Onvif Introduces First TSL Secure Communications Plugin

The final version of the TSL configuration plugin, already approved by the Standardization Initiative Onvif, Increases the security of communications between devices and software clients within a protected physical system.

The first add-on for protected communications approved by Onvif Supports the Configuring Transport Layer Security Encryption, allowing a video management system to initially schedule or update TLS on a compatible device, such as an IP video surveillance camera, to support encrypted communications between the device and the client.

"The importance of cybersecurity is growing and the use of TLS as a fundamental layer for cyber resilience is a foundation," he said Leo Levit, Chairman of the Onvif Steering Committee-. With this new add-on, end-users, and System integrators can continue to combine products from different vendors while enjoying a standard way to configure TLS to improve security".

The TLS configuration plugin is the first to be introduced by Onvif, the aim of which is to create "a function or functions that address a specific use case or end-user need that is not yet covered by an organization profile".

Add-ons are also a New Specification Category Onvif that complement the profiles that this initiative has for standardization, allowing manufacturers to add or expand their compliance to include certain features.

In this sense, Security Products Manufacturers must conform to an Onvif profile before stating that they are compliant with a complement such as the one just presented by the organization.

Approving an add-on allows Onvif to respond to market needs faster, With Increased interoperability and flexibility, as well as more easily address evolving specification and technology requirements, as in the case of the Cybersecurity.

For its part, Onvif profiles are fixed and permanent sets of features that allow a functional product to be developed only on the profile. Plugins also support version handling to accommodate new additions or technology upgrades, Unlike profiles, that don't change.

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