field notes
Notes from the camera fleet.
Operational writing on keeping large camera fleets healthy, secure, and provable: firmware at scale, credential hygiene, certificate lifecycles, and what auditors actually ask for.
2026-08-03 Camera certificates: expiry, 802.1X, and rotation at fleet scale Track every camera certificate's expiry, renew before the 802.1X lockout hits, and rotate in staged waves. Why fleets lose sites to one shared expiry date. 2026-08-02 SOC 2 and your camera fleet: what counts as evidence SOC 2 accepts camera evidence that covers the whole observation period, exists per device, and was generated as events happened. Prep-week screenshots do not. 2026-08-01 How to rotate camera passwords without breaking your VMS Rotate camera passwords without recording gaps: add the new credential before retiring the old, cut every consumer over in waves, and verify at the VMS. 2026-07-31 AXIS OS upgrade paths explained: tracks, traps, and rollback AXIS OS upgrade eligibility is per product, not per chip. How the active and LTS tracks work, the 12.1 HTTPS auth change, and the rollback rules that bite. 2026-07-31 Why security cameras go offline across multiple sites Cameras drop from power, network, addressing, certificate, and time-sync failures. How to tell them apart across sites, and the signals that catch each one first. 2026-07-31 What auditors actually ask about camera systems Auditors ask five things about camera systems: what you have, whether it worked, who could access it, how it is maintained, and whether you can prove it.