Fig. 10–11. Identifying A Camera That Is Not Recording, In A Live Session - Honeywell rapid eye System Administrator Manual

Placing cameras at an outside window, in a room that remains lit during evenings. Reflection
from the window can hamper visibility outside.
Placing objects to obstruct a camera's view. See also
Table 10–4 Security Happenstance
Situation
vandalism
vandalism or
operator error
using many Multi
databases
breach of trust
Compromising video recording
Setting the Recording of a camera to OFF. Video is not recorded when Recording is turned
OFF. This is easy to detect: each camera shows a recording meter during a Live Session. See
figure 10–11.
Fig. 10–11. Identifying a Camera that is Not Recording, in a Live Session.
If a corrupt operator turns Recording to OFF, Live would still work but no recording would be
available. Such abuse can be traced, as explained in
p. 65.
Camera brightness. Video may be compromised when the brightness setting on a camera is set
too high or too low. Your PTZ cameras may be installed in a way that they can be turned away
from the sun. See the Remote View Operator Guide.
Resetting the time/date. It can become complicated to analyze video "footage" after the time and
date of a Rapid Eye unit is changed recklessly. Recordings with incorrect time and date stamps
could be of no use to a court of law. You can trace events leading to such abuse, as explained
below, in
Scheduling cameras to not record. See
designed to spare storage. It can be abused to defeat security. Use of the Boost button overrides
a turned OFF recording setting for video. See figure 10–12.
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Preventive and / or Last Resort Measures
- schedule onsite equipment inspections
- use access control to access Multi-Media units at sites
- schedule regular connections to each Multi-Media unit in your security
system
- through training, discourage the use of many Multi dbs; using more than
one db, using different system passwords, is beyond the product's design
and deemed unsafe.
- as a last resort, use the last valid password utility, as explained in
Password on p. 180.
- refrain from communicating a system password to a Multi SA running
another Rapid Eye system
- ask security personnel to exercise vigilance if operators have accounts with
enough rights to jeopardize the data on a Multi-Media unit
- as a last resort, contact Multi technical support for help, as explained in
Questions on p. 22.
Tracing Events. See also Unit's Time Zone and
Tamper Detection, p. 121.
Tracing Events, below. See also Cameras, on
Clock, on p. 54.
Scheduling: Configuration, p. 105. This feature is
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