ASSOCHAM-PwC hints at setting up "collaborative monitoring framework"
Considering that the Indian cyberspace is vulnerable to cybercrime, the country must formulate a crisis management plan to tackle cyber attacks, cyber terrorism and cyber espionage attempts, noted a recent ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study.
“It is imperative for law-enforcement agencies to have a system which will have a collaborative framework for receiving video feeds on a need basis from closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance systems and subsystems,” highlighted an ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study titled ‘Safe cities: Collaborative monitoring – For the community, by the community.’
Leveraging the capabilities of a good video management system (VMS), when clubbed with video analytics, will also allow efficient access to these external camera feeds at the command and control centre.
“Collaborative monitoring of video feeds not only facilitates greater coverage of video surveillance within the city but also serves as deterrence for crimes and assists law-enforcement agencies in controlling incident escalation, crime detection and its investigation,” said the study.
Collaborative monitoring is a unique tool, wherein the security and law-enforcement agency takes advantage of the extensive network of surveillance cameras deployed by communities across the city as well as the cameras of other private and government establishments on a need basis.
It is an extremely prudent enabler for police department, as while they strengthen their bond with the communities, they can use any information or footage gathered from these security cameras to support investigation and the prosecution of criminals.
However, while implementing the collaborative monitoring framework, there is a need to carefully manage certain risks like conflict with existing laws and regulatory proposals, lack of awareness within communities, funding-related issues, privacy and anonymity-related issues and others to garner maximum fruit out of such initiatives.
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