Re: Video Surveillance Requirements

[Patrick Ouellette <ouellep () ALGONQUINCOLLEGE COM>]

I'd go one step further - since we don't have explicit sign-off to display people in the video, there is a privacy 
issue.
However, there is software that will allow for auto-blurring faces and key elements in the video as it's fed back out 
from the storage, but keep the original input feed entirely clear.

Sincerely,

Patrick Ouellette
Algonquin College - School of Advanced Technology
Program Coordinator: Computer Systems Technician & Technology - Networking / Security Programs
Professor - Computer Studies Department

> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Patrick P Murphy
> Sent: January 14, 2010 1:52 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Video Surveillance Requirements
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:58:04 -0800, "Hudson, Edward"
>    <ewhudson () CSUCHICO EDU> said:
>
> > Our campus has a new student recreation center, run by our Associated
> > Students.  The building has many surveillance cameras -- in the
> weight
> > room, exercise class rooms, cardio room, outside the locker room,
> etc.
> > Currently the facility has NO sign on the front door indicating that
> > the building is under video surveillance.
>
> > The AS is now interested in putting two of the video feeds on their
> > public website so that students can check to see how busy the
> facility
> > is, before they head over to work out.  The images are still (taken
> > every 3 seconds) and only about 2 inches square.  However, if you
> look
> > at the source code for the page you can navigate to the two cameras
> > and zoom in on the images. The website is open to the public at
> large,
> > not just the campus community.
>
> What's clearly needed here is an extra layer between the cameras and
> the
> public's viewing of them.  I could envisage a simple service (perhaps
> not a cron job if it has to be every 3 seconds!) that copies the
> current
> image to a location on a web server's DocumentRoot which is publicly
> viewable.  That process could include blurring or image reduction.
>
> Alternatively, a web service that the public can view which in turn
> runs
> a server side app which *then* pulls the latest image from the camera
> (presumably on an internal network), might work better.
>
> It would probably take a skilled webtech a day's work to set up
> something like that (maybe more, or less, depending on sophistication
> level required).
>
> You really don't want to cede control of surveillence cameras to the
> internet :-)
>
> Just my $0.02.
>
>  - Pat
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