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Surveillance System

What is Surveillance System?

An integrated system of cameras, monitors, recording devices, and analytics used to monitor and record activities in and around facilities.

Information Security

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as surveillance system. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on surveillance system

Requirements naming surveillance system across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Article 83 requires manufacturers to plan + establish + document + implement + maintain + update a post-market surveillance (PMS) system, proportionate to the risk class and appropriate for the type of device.

MDR-Art.83 · Post-market surveillance system of the manufacturer (Article 83) →

Operate surveillance across the datacentre outer perimeter and every entry and exit point to detect attempts at unauthorised entry or exit.

CCM-DCS-10 · Surveillance System →

Surveillance systems are put in, kept running and actively operated at the datacenter's outer boundary and at every entry and exit point, so that attempts to get in or out without authority are detected.

cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::DCS-11 · Surveillance System →

System servers are housed in secure locations, local, in-venue or remote as the regulator allows, with sufficient protection against alteration, tampering and unauthorised access, a surveillance system meeting the regulator's procedures, security perimeters an...

gli-33-gaming-laboratories-international-event-wagering-systems::B.2.2 · B.2.2 Physical Location of Servers →

A working video surveillance system monitors unloading into lairage, movement from lairage to the stun area, restraint and stunning (for controlled atmosphere systems, entry into and exit from the system), shackling and hoisting, and sticking.

amic-industry-animal-welfare-standard-for-livestock-processing-establishments::5.2.10-5.2.11 · 5.2.10-5.2.11 Video surveillance of welfare-critical processes and one-month retention →

Questions people ask about surveillance system

What is Surveillance System?
An integrated system of cameras, monitors, recording devices, and analytics used to monitor and record activities in and around facilities.
Why is Surveillance System important for compliance?
Surveillance System is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding surveillance system helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Surveillance System?
Surveillance System appears in the requirement text of UK ICO Guidance on Video Surveillance including CCTV (2022), EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR 2017/745), Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.1, GLI-33 - Gaming Laboratories International Event Wagering Systems. Across these standards we have identified 10 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Surveillance System?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how surveillance system applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.