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to www pay . AmericanSecurityToday recurring fees . com to keep a

How often 2020 do CHAMPIONS you roll - Edition

out 51 system and number of cameras firmware ? Can I deploy it licensed . easily and maintain com- pliance ?

Needless to say , being in the field and having a license time

As new weaknesses and exploits out is not acceptable . are discovered and bugs are fixed , updating firmware on

Make sure the VMS you choose devices is to be expected . is fully compatible with the cameras you intend to use .

And as companies get more ef-

Just because a camera has a

ficient in finding and fixing is- certain feature is no guarantee

sues , releasing too many up- that a given VMS will support it

.

dates can negatively impact

an organization that rightly expects

It ’ s also important not to restrict things to just work . your VMS to a single OS ( operat- ing system ).

These well-intentioned

updates need to be deployed in the

Look for a vendor that supports most seamless way possible

Windows ,

Linux , and even

Mac . for end users .

If rolling out updates is a hassle ,

A capable VMS should be OS then it ’ s likely to be delayed , agnostic and allow a variety of if it causes a device to need to secure remote access options re-certify for compliance then from multiple OS platforms . it ’ s a non-starter .

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