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        "content_html": "<p>Separate event metadata from media retrieval when assessing an integration that will depend on ECE cameras.</p>\n<h2>Source facts</h2>\n<p>Verkada publishes an Enterprise Controlled Encryption compatibility matrix that distinguishes encrypted operation, Cloud Assist, ordinary compatibility, and unsupported features. The matrix lists the video, audio, and image API as incompatible while metadata/configuration API functions and metadata-only webhooks are compatible. It also distinguishes local Viewing Station streaming from cloud and history viewing. A camera’s ECE enrollment therefore cannot be evaluated solely by whether its live view opens; dependent integration functions have their own documented status.</p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https://help.verkada.com/verkada-cameras/configuration/security-and-privacy/enterprise-controlled-encryption-device-feature-compatibility\">Verkada Help — Enterprise Controlled Encryption Device &amp; Feature Compatibility</a>.</p>\n<h2>Applicability</h2>\n<p>Applies to the ECE feature compatibility matrix reviewed for this article. Recheck the live matrix for the exact feature and device before enrollment; this is not a claim about every API endpoint.</p>\n<h2>DSE recommendation</h2>\n<p>DSE recommends inventorying integrations by the data they retrieve before proposing ECE enrollment. Separate a webhook that announces an event from a process that downloads its associated image or video. Ask the application owner to approve any lost function and assess the documented Cloud Assist category explicitly. Pilot with representative users, viewers, and integrations before changing a fleet. Keep the compatibility decision with the enrollment record so a future integration owner can understand the constraints.</p>\n<h2>Verification</h2>\n<p>Exercise a harmless test event through each approved integration and verify both metadata delivery and any required media retrieval. Compare actual results with the matrix categories and document unsupported needs. Stop the rollout if the workflow depends on a media function the vendor marks incompatible.</p>\n<h2>Official reference</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://help.verkada.com/verkada-cameras/configuration/security-and-privacy/enterprise-controlled-encryption-device-feature-compatibility\">Verkada Help — Enterprise Controlled Encryption Device &amp; Feature Compatibility</a>. Reviewed October 15, 2026.</p>",
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