Algeria AgencyInfrastructure
Security & surveillance
Cameras, access control, firewalls and endpoint security — the physical door and the digital door treated as one door.
Physical security and information security sit in one family for a precise reason: cameras and badges are network equipment now. A recorder left on its factory password is an open door onto the accounts, not only onto the footage.
So we start from risk rather than from product. What would cost you most is almost never what people come to ask us for: it is data loss, payment fraud, or a day of downtime — rarely a stolen computer.
Surveillance also has a framework. Filming staff, keeping footage, logging entries: these have to be announced, displayed, and given a decided retention period. We install with those rules in mind rather than discovering them afterwards.
Finally, none of these installations is worth anything without the boring part: passwords changed, firmware updated, credentials withdrawn from people who left, and a backup that survives ransomware. That is where real security is decided.
What we usually find
- Your cameras are reachable from the internet on the factory password.
- Somebody left six months ago and their credentials still work.
- The firewall is the one in the router, on its original settings.
- You have footage, but it is unreadable at night — exactly when you would need it.
What changes
Footage you can use
Framing, resolution and lighting chosen to identify somebody, not merely to establish that they walked past.
Credentials that follow departures
A joining and leaving procedure applied to badges as well as accounts: the commonest gap, and the cheapest to close.
Reduced exposure
Whatever is reachable from the internet is known, justified and filtered. The rest no longer is.
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IP Cameras
Footage that is usable when it matters: useful placement, enough recording time, and a network kept separate from the rest.Access Control
Knowing who goes where, revoking an access in seconds, and never blocking an exit — including when the power fails.Firewall & VPN
Closing what has no reason to be open, and providing remote access that is not a door left ajar.IT Security
Closing the doors left open by default and preparing the recovery — most incidents we see required no skill at all from whoever caused them.
What you get
Risk analysis
What would cost you most, ranked by likelihood and by amount, before any equipment quote.
Video surveillance sized to the job
Positions, angles, resolution and night lighting calculated for identification, with a chosen retention period.
Access control
Badges or codes, time windows, an entry log, and the withdrawal procedure for when somebody leaves.
Firewall and remote access
Written rules instead of defaults, encrypted named remote access, logging retained.
Endpoint hardening
Separate accounts, laptop encryption, updates, ransomware protection and an immutable backup.
Register and notices
What has to be announced, displayed and recorded so the installation is defensible and not merely functional.
Is this the right fit for you?
This is for you if
- You receive the public, or you hold stock or cash.
- You handle customer data, payments or sensitive files.
- You already have cameras or a firewall nobody has configured since installation.
This is not for you if
- You only want cameras at the lowest price. A general installer will be cheaper.
- You want to watch your staff continuously. We do not install that.
- You want a certification. We secure things; we do not issue a label.
What we commit to
No factory password survives
On any equipment we deliver, recorder and cameras included. It is the commonest gap and the least excusable.
We document what is exposed
You receive the list of everything reachable from outside, with the reason for each opening.
We refuse abusive surveillance
We do not install systems whose purpose is watching people continuously at their desks, whatever the budget.
Securing a site in Algeria
A power cut is a security problem as much as a comfort one: a recorder rebooting without a UPS loses the sequence, and the cut almost always happens during the incident. So the UPS belongs to the installation rather than to the options.
Dust and heat determine the life of outdoor cameras far more than the brand does. A badly angled weatherproof housing hazes over in one season, and the image stays technically available while being useless.
On the digital side, the common attack is not targeted: it is an automated sweep finding a recorder or a remote access left open on default credentials. Which is also why closing those doors is the best cost-to-effect move we know.
Frequently asked questions
How many cameras are needed?
Fewer than people think, and better placed. Three cameras aimed properly at the points people pass through beat eight filming walls. We start from the scenes to cover, never from a number.
How long is footage kept?
Long enough to cover the time it takes to discover an incident, and no longer. In practice one to four weeks depending on the business. Retention is decided, not endured.
Can we view the cameras from a phone?
Yes, and it is precisely the thing not to improvise. That access goes through an encrypted channel with named accounts, never through a port forward opened onto the recorder.
Is the router firewall enough?
For home use, yes. As soon as there is remote work, cameras, a till or customer data, no: it does not segment, it does not log, and its original settings are public knowledge.
What do we do after an infection?
Isolate, pay nothing, restore from an offline backup. That is why immutable backup is handled here too and not only in the infrastructure family.
Do cameras have to be declared?
Filming people creates obligations: informing those filmed, displaying notices, limiting areas and retention. We set out what applies and install accordingly; we do not give legal advice.
How to start
Tell us what actually worries you: theft, data loss, a badly handled departure, or a remote intrusion.
We come back with the two or three open doors we can already see, what closing them costs, and what we would not add if we were you.
What we have written on this subject
Security and surveillance: the order matters more than the product
It is the only family in the pillar bought against a fear rather than a need. And fear buys in the wrong order: what can be seen, first.What the insurer asks for: declaring, proving, being paid
The only third party that will ever examine your security does it once, after the loss. What it will ask for, and what has to exist beforehand.Access control: a key cannot be revoked
Everything sits in that sentence. A badge is cancelled in one action; a key is taken back by changing the lock — and nobody ever changes the lock.The badge that never came back: issuing, revoking, counting
A badge can be withdrawn — provided somebody withdraws it. The register, the badge lost on a Friday evening, and the departure handled in a minute.Firewalls and VPNs: what goes out matters more than what comes in
What arrives unrequested is already blocked by any router. The useful half is the other one, and it is the half nobody configures.March’s temporary rule: rereading a firewall six months later
A rule added for a week is never removed. How to reread a rule set in two hours, and how to take one out without breaking anything.
Let us talk about your project
A free audit, no commitment: we look at your online presence and tell you what is holding it back.
- No factory password survives
- We document what is exposed
- We refuse abusive surveillance