The appropriate protection of critical infrastructure is almost impossible without the implementation of CCTV surveillance cameras in the contemporary period. Day and night monitoring of security cameras helps and enables the security personnel to take appropriate action on incidents of theft and other criminal matters. Security personnel come highly trained, and sometimes fully equipped with guns, rifles, tactical equipment, and kits like AR-10 rifle kits,
to fully execute their duties. But when it comes to the security concernsof the CCTV surveillance system itself it becomes critical and complicated. If the CCTV surveillance system becomes a liability your security efforts turn ineffective and useless. Eventually, you need to seriously think about the role and status of your CCTV surveillance system in view of the increasing cyber-terrorism.
We are completely dependent on the infrastructures of our society or the infrastructure of the place where we live without which living would be totally impossible. The infrastructures provide us with the essential things we need to live. For example, you need water, power and transportation in your daily life which come fromspecific systemic infrastructure. Similarly, you rely on your nearest store shopping for many things and the communication system or the communication infrastructure has become so necessary for you to get connected with your friends and relatives. Now that almost all infrastructures are connected to the internet or under CCTV surveillance which is again internet-enabled if they get malicious attack and do not function everything around you stop all on a sudden.
Another angle of the issue is the growing terrorism around the world. Every morning we get up with sad news of devastating terrorist attacks killing hundreds of innocent people across the world. The terrorists are also targeting the infrastructure. In this context, our life is at stake if we do not take appropriate measures to protect the security of our security system that is the CCTV surveillance around us.
In order to protect the security systems particularly the CCTV surveillance, you need to understand the basic two types of security threat, the physical threats and the cyber threats. The physical threats include intrusion of unwanted or unauthorised people, vehicles or animals into the protected areas and harm or damage the security system. You can anyhow deal with a physical threat even by security personnel and involving the police. But the cyber threats is the attack of viruses and other malicious software brutally massively attacking and damaging the security systems. The cyber threats are far more dangerous and devastating than the physical threats because they have the capacity to totally paralysing the infrastructure within moments. Therefore, it is not only important but very essential to secure the security of CCTV surveillance which will, in turn, protect us.