems was again
brought to the fore when the city
of San Francisco banned its use
in May 2019. UK authorities are
now also raising concerns about
the technology with the House of
Commons Science and Technology
Committee suggesting that use
of automatic facial recognition
should be suspended.
The committee stated that no further
trials of the technology should take
place until relevant regulations are
introduced, it raised concerns over
accuracy and bias and warned
that police forces were failing
to edit a database of custody
images to remove pictures of
unconvicted individuals.
Many leading figures throughout the
industry advocate the introduction
of a stringent legal framework to
control the use of the technology.
Tony Porter, Surveillance Camera
Commissioner believes that the
responsibility for finding such a
solution lies with lawmakers. In his
annual report, produced for the UK
parliament in January 2019, Porter
projected that “the police use of
integrated and highly sophisticated
video surveillance platforms will
continue to increase” meaning
that the balance between privacy
and security will continue to
challenge law enforcement.
Porter continued: “Lawmakers and
regulators need to be robust and coordinated
in supporting those efforts
and challenging them when their use
is deemed excessive.”
So what does all this uncertainty
mean for manufacturers? Axon, the
company that supplies 47 out of the
69 largest police agencies in the
United States with body cameras
and software, has announced that it
will ban the use of facial recognition
systems on its devices.
“Face recognition technology is not
currently reliable enough to ethically
justify its use,” the company’s
independent ethics board concluded.
In a 28-page report, Axon’s ethics
board, which was handpicked by
members of the Policing Project at
New York University School of Law,
argued that the technology “does not
perform as well on people of colour
compared to whites, or young people
compared to older people.”
It is, of course, an extreme
step to take but one that many
manufacturers could soon be
considering. Legal challenges
against facial recognition are
springing up around the world
and this moratorium from Axon
could lead the way towards more
responsible use of the technology.
For those vendors that continue to
develop facial recognition, it appears
that privacy masking software is an
absolute necessity, especially within
the EU in order to comply with
GDPR. Companies such as IDIS and
Hanwha Techwin are leaders in this
particular field with more accurate
and easier-to-use solutions being
released all the time.
This Special Report will help
the industry to navigate the
unknown terrain that lies ahead.
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Market Analysis
The next stage of surveillance
International Security Journal analyses what the future of the
surveillance industry may look like and the threats it will face
To look back over the
history of the global
surveillance industry is
to see a prime example
of how technology
advancements can
revolutionise any particular market.
The world’s first network camera in
1996, built by Axis Communications,
jolted the industry to switch from
analogue to IP networks.
Now the latest revolution is in the
shape of the Internet of Things (IoT)
and other smart technologies such
as facial recognition. A 2019 study by
Absolute Reports forecast that the
worldwide surveillance market would
grow at a CAGR of 11.9% over the
next five years and will reach a value
of US$55 billion by 2024.
The report states that surveillance
is most commonly used in China,
with the country having a 38.3%
market share with North America
in second position, boasting
a market share of 20.7%.
Reducing friction
Despite these impressive figures,
there are challenges on the horizon
that manufacturers must be
prepared to overcome. Gijs van den
Heuvel, a representative of the Open
Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA)
spoke exclusively with International
Security Journal about what the
market should be concerned about.
“There are a couple of challenges
that run in parallel but are also
undeniably intertwined. There is the
skyrocketing amount of data being
generated by the surveillance market
that’s currently not being used to its
fullest potential. Then there is the
significant trust issue related to data
security and privacy that’s caused
by a lack of transparency and
standardisation. And across
the industry, by design, there
exists friction between different
brands, devices, software and
data regarding interoperability.”
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As for what can be done to solve
these problems, van den Heuvel
was confident that OSSA will have
a key role to play. “OSSA intends
to set a common industry baseline
concerning data security and
privacy, forming a consistent
foundation from which devices
originate and from there, parties
“OSSA intends
to set a common
industry baseline
concerning data
security and privacy,
forming a consistent
foundation from
which devices
originate and from
there, parties can
differentiate to fuel
value and innovation
for the market.”
can differentiate to fuel value
and innovation for the market.
