In the last few years, hackers have
started to use the Internet of
Things to launch hacker attacks
and not least, they have used secu-
rity cameras. Therefore, cyber se-
curity has become a huge concern
for the physical security industry.
According to the new Memoori
report "Cyber Security in Smart
Commercial Buildings 2017 to
2021", by 2018, 20 per cent of all
smart buildings will have suffered
some kind of digital vandalism.
The sources of potential threat are
many: hacktivists, nation states,
competitors, individuals, mali-
cious insiders and criminals. There
are numerous possible impacts
and consequences, such as loss of
confidential data, identity theft,
fraud, lost productivity, brand and
reputational damage, loss of cus-
tomer trust and decreased revenue.
Weakening the cyber
infrastructure
Genetec is one of the manufac-
turers in the physical security
industry that has warned for cyber
security threats. The company's
CEO Pierre Racz stresses that
cyber criminal activity has reached
1.5 trillion dollars this year, which
is at the same level as physical
crime.
Pierre Racz says: "There is
an important penetration of the
physical security market by state
players and the risk that we are
facing, is the risk of weakening our
cyber infrastructure. We have seen
that Ukraine was hit last Decem-
ber by state sponsored malware
that shut down the electricity and
that malware is now propagating
around the world: it is not having
as much success as in Ukraine,
but it is hitting power generation
facilities around the world and that
is an example of the risk that cyber
insecurity is posing to our physical
critical infrastructure."
Vanderbilt's CEO Joe Grillo
believes that the industry should
be concerned about cyber security.
He says: "I think there is a greater
trend for all manufacturers, for
testing the products regularly to
make sure that they are hardened
and not able to be easily hacked,
because of the stories over the
past years, where security equip-
ment and other types of building
automation equipment has been
used to gain access to a company's
network."
end customer
responsibilities
Axis co-founder Martin Gren
says cyber security can be a great
opportunity for the industry, if
it is just taken seriously and end
customers understand the danger.
"It is very important that you
read your hardening guide, that
you put in place the right harden-
ing, so no open ports, use good,
safe passwords, and if the devices
are exposed, you should have ad-
ditional authentication. It can be
The industry's heavyweigh t players on cyber security
The extent of the threat
The awareness of cyber security in the physical se-
curity industry has increased significantly. Detektor
met up with some of the leading manufacturers to let
them address this hot topic.
"From the end user, to the installers and manufac-
turers, every link has its significance in cyber secu-
rity", says Jiaqi Gao from Dahua.
cumbersome sometimes but it
gives you the same security as you
have on your corporate network",
he says.
Idis Head of Global Technical
Support Centre, Peter Kim, stresses
that people often forget one thing
about cyber security that it is not
about encryption: a lot of it has to
do with the human factor.
He says: "A system has to be
designed in such a way that it
minimises the faults caused by
the human factor. People make
mistakes, and how you prevent that
is going to be very crucial in terms
of not only having a very strong
encryption technology, but also
about practical security."
Changing the market
Thomas Lausten, who recently was
appointed as the new Mobotix
CEO, believes that the cyber secu-
rity focus will change the market
significantly. He says: "There are
demands, and through research we
see that many companies in the
world today know that this is a
request that we as manufacturers/
providers need to take extremely
seriously. Companies do not
accept cyber security threats. We
need to take that responsibility
very seriously in the develop-
ment of our technologies moving
forward."
Dahua's Marketing Manager
for Overseas Business, Jiaqi Gao,
believes cyber security is the biggest
challenge for the physical security
industry and should be seen as an
ecosystem where
every component in the value
chain is crucial for the whole sys-
tem and must be strengthened.
He says: "From the end user,
to the installers and manufactur-
ers, every link has its significance
in cyber security. The end users
need to be aware of cyber security,
to change the passwords and to
update the firmware. As an installer
you need to educate end users
about the necessary steps to be
taken to keep the network secure.
As a manufacturer, we understand
the importance of cyber security
and we are taking every step to
make the network secure."
Anthony Petrucci, Director of
Corporate Communications and
Global Public Relations at HID,
says a lot of responsibility should
be put on the manufacturers. He
does not consider access control
products to be more safe than video
surveillance products.
He says: "Let me flip that
around, I would not say one is
more safe than the other, but com-
bined we provide a much higher
level of security. I think they need
to work together to provide that
extra level of protection that our
customers are looking for."
By Henrik Söderlund
There is an important penetration of
the physical security market by state
players and the risk that we are facing,
is the risk of weakening our cyber infrastructure.
Jiaqi Gao from Dahua believes cyber secu-
rity is the biggest challenge for the physical
security industry.
Axis co-founder Martin Gren says cyber
security can be a great opportunity for the
industry, if it is just taken seriously.
CEO Pierre Racz stresses that cyber criminal
activity has reached 1.5 trillion dollars this
year.
Thomas Lausten, Mobotix CEO, believes
that the cyber security focus will change the
market significantly.
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