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India’s Surveillance Landscape Demands Trusted Japanese Technology

-Ikuo Umeda, Executive Director, Ganz (CBC Group).

India’s CCTV sector is undergoing a structural shift. With regulatory frameworks tightening and compliance becoming the core of procurement, the market is transitioning to trust-driven infrastructure development. In this conversation, Mr. Ikuo Umeda, Director of CBC Corporation India, explains how Japanese engineering discipline and India-specific product design converge to position CBC at the forefront of this new era of governed surveillance technology.

 

Q: STQC certification became mandatory in April 2025. What does this change mean for the surveillance industry?

Umeda: The new mandate redefines surveillance as governed infrastructure built on trust and compliance. What was once a price?driven market is now evolving into a certified ecosystem, where every camera manufactured or deployed in India adheres to STQC standards, ensuring quality, accountability, and readiness for the coming decade of secure growth.

This shift directly strengthens India’s security ecosystem. STQC certification validates secure firmware architecture, encrypted video transmission, audit logging, and transparent supply-chain practices. Government agencies require these certifications. Large enterprises depend on them for audit compliance. System integrators specify them early in the design phase.

The market today is undergoing decisive consolidation. Certification has become the defining line, those aligned with regulation can serve every segment. For CBC, this shift reinforces the value of foresight. We built compliance into our engineering DNA long before it was mandatory. This transition is not a challenge but momentum. It validates our approach and strengthens our leadership to deliver surveillance designed for a governed and secure future.

 

Q: How does CBC approach STQC compliance differently from other vendors?

Umeda: Compliance defines CBC’s product architecture. The ER-01 Cybersecurity Standard mandates encrypted streams, digitally signed firmware, robust access controls, and tamper-resistant hardware.

We built Ganz cameras to meet these requirements from the ground up.

•Firmware architecture that prevents unauthorized remote access

•Default ‘on storage encryption’

•Full supply chain traceability down to the component level

This approach reflects core Japanese manufacturing values: quality embedded at every stage, curated precisely to the needs of Indian market.

 

Q: What does “curated for India” mean in practice?

Umeda: We engineer solutions tailored to India’s operational realities, offering much more than global products adapted for local use.

India has unique environmental, operational, and regulatory constraints:

•Coastal humidity challenges hardware longevity

•Dense urban deployments require sustained high-frame-rate performance

•Remote industrial sites demand extreme reliability over feature volume

•Government projects mandate inter-operability with approved VMS platforms and compliance with IS 13252 safety standards

Our product design reflects these requirements end-to-end.

 

Q: With STQC driving consolidation, where does CBC position itself?

Umeda: Consolidation creates a market where only vendors with engineering depth, certification capability, and disciplined supply chains can operate sustainably.

CBC competes on compliance rigor, product reliability, and alignment with government procurement criteria. Critical infrastructure tenders currently specify STQC-certified systems. Enterprises align surveillance with risk frameworks that demand certified technology. System integrators recommend certified solutions to avoid audit exposure and deployment delays.

At CBC, compliance capability is a competitive strength because Japanese engineering culture, rooted deeply in principles of continuous improvement and quality excellence, has made these practices an intrinsic part of its DNA.

 

Q: What role does Ganz play in CBC’s India strategy?

Umeda: Ganz is our technology core. It has been engineered and deployed across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, giving us deep experience with diverse regulatory environments. CBC brings the technology to India, aligned to Indian market requirements and compliance standards.

Key elements include:

•Ganz cameras meeting STQC Level 2 IoT System Certification requirements

•Secure firmware, encrypted streams, and audit logging

•Protection against unauthorized access

•Ganz CORTROL VMS integrated with government-approved platforms under the IoTSCS framework

It is Japanese technology intentionally curated for India’s regulatory structure, operational conditions, and security priorities.

 

Q: What is the significance of Ganz being “powered by CBC” manufactured in India for the Indian market?

Umeda: Domestic manufacturing in India creates strategic advantages: reduced supply-chain risk, complete component traceability, faster service response, and stronger national capability in critical surveillance infrastructure.

It also ensures price accessibility without compromising engineering quality. India is a sovereign market that requires locally built, STQC-certified infrastructure for national security and industrial modernization.

 

Q: How does CBC view the role of surveillance in India’s industrial modernization?

Umeda: As India’s infrastructure sectors digitize utilities, transport, manufacturing, industrial facilities, trusted data sources become fundamental. Surveillance is one of these critical data layers.

The STQC-certified Ganz camera deployed in a critical facility becomes a governed data input. It feeds into analytics detecting operational anomalies. It provides tamper-proof footage for audits and investigations. It integrates into security architectures protecting infrastructure assets. It operates within encrypted, monitored, auditable systems.

When surveillance shifts from security accessory to infrastructure asset, compliance and certification become operational requirements. 

 

Q: What are CBC’s priorities for market development?

Umeda: We are focused on three pillars:

1.Expanding STQC certification across the full Ganz portfolio, covering every major use case.

2.Building strong technical support infrastructure in India, ensuring responsive, localized, knowledgeable engagement.

3.Deepening partnerships with system integrators and PSU consultants, who shape procurement decisions during project design. Their alignment positions Ganz as the default specified solution and builds long-term institutional relationships.

 

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www.enquiry@cbcindia.com