IEC 62676-4:2014 gives recommendations and requirements for the selection, planning, installation, commissioning, maintaining and testing video surveillance systems (VSS) comprising of image capture device(s), interconnection(s) and image handling device(s), for use in security applications. The objectives of this part of IEC 62676 are to:

- provide a framework to assist customers, installers and users in establishing their requirements

- assist specifiers and users in determining the appropriate equipment required for a given application

- provide means of evaluating objectively the performance of the VSS.