IPVM's Reports

IPVM's independent reporting is divided into 3 categories: (1) Public, (2) Info+: news, profiles, tutorials, etc. and (3) Research: tests, shootouts, competitive and financial analysis.

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China State Media Exposes Illegal Commercial Facial Recognition Use

There has been increasing debate and scrutiny about facial recognition in the EU and US, and similar issues are emerging in China as the state...

By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Country Managers: Home vs. Host Country in Brazil

Many international video surveillance companies maintain a presence in Brazil. While some hire Brazilians to manage local operations, others bring...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago

Dahua Favorability Statistics 2021

Dahua has become one of the biggest and most controversial video surveillance manufacturers. What do integrators think of them now? Inside...

By Ethan Ace - over 3 years ago | 8 Comments

New Anyvision CEO Interview

Anyvision had a traumatic 2020 with massive layoffs and international scrutiny, but in September the company raised $43 million and in October they...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Video Surveillance Storage Retention Laws Examined

Although surveillance video retention is often constricted by storage costs, written laws do sometimes dictate a minimum or maximum period video...

By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago | 15 Comments

False Verkada HIPAA Compliance And Legal Risks Investigated

Verkada has repeatedly and falsely claimed to be certified HIPAA Compliant, with a HIPAA consultant telling IPVM Verkada's actions are a "HIPAA...

By Conor Healy - over 3 years ago | 12 Comments

Amazon Responds to US Senators On Dahua

Amazon has responded to the US Senators who questioned its purchase of Dahua fever cameras, saying "we do not intend" to purchase the products...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 12 Comments

Bosch MIC Inteox 7100i Cameras Tested

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By Derek Ward - over 3 years ago | 6 Comments

Woman Dies After Screened By Faulty Hikvision Fever Camera System

A 27-year-old woman died with COVID-19 hours after a Hikvision open-air, low-resolution, no-black-body fever camera gave her the all-clear with a...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago | 35 Comments

Sunell Receives FDA Warning Letter

The US FDA has sent a warning letter to Sunell due to its sales of "adulterated and misbranded products", i.e. its widely relabelled Panda...

By Isabella Cheng - over 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Hanwha Drops ISC West 2021

Hanwha has gone from a million-dollar ISC West booth in 2019 to no booth in 2021. Plus, Axis has slashed its booth size in half. Meanwhile, Reed is...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 51 Comments

Verkada: "Money is Everything"

Verkada's sales organization has a regular meeting titled "Money is Everything" and routinely implores salespeople to 'Burn it down" to close...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 97 Comments

Facial Recognition Guide

This guide explains the fundamentals of facial recognition. Inside we cover: The Use of Datasets in Facial Recognition Dataset Creation...

By IPVM Team - over 3 years ago | 5 Comments

US FCC: Dahua and Hikvision "Deemed A Threat" To National Security

The US FCC has "released a list of communications equipment and services that have been deemed a threat to national security", calling out Dahua...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 28 Comments

IPVM Scientific Study Published by Journal of Biomedical Optics Shows Systematic Temperature Screening Manipulation

In a new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics, IPVM researchers found that devices from 7 different manufacturers...

By Conor Healy - over 3 years ago | 26 Comments

Fortinet Video Surveillance Profile

Fortinet is a large cybersecurity provider, with a $30 billion market cap and more than $2 billion in revenue. Now, they are growing their video...

By IPVM - over 3 years ago | 6 Comments

ACRE Acquired, Aims For Ambitious Expansion And Acquisitions

ACRE has grown to nearly $200 million in revenue, but ACRE CEO Joe Grillo tells IPVM that they will be even more ambitious in expanding and...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Exacq Favorability Statistics 2021

Exacq was once an integrator-favorite VMS, but their positioning has declined since Tyco's acquisition in 2013. Can they turn this trend around in...

By Ethan Ace - over 3 years ago | 8 Comments

Certify Pulls, Denies Admitting, Caught Relabelling Fever Screener From China

The self-proclaimed "#1 fever detection" offering, sold to the NFL and other major enterprises has pulled its InfinityX offering, which IPVM found...

By Conor Healy - over 3 years ago | 4 Comments

Feenics Hosted Access Control Tested

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By Brian Rhodes - over 3 years ago | 5 Comments

SaaS Security Screening Provider, Evolv, Goes Public, With $1.25 Billion Valuation

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By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 16 Comments

Verkada Gave Various Employees Access To Any Camera Without Telling Customers

Various employees across Verkada used 'Super Admin' privileges to view any customer's camera footage at any time, unbeknownst to said customers,...

By Charles Rollet - over 3 years ago | 117 Comments

Dahua Wins Brazil Direct Bid After Government Reversal

Dahua has been declared the winner after initially losing a controversial $20+ million USD deal for 1,000+ cameras in which it bid directly to the...

By Robert Wren Gordon - over 3 years ago | 9 Comments

Verkada Mass Hack

Verkada has suffered a massive hack, according to Bloomberg, of all ~150,000 of the company's cameras. Worse, the hacker told Bloomberg they...

By John Honovich - over 3 years ago | 218 Comments

FLIR Favorability Statistics 2021

FLIR has been criticized for its struggling conventional surveillance business and praised for its restrained approach to fever screening. But...

By Ethan Ace - over 3 years ago | 3 Comments

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