Page 6 of the DSE Video Surveillance knowledge center, with source-backed guidance and practical next steps.
Practical guidance for camera, recorder, video-management, evidence, firmware, and surveillance-network decisions.
Axis signed video can support origin and integrity verification when signatures survive recording and export. It does not replace chain of custody or lawful-use controls.
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Axis places evidence collection between detection and cleanup and warns that changing or powering off a suspected device can destroy information needed for investigation.
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Axis documents distinct certificate roles for HTTPS server identity and 802.1X network authentication. Each needs ownership, expiry monitoring, renewal, and recovery testing.
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SIA’s 2025 Code organizes privacy responsibilities around purpose, impact assessment, minimization, accuracy, retention, security, access, transparency, and review.
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Profile D standardizes communication between access peripherals and a securely located client. It does not certify the complete door, credential, or life-safety design.
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ONVIF is ending new v1.0 conformance submissions on March 31, 2027. Version 2.0 is scheduled, not yet a final conformance target, so plans need vendor evidence.
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NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 2 emphasizes a governed media-sanitization program, appropriate clear, purge, or destroy methods, and separate verification and validation.
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Profile M standardizes analytics metadata and events between products. It does not certify analytic accuracy, lawful use, model quality, or every conditional feature.
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ONVIF conformance belongs to a specific listed product and firmware or software version. Marketing language, membership, or a related model is not equivalent evidence.
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ONVIF will end Profile S support on March 31, 2027, but deployed systems do not simply stop on that date. Inventory authentication and codec dependencies before testing Profile T.
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