How many times have you heard – ‘close the door’?

  • You’re letting the bugs in!
  • You’re letting the air out!
  • Do you think we live in a barn?

Most often, it is your carefree kids that just forget to close the door. But what if you don’t even know a door is open? One of the unforeseen problems with Video Security Systems has been a ‘back door’ that the manufacturer leaves open so they have access to your video feeds.

Many of these cameras are manufactured in China, and unknowing organizations are losing their data to these companies who have built in access so they can be stealth and easily access your data. Once this problem was discovered, the U.S. Federal government made the decision to ban federal agencies from using the Chinese-made cameras. Dealers or integrators doing business with the federal government also could not sell the Chinese-made video products – to any of their customers, government or not – whether branded by the specific manufacturer of if that manufacturer provided original equipment manufacturer (OEM) components to other manufacturers.


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SOURCE Konica Minolta

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