Infrastructure security in AWS Panorama - AWS Panorama
Deploying the AWS Panorama Appliance in your datacenter

Infrastructure security in AWS Panorama

As a managed service, AWS Panorama is protected by AWS global network security. For information about AWS security services and how AWS protects infrastructure, see AWS Cloud Security. To design your AWS environment using the best practices for infrastructure security, see Infrastructure Protection in Security Pillar AWS Well‐Architected Framework.

You use AWS published API calls to access AWS Panorama through the network. Clients must support the following:

  • Transport Layer Security (TLS). We require TLS 1.2 and recommend TLS 1.3.

  • Cipher suites with perfect forward secrecy (PFS) such as DHE (Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman) or ECDHE (Elliptic Curve Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman). Most modern systems such as Java 7 and later support these modes.

Additionally, requests must be signed by using an access key ID and a secret access key that is associated with an IAM principal. Or you can use the AWS Security Token Service (AWS STS) to generate temporary security credentials to sign requests.

Deploying the AWS Panorama Appliance in your datacenter

The AWS Panorama Appliance needs internet access to communicate with AWS services. It also needs access to your internal network of cameras. It is important to consider your network configuration carefully and only provide each device the access that it needs. Be careful if your configuration allows the AWS Panorama Appliance to act as a bridge to a sensitive IP camera network.

You are responsible for the following:

  • The physical and logical network security of the AWS Panorama Appliance.

  • Securely operating the network-attached cameras when you use the AWS Panorama Appliance.

  • Keeping the AWS Panorama Appliance and camera software updated.

  • Complying with any applicable laws or regulations associated with the content of the videos and images you gather from your production environments, including those related to privacy.

The AWS Panorama Appliance uses unencrypted RTSP camera streams. For more information on connecting the AWS Panorama Appliance to your network, see Connecting the AWS Panorama Appliance to your network. For details on encryption, see Data protection in AWS Panorama.