CCTV compliance matrix for Kuwait

Every requirement in Kuwait's Ministerial Decision 5003/2015 that an owner can verify — 41 items across indoor, outdoor and PTZ cameras, video management, recording and storage, monitors, workstations, switches, the control room, UPS, environmental ratings and the Article 3 maintenance duty. Each row carries its clause number from the decree so you can check it against the original PDF.

Eight decide most outcomes: camera resolution (3 MP @ 20 fps or 2 MP @ 25 fps), IP66 outdoor housings, 120 days of recording at maximum resolution, 15 fps and 50% motion, tamper-proof authenticated export, per-user password access, UPS backup of 30 minutes with 30% spare capacity, and continuous maintenance. The matrix outlines them so a gap there stands out.

Read literally, the specification does not scale by size. In practice those infrastructure items belong to large systems, and the spec itself uses 50 cameras as its threshold for 10 G uplinks. The checker adds them only at 50 cameras or more, and says so, rather than failing every small shop on them.

No. It is a self-assessment against the published specification. The Ministry decides camera positions and numbers for each site (Article 2 of the decision), and only an inspection confirms compliance. What the checker gives you is the list of things an inspection is likely to find, and how to close each one before it does.

Open playback on the recorder and go to the oldest footage it holds for each camera. If the earliest date is less than 120 days ago, the disks are too small or recording is set below maximum resolution. Our storage calculator gives the disk size needed to fix it.

Usually not. The cheapest fixes are often gigabit PoE switches, extra disks, a correctly sized UPS and turning on export watermarking. Cameras below 2 MP, analog cameras and recorders that accept only their own brand are the items that normally need replacing. Send the report and we will tell you which is which.