The specification of a common
and vendor-agnostic operating
system (OS) will help to
enhance trust. Accompanied
by the specification of a digital
marketplace, this common
approach will open doors for
unlocking the trapped value
of data (i.e., enabling humans
to interact with their content
on substantially more valuable
levels), even beyond security.
“By collectively embracing this
common OS and a complementary
digital marketplace that offers apps
for download to digital security and
safety devices, friction between
brands and systems will start to
disappear and customisation along
with cross-product compatibility will
be encouraged. The IoT evolution is
driven by connections and now is
the time for the surveillance market
to together shift from an ageing
pipeline process to a revolutionary
platform experience.”
Protecting your privacy
It is not just OSSA that is looking
to come up with solutions for the
industry’s current difficulties.
Key players such as Axis
Communications have been
working hard to figure out how
privacy concerns can be allayed.
To that end, Axis recently unveiled
AXIS Live Privacy Shield, the market’s
only edge analytics software for
cameras that masks people in real
time in video streams at up to full
frame rate. Because it runs directly
on selected Axis cameras, no
expensive servers are required,
and it is easy to scale.
AXIS Live Privacy Shield compares a
live camera view to a set background
scene and applies a detailed and
dynamic transparent mask to areas
of change. In other words, moving
people and objects appear as
transparencies over a background.
The entire process happens
faster than the blink of an eye
and effectively eliminates the
collection of personal data.
By default, dynamic masking is
applied to the camera’s entire field
of view, but users can choose
to define areas
where masking is not
applied – for example,
if there is a conveyer belt
with moving objects that they
want to be able to see. Users can
also configure the system to deliver
a separate video stream without
dynamic masking, so authorised
viewers can access details
in case of an incident.
Staying one step ahead
As we move forward into the next
phase of global surveillance, it is
vital that vendors continue to be
proactive when developing solutions.
One threat that will not go away
is that of cyber-attacks on
cameras and networks.
Secure by Default is a new initiative
launched in the UK at the recent
IFSEC 2019 exhibition. It is a set of
minimum requirements which for the
first time will provide a guarantee
for users that network video
security products are as secure
as possible in their default
settings out of the box.
The scheme was launched
by UK Surveillance Camera
Commissioner, Tony Porter and will
allow manufacturers to display a
Secure by Default kite mark on their
products if they have been certified.
This will lead to manufacturers being
held to account both internally and
by the public if they are deemed not
to be doing enough to protect
the end user from cyber-attacks.
Whatever happens in this next
phase of the global surveillance
industry, it will certainly be
worth watching.
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What keeps you
up at night?
From traditional risks to modern threats, one surveillance manufacturer
is taking a comprehensive approach to ensuring users’ peace of mind
Since the global roll out of IDIS’ branded
surveillance business—beginning
in 2013 in Europe and continuing
through the company’s Americas
launch in 2015—South Korea’s largest
in-country security and surveillance
manufacturer has presented its “total
solution” as a market differentiator. Designing,
developing, manufacturing and delivering
(completely in-house) a complete end-to-end
range of analogue and IP technology – from
recorders, through cameras, software and even
monitors—the company is increasingly known
for its total solution concept and approach.
However, in most discussions of the IDIS
Total Solution, the focus is on the company’s
wide range of high-performing analogue
and IP hardware options, VMS software and
innovations in AI/Deep Learning. Here, we
explore how the company’s “total solution”
approach extends well beyond its branded
and product offerings, into the R&D and
technological underpinnings of the offerings
themselves and how that “total solution”
approach has resulted in one of the industry’s
most complete, multi-pronged approaches to
managing both traditional video surveillance
headaches and truly modern, still evolving
threats to cybersecurity and data integrity.
We’ll look at the specific steps IDIS has taken
and incorporated at every step of the product
lifecycle to ensure and enhance peace of
mind for its partners, end-users and their
stakeholders, while still keeping its marketresponsive
innovation aggressive, performance
standards and ease of use high and total cost
of ownership low.
