Axis M5000 - Cybersecurity

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Cybersecurity
AxisEdgeVault
AxisEdgeVaultprovidesahardware-basedcybersecurityplatformthatsafeguardstheAxisdevice.Itoffersfeaturestoguaranteethe
device’sidentityandintegrityandtoprotectyoursensitiveinformationfromunauthorizedaccess.Itbuildsonastrongfoundationof
cryptographiccomputingmodules(secureelementandTPM)andSoCsecurity(TEEandsecureboot),combinedwithexpertisein
edgedevicesecurity.
Signedrmware
Signedrmwareisimplementedbythesoftwarevendorsigningthermwareimagewithaprivatekey.Whenarmwarehasthis
signatureattachedtoit,adevicewillvalidatethermwarebeforeacceptingtoinstallit.Ifthedevicedetectsthatthermware
integrityiscompromised,thermwareupgradewillberejected.
Secureboot
Securebootisabootprocessthatconsistsofanunbrokenchainofcryptographicallyvalidatedsoftware,startinginimmutable
memory(bootROM).Beingbasedontheuseofsignedrmware,securebootensuresthatadevicecanbootonlywithauthorized
rmware.
Securekeystore
Atamper-protectedenvironmentfortheprotectionofprivatekeysandsecureexecutionofcryptographicoperations.Itprevents
unauthorizedaccessandmaliciousextractionintheeventofasecuritybreach.Dependingonsecurityrequirements,anAxisdevice
canhaveeitheroneormultiplehardware-basedcryptographiccomputingmodules,whichprovideahardware-protectedsecure
keystore.Dependingonsecurityrequirements,anAxisdevicecanhaveeitheroneormultiplehardware-basedcryptographic
computingmodules,likeaTPM2.0(TrustedPlatformModule)orasecureelement,and/oraTEE(TrustedExecutionEnvironment),
whichprovideahardware-protectedsecurekeystore.Furthermore,selectedAxisproductsfeatureaFIPS140-2Level2-certied
securekeystore.
AxisdeviceID
Beingabletoverifytheoriginofthedeviceiskeytoestablishingtrustinthedeviceidentity.Duringproduction,deviceswith
AxisEdgeVaultareassignedaunique,factory-provisioned,andIEEE802.1AR-compliantAxisdeviceIDcerticate.Thisworks
likeapassporttoprovetheoriginofthedevice.ThedeviceIDissecurelyandpermanentlystoredinthesecurekeystoreasa
certicatesignedbyAxisrootcerticate.ThedeviceIDcanbeleveragedbythecustomer’sITinfrastructureforautomatedsecure
deviceonboardingandsecuredeviceidentication
Signedvideo
Signedvideoensuresthatvideoevidencecanbeveriedasuntamperedwithoutprovingthechainofcustodyofthevideole.Each
camerausesitsuniquevideosigningkey,whichissecurelystoredinthesecurekeystore,toaddasignatureintothevideostream.
Whenthevideoisplayed,theleplayershowswhetherthevideoisintact.Signedvideomakesitpossibletotracethevideobackto
thecameraoriginandveriesthatthevideohasnotbeentamperedwithafteritleftthecamera.
Encryptedlesystem
Thesecurekeystorepreventsthemaliciousexltrationofinformationandpreventscongurationtamperingbyenforcingstrong
encryptionuponthelesystem.Thisensuresnodatastoredinthelesystemcanbeextractedortamperedwithwhenthedeviceis
notinuse,unauthenticatedaccesstothedeviceisachievedand/ortheAxisdeviceisstolen.Duringthesecurebootprocess,the
read-writelesystemisdecryptedandcanbemountedandusedbytheAxisdevice.
TolearnmoreaboutAxisEdgeVaultandcybersecurityfeaturesinAxisdevices,gotoaxis.com/learning/white-papersandsearchfor
cybersecurity.
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