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Tyco Security Products Cyber
Protection Program
The threat to the reputation of
the electronic security industry
and more importantly, the
potential consequential loss to our
customers, has fully justified the
significant efforts made by Tyco
Security Product design engineers
to ensure the credentials of
security solutions is our number
one priority.
The Tyco Security Products
Cyber Protection Program is one
of the industry’s first to offer
a holistic approach to cyber
security for physical security
products. It has been developed
with the benefit of experience
of providing high security and
mission critical solutions to
government and multi-national
customers over several decades.
The program takes on-
board feedback from IT, security
professional and cyber security
experts in order to combine
best practice during the product
development, testing and
evaluation process, as well as
configuration guidelines for
compliance in order to protect
our physical security products
from attack, damage, disruption,
unauthorised access or misuse.
The six-part program is
designed to give installers,
systems integrators and end
users the confidence that we
have minimised the possibility
of introducing vulnerabilities into
our electronic security solutions.
We’ve set the bar extremely high
with our Software House access
control solutions, American
Dynamics video management
systems, and Illustra IP cameras,
and are committed to employing
the same cyber safety mindset
across other product lines within
our product portfolio.
The Back Door
‘An unsecured
IP camera
or access
control device
can be the
weakest
link in any
security
system.’
An unsecured IP camera or access
control device can be the weakest
link in any security system as
it offers the opportunity for
hackers to find a way onto a
company’s network with the
possibility to gain access to
company confidential data,
disable systems and disrupt
operations. With this in mind, in
addition to the testing conducted
by our Cyber Protection team, we
arrange for independent testing
to be conducted annually on our
products to ensure that any new
firmware or software updates do
not open the ‘back door’.
Tyco understands that a
system secured today may
become insecure tomorrow
with the announcement of a
new vulnerability. The Cyber
Protection team is constantly
monitoring a variety of sources,
from the US National Vulnerability
Database, to various media and
professional sources to identify
new vulnerabilities that may
impact our cyber program-
compliant products.
A bird’s eye view
One of the latest products to be
designed and developed which
benefits from the principles of
the Tyco Security Products Cyber
Protection Program, is the Illustra
PRO 12MP Fisheye camera which
provides the choice of a 360°
view when installed on a ceiling,
or 180° panoramic view when
mounted on the wall.
The camera’s integrated IR
illuminator captures high quality
images up to a distance of 15m in
even the worst lighting conditions,
whilst an ePTZ feature delivers
of pan, tilt, and zoom movement.
On-board dewarping technology
provides distortion-corrected
video streaming of 180°, 360°, and
16:9 or 4:3 views.
With the ability to provide a
level of situational awareness
that would normally require
the installation of three or four
standard video surveillance
cameras, and with IK10 and IP66
ratings, the Illustra PRO 12MP
Fisheye camera is an ideal, cost-
effective solution for external
applications at airports, university
campuses and car parks, as well
as for monitoring activity in large
open spaces, such as receptions
and retail areas.
Want to know more?
Visit www.tycosecurityproducts.
com to learn more about our
Cyber Protection Program or
download our augmented reality
App, an exciting new concept
which showcases how products
can collectively offer a totally
integrated security solution, as
well as providing an overview of
the Cyber Protection Program.
Click here to see how the free
App works and to download it on
your preferred platform.
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