NDAA compliant CCTV Perth for organisations whose procurement rules exclude cameras from manufacturers named in the US NDAA Section 889 and the FCC Covered List. We audit what is on the wall now, identify rebadged equipment, and design, supply and install compliant systems from Axis, Hanwha, i-PRO, Bosch, Vivotek, Avigilon, UniFi and Verkada, with the paperwork a tender or security review asks for.
Section 889 of the US National Defense Authorization Act (2019) bars US federal agencies and their contractors from buying video surveillance and telecommunications equipment from Hikvision, Dahua, Hytera, Huawei and ZTE, including their subsidiaries and affiliates. The US FCC Covered List adds further restrictions. A camera or recorder is described as NDAA compliant when it is not made by, or built on components from, those manufacturers.
The part most people miss is the OEM problem. A large share of the budget cameras sold in Australia under other names are Hikvision or Dahua products with a different badge. A site can believe it has no restricted equipment and be wrong on every camera. Checking manufacturer, model and firmware lineage, not the logo on the housing, is the audit that matters.
No Australian law bans these brands for private businesses, and we say that plainly. The requirement comes from policy and contracts rather than statute: Commonwealth agencies removed restricted-manufacturer cameras from their sites in 2023, and that expectation now flows down to the organisations around them.
We are not tied to one manufacturer, so the compliant option can be matched to the budget and the site rather than forced into a single catalogue. Premium enterprise work is usually Axis, Hanwha Vision, i-PRO or Avigilon. Where the budget is closer to what a restricted brand would have cost, Vivotek and UniFi Protect fill the gap. For cloud-managed multi-site estates, Verkada. Recording and management sit on compliant recorders or an open VMS such as Milestone XProtect or Nx Witness.
Every quote lists manufacturer and model for each device so the compliance position is on paper before anything is ordered. Where a client's policy also requires the network switches and recorders to be from compliant vendors, we specify to that standard as well.
Most compliant projects in Perth are replacements, not new builds. We audit the existing system and produce a device-by-device register of what stays and what goes. Cabling is reused where it is sound. Cameras are swapped in groups so the site keeps recording throughout, the old recorder is run alongside until the new platform has taken every stream, and restricted equipment is removed from the network rather than left powered in a cupboard. The register, the final camera schedule and the manufacturer declarations are handed over for the security file.
No. The NDAA is US legislation. In Australia the requirement comes from government policy, procurement rules and client contracts rather than statute, and it applies mainly to Commonwealth and state sites, critical infrastructure, and organisations that supply or work alongside them. Private businesses are free to use any brand.
Not from the badge. Many cameras sold under other names are Hikvision or Dahua products rebranded. We audit the manufacturer, model and firmware lineage of every device and give you a written register of which units are compliant and which are not.
Brands not owned by or built on components from the manufacturers named in Section 889 and the FCC Covered List. The ones we install are Axis, Hanwha Vision, i-PRO, Bosch, Avigilon, Vivotek, UniFi and Verkada. Compliance is checked at model level, and we obtain manufacturer declarations where a tender requires them.
It depends on the brand tier and the site. Enterprise brands cost more than the restricted budget brands they replace, but mid-range compliant options have narrowed the gap considerably. Camera count, resolution, retention and whether cabling can be reused matter more than the brand label; a site audit gives a firm figure.
Section 889 covers video surveillance and telecommunications equipment, so recorders and in many policies the network switches are included. We specify compliant recorders or an open VMS on standard server hardware, and compliant switching where your policy requires it.
Your procurement requirement or tender clause, how many cameras and sites, and what is installed now if it is a replacement. We will audit the existing equipment, confirm what must go, and quote a compliant system with manufacturer and model on every line.