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How-to6 min read· April 18, 2026

Found a Banned Camera? How Rip-and-Replace Actually Works

A practical plan for finding NDAA-prohibited equipment in an existing system and replacing it with minimal downtime and budget pain.

Step 1 — Find it

Many organizations don't know they have banned gear. An assessment inventories every device, identifies covered-entity hardware (including rebrands), and flags anything that can't be confirmed compliant.

Step 2 — Prioritize

Not everything gets swapped on day one. We risk-rank by exposure: federally-funded sites, networked devices, and high-consequence areas go first.

Step 3 — Replace with minimal downtime

We phase the cutover so coverage is never dark — reusing cabling and mounts where we can, and standardizing on a compliant line so spares and training stay simple.

Step 4 — Document

You get a compliance package: what was removed, what replaced it, and the country-of-origin records to prove it.

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