02 — Capability · BC-840.30
Surveillance & Monitoring
Watch the perimeter, the entrances and the sensitive spaces, detect an intrusion when it happens and keep the recording that shows what occurred.
- Video Surveillance
- Alarm Monitoring
- Security Operations Center
In scope
- Camera coverage and video retention
- Intrusion and duress alarm monitoring
- Security control room operations
- Perimeter detection
Out of scope
- Monitoring of IT systems and networks (see BC-730)
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-840.30.10Video SurveillancePlace cameras where they answer the questions an investigation will ask, and retain footage for as long as policy and law require and no longer.
- BC-840.30.20Alarm Monitoring & VerificationReceive intrusion, duress and door-held alarms, verify them quickly and dispatch a response to the real ones.
- BC-840.30.30Security Control Room OperationsRun the central point that watches, logs and coordinates security events across sites around the clock.
- BC-840.30.40Perimeter ProtectionDetect and delay anyone crossing the site boundary through fencing, lighting, sensors and the patrols that back them up.