The headache: Cybersecurity
In 2019, cyberthreats against video surveillance systems have
reached an all-time high, with little relief in sight. This makes
cybersecurity a top area of concern—and in many cases, a new
area—for security professionals and their stakeholders. Beyond
traditional local and hardware security measures, the integrity,
confidentiality and accessibility of video surveillance data must be
protected during recording, retrieval and while in-transit.
IDIS considers and addresses cybersecurity concerns from R&D
through customer installation and has developed a comprehensive
set of technologies and features to ensure maximum protections
for end users. It starts with a best practice: educating installers
and integration partners on the importance of designing and
implementing a physically separate network (or partitioning an
isolated VLAN on shared network equipment) and continues
through a comprehensive, layered and multi-pronged approach to
ensuring maximum cybersecurity for users, focusing on securing
data access, securing data transmission and securing data
recording.
Securing data access
• IDIS NVR
products have
their own
firewall installed
that monitors and
controls incoming
and outgoing network traffic
based on a predetermined set of security rules, including IP,
MAC address and port authentication. The firewalls on IDIS
NVR products are designed and pre-configured to prevent
unauthorised access.
• IDIS’ use of Multi-factor authentication system utilising user
accounts and a registered mobile app to further limit access
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to authorised users and protect video surveillance
data. To gain access to an IDIS NVR, the user needs
to certify themselves with the IDIS Mobile App after
going through the usual login process by typing in a
user ID and password.
Securing data transmission
• IDIS’ data transmission security system
combines IDIS’ proprietary technology with TLS,
the cryptographic protocol designed to provide
communications security and data integrity over
networks. By integrating TLS into IDIS’ proprietary
data security solutions, there is minimal performance
impact on video surveillance data transmission.
TLS helps prevent malicious activities such as
sniffing, modification and destruction of data as it is
transmitted between devices across a network.
• FEN Security (For Every Network Security) protects
access and data transmission over a public network.
FEN is a proprietary security system independently
developed by IDIS using point-to-point (P2P)
technology. An automated network configuration
service, FEN simplifies installation of networked
surveillance systems, enabling users to
setup and configure secure surveillance
systems without needing a professional
knowledge of the routers and NAT
devices on the network.
by external devices such as PCs, keeping the data
safe from forgery and alterations. The iBank system is
used in all IDIS’ recording systems.
• IDIS’ Chained Fingerprint technology extracts
distinctive features of recorded video data to create
a “fingerprint” for each frame, then embeds that
fingerprint into the data of the next frame, effectively
connecting each frame together as with a blockchain.
Video data created with Chained Fingerprint
technology can be submitted to courts as evidence
since an alteration to any frame is easily and quickly
detectable, making it simple to prove the footage
is authentic and unchanged. It is a highly efficient
technology for ensuring and proving the integrity of
users’ recorded video data.
• IDIS’ edge encryption recording technology encrypts
the video data at the IP camera before storing
and sending it over the network. Therefore,
additional encryption and decryption processes
on storage and data transmission systems are
not necessary. The encrypted data is recorded
directly to the SD cards and HDDs, so the stored
data is safe from unauthorised access and
alteration if the SD cards or HDDs are stolen.
Secure data recording
• IDIS iBank is a database system,
independently developed by IDIS, specifically
for video recording. This system maximises
storage efficiency and enables fast data
processing. In addition, storage devices that
implement the iBank solution cannot be read
The headache: Power or equipment failures
Of course, not all threats to video surveillance data
are as new and emergent as cyberthreats. Traditional
risks to power, networks and storage can still make for
critical failures. The challenge, though, is always that,
if any part of a video surveillance infrastructure fails,
the system must first recognise the failure before it can
switch to back-up systems. The process takes precious
time if done manually and redundant equipment can be
expensive. IDIS innovated a series of features, known as
the IDIS Critical Failover suite, to address this problem and
more, making things easier for security professionals.
