Cybersecurity, remote monitoring, and other trends are changing the security and surveillance industry like never before.
IP video is evolving to be real data: an invaluable source of both building and business intelligence. This convergence of security and IT has created an industry hungry for innovation and generated a wealth of new players. It’s also created an opportunity for existing organizations to reinvent their offerings. While the growing need for better video quality is driving the IP-based video surveillance market to grow at a CAGR of 24.2 percent, the hardware market (cameras, recorders, storage, encoders and monitors) is expected to grow at 17.3 percent.
Just think—the devices that you imagine can help customers across all industries not only secure their business but improve them. Of course, as the amount of data being generated, shared, stored, and accessed increases, there is also an increased need to protect it.
Microsoft digitally enables security and surveillance organizations by embracing the disruptive force of technology, empowering your organization to imagine new ways to deliver prevention and protection while delivering more impactful outcomes for the people and businesses you protect.
As you continue planning and development of your devices and solutions, be sure to consider how the Windows IoT platform can help you:
Secure hardware
Hardware manufacturing is evolving to ensure device integrity. Help create edge-to-enterprise security for your devices with security features built in, like hardware-based cryptographic services that protect data even if the operating system is compromised. Your modern devices will include Universal Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) and a Secure Boot feature that helps ensure that the device’s firmware hasn’t been tampered with. Windows 10 also takes advantage of Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which provides hardware-based cryptographic services. And processor-based virtualization capabilities (Intel VT-X) now help isolate sensitive Windows components and data from hacking and malware threats. Advanced lockdown capabilities provide IoT devices with an extra layer of security as well as provide a predictable device experience for line-of-business device scenarios.
Secure identities
One of the biggest challenges facing enterprises is related to users and customer identities, which are stolen and misused at unprecedented levels. Using Microsoft Passport, your devices can offer breach, theft, and phish-resistant credentials in a single sign-on experience, as well as convenient, enterprise-grade security for both enterprises and consumers. With the addition of Azure Active Directory and AAD Join, device and solution manufacturers can enable account access for non-domain joined devices with single sign-on and manageability across disparate locations.
Secure data
Data must be secured both at rest and in transit if it is expected to be secure even if the written volumes themselves are compromised through loss or theft. The industry-leading Microsoft full-disk encryption technology encrypts the entire system volume and any partitioned data volumes on your Windows 10 IoT devices. For data in transit, Azure uses industry-standard transport protocols between user devices and Microsoft datacenters, and within the Azure datacenters themselves. For data at rest, Azure offers a wide range of encryption capabilities up to AES-256, giving you the flexibility to choose the solution that best meets your needs to ensure edge-to-cloud security.
Secure connections and device identity
IoT devices used in physical security applications will often share the same network with numerous other IoT devices deployed for different purposes. Helping to keep communications among these IoT devices secured when sensitive information is exchanged is a critical requirement but often overlooked by device builders. However, Windows 10 IoT is designed to natively support multiple encryption methodologies for communications between industry and mobile devices, setting apart the devices you build. Enterprises can rely on your devices that use Windows 10 IoT enterprise-grade security to help protect user identity through two-factor authentication, protect sensitive information through device data encryption, and protect against unauthorized access through secured remote access.
Secure facilities
The security of physical facilities is mission critical. Access tools like physical keys, key cards, key pads, bio-scanners, and security guards are just the beginning. Even the smallest of devices that you build running Windows 10 IoT can provide support for industry-standard TPM. Systems are more secure when each device is security-hardened and resilient—protecting customer data, maintaining privacy, and limiting access to other systems.
As IoT continues to evolve, it becomes increasingly important to build devices on an IoT platform that correctly balances security needs, the user experience, and the resource constraints of diverse devices. Microsoft brings enterprise-grade security to protect user and device identities, data, and connections. Windows 10 empowers you to build devices today with advanced security technologies on a platform that is always innovating to meet tomorrow’s demands. Proactively detect security vulnerabilities, automatically restrict access, and provide notifications and recommendations across cloud services and identity with Azure Security Center.
Get more information on Microsoft and the expanding security sector:
- Download Digital transformation for the security sector.
- Visit the Microsoft Trust Center for info about data protection, regulatory compliance, and more.
Get inspired: Turning video imagery into smart data
Millions of surveillance pictures are captured daily across all industries, including retail shops, hotel lobbies, airports, manufacturing facilities, hospitals, city buildings, streets, and even traffic lights.
The security purpose they serve is evident, but those images also hold a wealth of business information including shopper and traveler movement, traffic volumes, production line efficiency, navigation, device usage, building access and much more.
The devices you build can help businesses capture and extract valuable information to support marketing, enhance business processes, and optimize overall business performance.
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As IoT continues to evolve, it becomes increasingly important to build devices on an IoT platform that correctly balances security needs, the user experience, and the resource constraints of diverse devices. Microsoft brings enterprise-grade security to protect user and device identities, data, and connections. Windows 10 empowers you to build devices today with advanced security technologies on a platform that is always innovating to meet tomorrow’s demands. Proactively detect security vulnerabilities, automatically restrict access, and provide notifications and recommendations across cloud services and identity with Azure Security Center.
Get more information on Microsoft and the expanding security sector:
- Download Digital transformation for the security sector.
- Visit the Microsoft Trust Center for info about data protection, regulatory compliance, and more.
