LENSEC engineers have outlined several key protection mechanisms that are purpose-built with our enterprise-level video management software. Perspective VMS® comes packed with several security enhancements to help protect the system and the data contained within.
Configuration Encryption
Out of the box, Perspective VMS® uses RSA encryption to code its configuration files. These files provide initial parameters and settings to the Perspective VMS® services. The files also contain some sensitive data such as usernames, passwords, and database connection information that the services need to function. RSA encryption uses a public encryption key and a private decryption key to help ensure that data stays private.
Protecting Web Traffic
Secure Socket Layers (SSL) can be enabled with Perspective VMS® to help protect the web traffic passing between the browser and the PVMS Web Server. Enabling SSL also secures traffic between the web server and other distributed servers within the network. SSL uses trusted certificates and, through a series of negotiation phases, creates a secured and encrypted connection.
The data contained within this secured connection is only visible to the hosts involved in the negotiating phases. This helps prevent Man in the Middle (MITM) attacks; an attack in which a third party interjects themselves between two hosts for the purposes of eavesdropping or impersonating one of the hosts.
Protecting Streaming Traffic
When using SSL, Perspective VMS® uses the Web Sockets Secure (WSS) protocol to help protect streaming traffic. WebSockets opens a real-time connection between devices communicating with each other.
WSS is the communication protocol that is encapsulated within an SSL/TLS connection. WSS opens secure connections to the streaming services. This direct connection helps reduce the streaming data delivery time to the browser.
WSS also helps further reduce the risk of MITM attacks as it creates a direct connection that’s encapsulated within an encrypted connection.
LENSEC Physical Security experts are ready to talk about the standards that the development team has adopted to make Perspective VMS® a secure tool in today’s physical security industry. The LENSEC team keeps your people and assets in mind when we are planning a successful project. The security of your data deserves our attention as well. We want to provide the best cybersecurity protection available within the scope of your physical security projects. Contact our team of experts if you have questions or would like demonstration of Perspective VMS®.
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