User’sManual
Version1.0.
SecurityRecommendations
Mandatoryactionstobetakentowardscybersecurity
1.ChangePasswordsandUseStrongPasswords:
Thenumberonereasonsystemsget“hacked”isduetohavingweakordefaultpasswords.Itis
recommendedtochangedefaultpasswordsimmediatelyandchooseastrongpasswordwhenever
possible.Astrongpasswordshouldbemadeupofatleast8charactersandacombinationofspecial
characters,numbers,andupperandlower-caseletters.
2.UpdateFirmware
Asisstandardprocedureinthetech-industry,werecommendkeepingNVR,DVR(WITHOUTHDD)
(WITHOUTHDD),andIPcamerafirmwareup-to-datetoensurethesystemiscurrentwiththelatest
securitypatchesandfixes.
“Nicetohave”recommendationstoimproveyournetworksecurity
1.ChangePasswordsRegularly
Regularlychangethecredentialstoyourdevicestohelpensurethatonlyauthorizeduserscanaccess
thesystem.
2.ChangeDefaultHTTPandTCPPorts:
●ChangedefaultHTTPandTCPportsforsystems.Thesearethetwoportsusedtocommunicateand
toviewvideofeedsremotely.
●Theseportscanbechangedtoanysetofnumbersbetween1025-65535.Avoidingthedefaultports
reducestheriskofoutsidersbeingabletoguesswhichportsyouareusing.
3.EnableHTTPS/SSL:
SetupanSSLCertificatetoenableHTTPS.Thiswillencryptallcommunicationbetweenyourdevices
andrecorder.
4.EnableIPFilter:
EnablingyourIPfilterwillpreventeveryone,exceptthosewithspecifiedIPaddresses,fromaccessing
thesystem.
5.ChangeONVIFPassword:
OnolderIPCamerafirmware,theONVIFpassworddoesnotchangewhenyouchangethesystem’s
credentials.Youwillneedtoeitherupdatethecamera’sfirmwaretothelatestrevisionormanually
changetheONVIFpassword.
6.ForwardOnl