Aruba expert: Network security
must keep up with video
surveillance systems
he Middle East is one of the
fastest-growing markets for
video surveillance systems.
Research firm MarketsandMarkets
reports that a big driver for the
increasing use of video surveillance
systems globally is in large part due to
the increasing concerns for public safety
and security, prompting deployment at
airports, shopping centres, schools,
office buildings, public places and so on.
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understands how to build mission-
critical networks and as such, it is
aggressively positioning its lifetime
warranted Aruba 2930 family of network
switches to regional organisations that
take security seriously.
In terms of security, this family of
switches furnishes built-in secure-boot
hardware and built-in network security
capabilities and when additional network
Edge security and control is needed,
these switches integrate bi-directionally
with Aruba Clearpass Network
Admission Control to authenticate the
connecting cameras while authorising
the right access permissions for each.
Nevertheless, the market dynamics are
rapidly changing with security cameras
being more and more integrated with
the IoT architecture to solve business
use cases alongside security use cases,
while AI continues to enable security
capabilities related to behaviours and
object recognition that have never been
possible before.
These dynamics are raising the criticality
of the video surveillance systems and
consequently, the criticality of the
network infrastructure that interconnects
the ecosystem together.
Aruba 2930 family solves current
connectivity requirements and prepares
for future ones with its smart rate ports,
40Gbps uplink options and 60W Power-
over-Ethernet as mandated by specific
devices such as the PTZ cameras.
Rabih Itani, The Middle East Region Security
Business Head at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard
Enterprise company
Moreover, Aruba Clearpass Device
Insight can be plugged in to leverage
Machine Learning to accurately
profile the connecting devices, while
continuously monitoring any profile
changes. It is important to note that
Aruba can enable trust to be adaptive,
as trust can be revoked at any time
based on how devices behave while on
the network. u
Rabih Itani, the Middle East Region
Security Business Head at Aruba, a
Hewlett Packard Enterprise company,
said: “Gone are the days, where the
video surveillance networks get the least
attention during the design phase but,
ironically, they are the first to be blamed
when the video streaming disconnects
or suffers jitter or hackers get through.
Organisations are beginning to realise
the importance of connecting their
video surveillance systems to secure
and future-proof networks that they can
simply trust.”
Aruba, a long-term leader in providing
secure network infrastructures,
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