Press Release 21 November 2018

Cybersecurity alone is not enough: Dallmeier presents components for a total security approach in video technology

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Cyberattacks targeting IoT devices and consequently video systems as well are growing more frequent at an unprecedented rate. The things users should consider in their security strategy are highlighted in an information package from the Regensburg-based video equipment manufacturer with information and specific recommended measures. They show that the essential aspects extend beyond the classic instruments of cybersecurity.

Security specialists at many banks in several different countries were undoubtedly completely blindsided in 2013 when Russian hacker groups "purloined" a sum totalling more than a hundred million euros in the course of the "Carbanak" campaign: In these attacks, surveillance cameras inside the financial institutions were compromised, allowing the perpetrators to secretly view screen contents and keyboard entries and identify employees as spear phishing targets from their name tags or employee IDs, for example. Video systems also make excellent targets in "Denial of Service" attacks, as was demonstrated by the infamous "Mirai" and "Persirai" campaigns.

From planning to trust in the manufacturer
If a company wants to protect itself successfully from attacks of this kind, it is essential to implement a fully comprehensive strategy. The Regensburg-based video technology company Dallmeier identifies five crucial aspects which must function in harmony: consideration of security issues as early as the planning phase, integration in the IT strategy, cybersecurity functions in the systems, data protection, and not least the credibility of the manufacturer.

Due consideration of security questions should be included in the planning stage, for example by intelligent use of 3D technology. Secondly, it is important to ensure that the planned system is consistent with the company's IT strategy: More and more often, essential resources such as server capacities, or even the entire video security system fall within the purview of the IT department. For the actual core function "cybersecurity", it is important that systems are equipped with all the requisite "IT security" functions, from hardened operating systems to capabilities for separating networks and up to and including encryption technologies and attack detection capabilities. The fourth aspect should really be practically self-evident since the entry into force of the GDPR, that is to say consideration of data protection issues. Finally, customers should also think very carefully about the manufacturer itself: What steps are taken to safeguard the systems during development and production, is the manufacturer potentially exposed to political pressure, and what provisions are made for security aspects when integrating the systems with each other and integrating third party systems?

The manufacturer's information package is intended to provide answers to these and other questions and with a "Best Practice Guide" offers an extensive collection of practical tips and configuration notes for IT and security officers and administrators. The information package also includes the latest issue of "Video Extra" and the Dallmeier data protection and data security brochure.

Further information:
https://www.dallmeier.com/ls/cybersecurity


About Dallmeier

Dallmeier: Turn images into assets.
With pioneering video technology from Germany.

In 1984 Dieter Dallmeier founded what is now Dallmeier electronic – not in the proverbial garage, but in a garden shed in Regensburg, Germany. Today, the company, which can justifiably call itself a hidden champion for video information technology "Made in Germany", has several hundred employees worldwide, more than 250 of them at the company headquarters in the centre of Regensburg alone.

Our customers: From commercial enterprises to World Cup stadiums
Dallmeier's camera, recording, software, and analysis solutions optimise security and processes for B2B end customers in a wide range of industries in over 60 countries. The focus is on users from the casino, smart city, airports, logistics, stadiums, and industrial sectors. But also, banks, critical infrastructure facilities as well as medium-sized companies from all sectors.

Low total cost of ownership "Made in Germany"
With pioneering innovations, Dallmeier has succeeded time and again in placing itself at the forefront of technology: From the world's first digital image storage system with motion analysis in 1992, the patented "multifocal sensor technology" Panomera® with its "Mountera®" mounting system, to the latest Domera® camera family, which allows up to 300 camera variants with only 18 components. These and many other innovations provide real, tangible customer benefits. And with a low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and a high Return on Investment (ROI) they can easily compete with systems produced and supplied from low-wage countries.

Cybersecurity, data protection and ethical responsibility through maximum vertical integration
With 100% "Made in Germany", we also guarantee our customers the highest standards in data protection, cybersecurity, and ethical responsibility. With high quality and short supply chains, we also ensure – almost incidentally – sustainability and environmental protection. From our prestigious headquarters in the centre of Regensburg, Dallmeier not only carries out its own research and development but also the complete manufacturing process – from component to product to solution.

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