Why cameras, door readers and sensors belong in your SOC
IP cameras, access control readers, barriers and sensors all run software on your network. They often ship with default credentials, ageing firmware and flat network access, which makes them an easy way in, and an easy place to hide.
Bring them under the same discipline as IT: keep an inventory, segment them onto their own network zones, patch or compensate for old firmware, and send their logs to the SIEM. Then correlate the two worlds, for example a badge entry at a site while the same account logs in remotely.
The same thinking applies to the backbone. Fibre routes, microwave links and satellite terminals need monitoring, maintenance routines and a plan for failure. A command centre that sees cameras, doors, network health and security alerts together responds faster than four separate teams.
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