You don’t have surge protection where you’d want it for this particular problem. Say you have a PoE doorbell, & it gets hit, that power will go straight to your PoE switch & blow it. Possibly other connected equipment. But lightning would hit your roof, not your porch. So cameras are the next likely inlet. https://blog.doubleradius.com/how-to-protect-outdoor-poe-equipment-from-surge