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Milestone 2023 Financials - Revenue, Profits, And Cloud Examined

Last year's financial report showed Milestone's revenue surging while its profit plunged. This note examines, based on an interview with...

By Angelique Chen - 28 days ago

Tech Details of HID's Mercury Upcoming "Black" Boards

With HID's Mercury EOLing its widely used "red" boards in the next few months, questions have been raised about why and how the new "black" boards...

By Jermaine Wilson - 28 days ago | 3 Comments

Directory of Video Surveillance Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities and Exploits

Cybersecurity vulnerabilities have escalated over the past few years and keeping track of who is impacted by each can be difficult. This list,...

By IPVM Team - 29 days ago | 19 Comments

Video Surveillance Storage Usage (Hard Drives / SSD / Cloud) Statistics

For many years, hard drives were the obvious and often only real choice for recording video surveillance, but over the last few years, SSD drives,...

By IPVM Team - 29 days ago

US Cyber Trust Mark Program Bars Dahua and Hikvision + Proposes Restrictions for PRC China Products

The FCC implemented the US Cyber Trust Mark program on March 14, 2024. For background, see: Enterprise IP Cameras Ineligible for US Cyber...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 29 days ago

ONVIF Working on Cloud IP Video Standard

With cloud video / VSaaS rising significantly, one major problem is the lack of standards or interoperability, making proprietary, locked-in, and...

By IPVM Team - 29 days ago | 3 Comments

Top ISC West 2024 Booth Moves

ISC West tells us they expect a rebound to pre-pandemic attendance levels this year with far more exhibitors. But what are the top booth...

By IPVM Team - 29 days ago | 11 Comments

Latch Acquires Property Management Business, Pursues Vertical Integration

As the latest of a series of turnaround moves, Latch has purchased a property management firm to vertically integrate property management...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 month ago

Evolv CEO Admitted Subways Not A Good Use Case 2 Weeks Before NYC Subway Partnership

Despite Evolv's CEO frankly telling investors of the problems of using its products in subways earlier this month, the NYC Mayor announced a...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 month ago | 5 Comments

Cobalt Robotics Repositions With Omni Security Operations Monitoring

The past year has seen a boom in robotics interest generally but not within the physical security market. Now, Cobalt Robotics, who said they...

By Mert Karakaya - about 1 month ago | 3 Comments

HID's Mercury Abruptly EOLs Widely Used "Red" Board Controllers

Confusion and panic are rising as HID's Mercury is abruptly end-of-life (EOLing) its widely used "red" boards or LP / "series 3" controllers later...

By Jermaine Wilson - about 1 month ago | 20 Comments

Flock Made New Products With Refurbished Batteries, Alleges Its Manufacturer

Under scrutiny from civil liberties advocates for potential errors and abuses of its LPR systems, Flock Safety has now also been accused in a...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 month ago | 2 Comments

Sued: Shareholder Lawsuit Alleges Fraud By Evolv And Its Executives

Evolv and its executives are being sued by shareholders, alleging a "fraudulent scheme" by the company and its investors. Evolv faces various...

By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago | 2 Comments

Dallmeier Panomera S Series Camera Tested

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By Jack Parkin - about 1 month ago

Criminally Indicted / NDAA Banned Hytera Should Not Exhibit At ISC West

While Dahua and Hikvision are barred from ISC West, fellow PRC China manufacturer Hytera has a large central booth at ISC West 2024. Like...

By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago | 4 Comments

Enterprise IP Cameras Ineligible for US Cyber Trust Mark Program

The US FCC has implemented a cyber labeling program meant to promote compliance with federal cybersecurity standards, but almost all commercial IP...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - about 1 month ago

Dormakaba Stops Selling / Supporting Cracked Mifare Classic Credentials

While MIFARE Classic credentials have been cracked for many, many years, and new devices simplify exploiting such vulnerabilities, Dormakaba has...

By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago | 3 Comments

AMAG President Speaks On "Whole Ecosystem" Approach

Historically known for its access control solutions, AMAG Technology is now promoting its "whole ecosystem," including its other product...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago

Replace Widely Used Classroom Locks, Says DOJ

The risks posed by classroom locks are known by security professionals, and now the DOJ has recommended replacing them. In this report, we...

By Stephanie Cohen - about 1 month ago

Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption for Physical Access Control

While asymmetric encryption is widely used for payments and considered especially secure, physical access control overwhelmingly uses symmetric...

By Mert Karakaya - about 1 month ago | 2 Comments

Russian Military Used Hacked Cameras in Missile Strike on Capital, Alleges Ukraine

Russia hacked video surveillance cameras as part of a massive air attack on Kyiv, according to Ukrainian security services. Several countries...

By Conor Healy - about 1 month ago

Understanding The 30+ Lock Functions

While locks can look the same, they often function in significantly different ways. To make understanding them simpler, widely adopted industry...

By Brian Rhodes - about 1 month ago | 5 Comments

Possibility of Public Schools Pursuing Class Action Lawsuit Against Evolv

While many law firms are investigating shareholder lawsuits against Evolv, a new report last week contends some public school Evolv customers are...

By IPVM Team - about 1 month ago

Spot AI LLM-Based Copilot Examined

Silicon Valley Spot AI has launched "Copilot," similar in both name and goals of the large-language models (LLMs) of Microsoft and Github but...

By Jermaine Wilson - about 1 month ago

Elite Claims Only "Crime Prevention" Remote Video Monitoring Provider

While remote video monitoring is a growing market, one competitor, California's Elite Interactive Solutions, claims it is the only one delivering...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 month ago | 24 Comments

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