AI will not fix a governance problem in your camera estate

In an interview with Help Net Security, Rob Janssens, EMEA Cyber Security Director at Hikvision Europe, said AI will not fix governance problems in camera estates, emphasizing that products should let customers recover control on their own and that secure-by-default settings reduce damage from predictable installation mistakes. He also discussed source code escrow and country-of-origin rules.

Camera systems often outlive the companies that install them. In this Help Net Security interview, Rob Janssens, EMEA Cyber Security Director at Hikvision Europe, discusses what happens when the integrator is gone, the documentation is lost, and nobody holds the admin credentials. He explains why products should let customers recover control on their own, and how secure-by-default settings reduce the damage of predictable installation mistakes. He also weighs source code escrow, country-of-origin rules, and what … More https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/27/rob-janssens-hikvision-europe-surveillance-camera-security/ The post AI will not fix a governance problem in your camera estate https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/08/27/rob-janssens-hikvision-europe-surveillance-camera-security/ appeared first on Help Net Security https://www.helpnetsecurity.com .