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A new IP camera ships with admin/admin, exposes a web UI on :80, and auto-registers to a cloud app. What’s the first hardening step before putting it on production VLANs?

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A new IP camera ships with admin/admin, exposes a web UI on :80, and auto-registers to a cloud app. What’s the first hardening step before putting it on production VLANs?

Block outbound traffic to all cloud domains

Enable UPnP for easier onboarding

Change credentials and disable unused services (e.g., Telnet)

Configure port-forwarding from the internet to the camera UI

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