All CCTVs to be sold in India to include the "essential security parameters"

TEMA/CMAI/CSAI compliments Government of India and MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) for their release of Notification dated 9.4.2024 for amendments to CRO order for CCTV for all, making it mandatory for testing of the "essential security parameters." The said order will be effective w.e.f. 9th October, 2024, giving enough time to industry to prepare themselves. The test reports from BIS recognized labs like STQC etc. would need to be submitted.

With this the Government has ensured that any and all CCTV cameras deployed in India are safe from national security issues and ensure a trusted source of critical components for CCTV/Video Surveillance Systems.

This was a long pending demand of TEMA/CMAI Video Security Surveillance Advisory Council of India and CSAI - Cyber Security Association of India. It would go a long way to ensure National Security aspects in CCTV/Video Surveillance Systems deployed in the country.

Earlier on 6th March, 2024, MeitY issued notification for Public Procurement of CCTV for essential testing of critical essential security parameters and giving details for Local Content (LC) calculations.

Of special importance are requirements of verification for Trusted Source for sourcing the critical hardware components related to security functions like SOC, Not allowing Proprietary Network Protocol or giving implementation schedule and Source Code, verification of all codes including third parties (backdoors) and not using banned C functions etc.