• IDIS Temporary Smart Failover is designed to offer
protection against network instability and network
failure. When the camera’s network connectivity is
unstable, it starts to save to an internal recording
session buffer (NLTSrec, up to 60MB), preventing a
break in the recording. And if an IDIS IP camera
is disconnected from the NVR, it will instantly
begin recording to an internal SD card and
automatically transfer the data to the NVR
after the network connection is restored,
leaving no incident unrecorded.
• IDIS storage redundancy protections further protect
against storage failure. With native RAID 1 support,
the NVR saves two identical copies of the data. If
one disk fails, the data is retrieved from the second
one, without trouble or concern. And with native
RAID 5 support, if a single drive fails, subsequent
reads are calculated from the distributed parity
so that no data is lost.
• IDIS NVR Failover protection against recorder
hardware failure further ensures peace of mind. If
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any of the primary NVRs fail, a standby NVR is
activated. The primary NVRs and standby NVR
continuously monitor one another to quickly
respond to problems, reducing the risk of data
loss and decreasing failover response times.
• With native dual power supply on key models,
users are protected against power supply
failure. Should one power supply fail, the
second one continues to power the NVR
without any degradation in service. When the
failed power supply unit (PSU) is replaced, a
spare PSU reverts to redundant operation.
The core of any peace of mind: the technology
However, at its core, IDIS believes that truly eliminating
risk and worry in video surveillance starts with factoring
in origin, reliability, ease-of-use and installation,
warranties, interoperability and forward/backward
compatibility. As such, the peace of mind that comes
with the IDIS Total Solution begins in Seoul, Korea. IDIS’
ground-breaking DirectIP technology is at the heart of the
IDIS Total Solution for video surveillance. From capture,
through recording and on to display, DirectIP cameras,
recorders and monitors (as well as switches, accessories,
feature sets and software) are designed, developed
and manufactured in Korea, where the company was
founded and is headquartered. This allows partners and
customers to know their IDIS DirectIP video surveillance
technology avoids many risks related to external sourcing
manufacturing, eliminating emerging security concerns
and immunising IDIS users from uncertainties related to
pricing, supply and longterm maintenance and support
related to current trade tensions (and tariff impact) and a
predicted expansion of existing US government bans on
Chinese surveillance technology manufacturers.
Additionally, IDIS’ full control of their product development
and manufacturing lifecycle (while maintaining ONVIF
compatibility and robust integrations) means they can
guarantee quality control, interoperability and forward/
backward compatibility (as long as seven years in either
direction) like no other surveillance manufacturer today.
This allows IDIS to provide unparalleled customer support
(with a dedicated support centre near Dallas, Texas for
North American partners and customers) and some of the
longest warranties in the industry (including the industry’s
longest NVR guarantee). With DirectIP’s award-winning
plug-and-play installation, ease of use (including SmartUX
controls, named a Security Products “New Product of the
Year” when they debuted for the way they revolutionised
PTZ operator experience and effectiveness), dozens of
headaches, risks and unnecessary costs related to the
installation, use, training and maintenance of your video
surveillance systems simply disappear.
Notes Keith Drummond, Senior Director of IDIS America:
“The IDIS approach is one of partnership, first and
foremost. Partnership with our integrator and installer
partners, of course, but also, by extension, with our
end users. We maintain an ongoing feedback loop with
the market and that allows us to channel our industryleading
R&D efforts and investments not just into
innovation and the ‘specs arms race,’ but into the specific
innovations—some headline making, some not—our users
are saying they need to make their jobs easier, improve
their surveillance outcomes and address the kinds of
headaches and threats that keep them up at night.
It’s easy to make and brand a ‘cybersecurity solution,’ and
call it a day, but that’s not the IDIS way. We’ve developed,
over time, one of the most comprehensive and multifaceted
sets of tools, features, and guarantees to help our
partners sleep at night and focus on what matters—using
our technology to keep their charges safe and secure. It’s
what we’ve been doing and what we’ll continue to do as
long as we’re out here in the market.”
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