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The company provides cloud-based
video streaming from fixed or mobile
cameras, enabling 24/7 monitoring of
vulnerable areas around retail locations
or inside an entire store. Should an
incident go undetected, automatic
recording enables later forensic analysis
of the problem. The LiveView Edge
Security Platform includes: infrared
motion detection and hi-res video;
two-way audio with loudspeakers to
challenge potential troublemakers; and
analytic software for real time monitoring
of system health, camera access and
historical data reports on system
behaviour and usage.
LiveView needed to replace existing
connectivity to the Internet in a flexible
manner via LTE, 5G and/or Wi-Fi in time
for the launch of its in-store security
platform. All of the solutions, components
and devices deployed by LiveView are
networked in a number of ‘mini-LANs’
deployed at retail Edge locations.
If the security
system is too rigid
for agile deployment,
or if the network can
be hacked to falsify
or erase data, it
could leave the door
wide open for wellplanned
theft.
These LANs connect the cameras,
sensors, system controller and Wi-Fi or
wireless routers and can be implemented
anywhere. LiveView requires a cuttingedge
Zero Trust network to tie these
remote LANs to the Virtual Private Cloud
(VPC) tenants that LiveView creates
and operates for its many clients. The
NetFoundry Zero Trust NaaS platform
provides the secure connectivity of the
LiveView local LANs to LiveViews’s data
centres and cloud infrastructure.
In the past, Virtual Private Networks
(VPNs) could be chosen for solutions
like this, but CISA (Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency) has
issued a warning about vulnerabilities
in VPNs. VPNs’ lack of access
authentication can let hackers penetrate
to the heart of the network. What’s
more, a single hi-definition video
camera requires significant bandwidth
and can generate 2.5–10 Mb of data
per second. VPNs are often unable
to handle these data rates effectively.
A dangerous risk for real-time
surveillance. Additionally, because all
video traffic is routed to a centralised
video management system, with a VPN,
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