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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Dahua Details Plan for 'RESTRICTED USE' Labels on USA Products

Dahua is pushing ahead with its FCC proposal to add product warning labels and other "guardrails" against illegal US sales. With the November 2022...

By Conor Healy - about 2 years ago | 5 Comments

Hanwha Techwin Sales Surge (H1 2022)

Hanwha Techwin's sales surged, far exceeding expectations, driven by extraordinarily high growth in the Americas. In this note, we examine the...

By John Honovich and Charles Rollet - about 2 years ago | 11 Comments

Vivint Salesman Arrested as Fugitive From Felony Gun Charges

An "aggressive" Vivint salesman canvassing a Florida neighborhood was arrested on a Texas felony warrant on August 9, in a case that raises...

By Carl Stoffers - about 2 years ago

Most Popular Security Trade Shows (Integrator Statistics)

170+ security integrators told us what trade shows they attend and why. In this report, we examine the results, share detailed feedback from...

By IPVM Team - about 2 years ago | 5 Comments

PRC China's ZKTeco "USA" Deceives

ZKTeco USA is escalating its marketing of being a USA company while systematically omitting mention of China. However, ZKTeco USA is a...

By Charles Rollet - about 2 years ago | 10 Comments

Digital Watchdog MEGApix Panoramic Camera Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - about 2 years ago

Krebs: Negotiated Settlement With Ubiquiti, Ubiquiti Stopped Responding (Now Dismissed)

5 months ago, Ubiquiti sued Krebs after last year Krebs reported on a "catastrophic" data breach at the company. Now, Krebs alleges that they had...

By IPVM Team - about 2 years ago | 2 Comments

Latch Falls To Penny Stock After Admitting "Material Errors and Possible Irregularities"

Latch's stock, already down 90% for the year, fell another 10%+ on Friday, closing under a dollar after it quietly disclosed "preliminary findings"...

By John Honovich - about 2 years ago | 15 Comments

Verkada Hosted Dinner and Drinks For Public School Superintendent

Verkada invited senior officials from five NJ school districts to a 'fine dining' Italian restaurant earlier this year, after which the...

By Donald Maye and Carl Stoffers - about 2 years ago | 20 Comments

Hikvision Cracked Cameras for Sale

Cracked Hikvision credentials are for sale on Russian forums as hackers seek to actively exploit a 2021 critical Hikvision vulnerability, with...

By Conor Healy - about 2 years ago

How Manufacturer Salespeople Can Help Integrators (Statistics)

What do integrators want from their manufacturer salespeople? What should they avoid doing? 170+ integrators answered IPVM's question: How...

By Sean Patton - about 2 years ago | 14 Comments

Evolv Denounces VICE Expose, Alleges "Endangers Lives"

Evolv claims VICE is putting schoolchildren in danger by publishing details about how its scanners mistake and miss weapons in an exposé of a ~$5...

By Charles Rollet - about 2 years ago | 5 Comments

Hikvision Strategic Challenges in AI Analytics And VSaaS

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By John Honovich - about 2 years ago | 4 Comments

Reconeyez Remote Surveillance Test

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By Jermaine Wilson - about 2 years ago

School Access Control Lockdown Statistics

Pervasive US school shootings have fostered an ongoing public debate about how to stop these attacks, ranging from gun control and mental health...

By Brian Rhodes - about 2 years ago

ADT and Fired Employee Settle Discrimination, Retaliation Suit

ADT and a 14-year former employee, who accused the company of discrimination and retaliation in a lawsuit filed in Texas federal court, have...

By Joyce Ho - about 2 years ago | 2 Comments

Latch's Lee Odess No Longer Runs Sales And Marketing

3 months ago, Latch announced Lee Odess would take over sales and marketing as part of their layoff of 130 people. Now, quietly, Odess is out of...

By John Honovich - about 2 years ago | 38 Comments

Uniview Revenue Drops Significantly (H1 2022)

Uniview's revenue dropped more than 13% for the first half of this year, as challenges for PRC companies rise (see related Dahua financial and...

By Charles Rollet - about 2 years ago

SmartRent Terminates CRO, Cuts Guidance

SmartRent, which went public last year with a massive half-billion fundraise, has terminated its CRO and significantly cut its guidance, resulting...

By John Honovich - about 2 years ago

Project "As-Built" Drawings Tutorial

Project documentation is important for future maintenance work and expansions, and "as-built" drawings—marking plans to show how work was...

By Brian Rhodes - about 2 years ago | 3 Comments

Dahua Revenue Drops, Overseas Sales Hit High (Q2 2022)

Dahua's revenues declined in Q2 2022 on the back of strict lockdowns inside its traditional PRC home market. However, