Empowering Mission-Critical Operations

Eastern Defense Summit | December 8 | 0900 - 1300 & 1400 - 1800

Cyber hardening for unified access control and video management systems

In this course we’ll review best practices for cyber security of physical access control systems. We’ll cover edge device hardening for cameras, wireless locks, controllers, and other sensors. We’ll also look at requirements around software/application hardening for on-premise and cloud hosted solutions in a converged environment when the disparate software packages for video and access are integrated. We’ll show this via a hands-on experience with Avigilon’s Unity Video and Access products with HID PIVclass readers, Mercury controllers, and Avigilon cameras.

Eastern Defense Summit | 5001 Coliseum Dr, North Charleston, SC 29418
December 8, 2026
0900 - 1300 or 1400 - 1800
Attendees may select from two available session times.

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Schedule

This four-hour course focuses on hands-on best practices and lessons learned. Attendees will qualify for CEU hours from CPTED, ASIS (CPP, PSP), SIA (SICC, CPSM), and ISC2 (CISSP).

  • 0900 - 0945: Intro: Baseline architecture and requirements
  • 0945 - 1000: Break and networking
  • 1000 - 1125: Hands-on Hardening Breakouts
    • Group 1: Access Control
    • Group 2: Video Surveillance
  • 1130 - 1255: Hands-on Hardening Breakouts
    • Group 2: Access Control
    • Group 1: Video Surveillance
  • 1255 - 1300: Wrap up

(Note: The afternoon session will be a repeat of the morning session, starting at 1400 and running until 1800.)

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