Between security systems manufacturers, integrators and end users, is anyone fully prepared to mitigate cybersecurity risk?
Whether it’s an HVAC system, a point-of-sale terminal or a video surveillance camera, malicious attackers are looking for any way into your network and closer to your valuable data, systems and intellectual property. While enterprises are working to shore up the weak links of their cybersecurity systems, it’s necessary to take a close look at the cyber risks your own physical security system may bring to the enterprise.
A physical security system could let in cyber attackers or viruses in a number of ways, including weak password management, incorrect installation, a network conflict, or a lack of encryption. The greater interconnectivity of devices, while proving to be infinitely valuable for enterprises’ metrics, audits and security, also opens up new avenues of attack, as one weak access control panel could endanger the entire security system, if not the entire network.