Latin America. Talking about information security is nothing new, especially in an era in which society is immersed in the world of telecommunications. Currently much of the technology and equipment used is based on IP technology; this is how devices are able to store millions of data and transfer them over the network.
"Information security does not discriminate the medium in which it is stored, nor the medium by which it is communicated, and covers everything that is information, whether printed or digital. But when we talk about computer security we refer only to the one that is in digital or electronic format, and the one that is connected to the network is the one that cybersecurity takes care of, "said Manuel Zamudio, Industry Associations Manager of Axis Communications for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Cybersecurity is a practice that defends information from networked devices from cyber threats. These types of threats such as malware work with the sole objective of damaging the information system of data recipients, and in this way being able to access all the data stored on a server.
The serious thing about information theft is that cyber criminals can use it not only to falsify an identity, but it can be manipulated to directly affect the stability, image or reputation of a company or business.
Given the vulnerabilities that can occur in an IP surveillance network, Axis Comunications experts propose three levels of protection of security systems to protect data:
1. Security management: The first step is to choose network video products that have built-in protection. Tools such as Axis Device Manager allow you to easily implement security settings in a video surveillance system with a large number of devices.
2. Vulnerability management: For this step it is important to improve practices with tools that allow to identify critical vulnerabilities and solve them quickly. For this it is important to make a constant review of the design and architecture, review codes and test for known vulnerabilities.
3. Training and collaboration: at this point it is essential to understand the threats it faces, as well as their potential cost, but, above all, how it should be protected.
As technology advances, attempts to steal information over the network are anticipated in the same way, so it is essential to know our surveillance infrastructure and its vulnerabilities to win the battle against cyber thieves.
Although there are many efforts to try to protect the information that is stored in the cloud, Johan Pulsson, CTO at Axis Communications, states that "Cybersecurity will never be solved, because cybercriminals (and increasingly nation states) will never stop trying to find and exploit vulnerabilities. These organizations are incredibly well funded and organized and can innovate much more quickly than companies that need to comply with industry regulations. Attacks are becoming more sophisticated, at a time when the number of connected devices means that potential vulnerabilities and insecure network endpoints are growing exponentially."
