Happy to be able to contribute to this forum. I am the founder and CEO of IDmachines an identity, access, security, privacy and machine learning consultancy and technology provider. I have been involved in the use of video for over 30 years much of that with Computer Recognition Systems, Inc., then CoreStreet and now IDmachines. Our clients include end-users, system integrators, manufacturers and other consultancies. Some examples of our work includes helping to develop hardening guides for Axis cameras https://www.axis.com/files/sales/AXIS_Hardening_Guide_1488265_en_1510.pdf as well as for Milestone https://www.milestonesys.com/global...letters/xprotect_corporate_hardeningguide.pdf . Recently we have launched a tool (Eidola) for physical security system integrators that performs a number of diagnostics to help determine whether this configuration guidance is being followed.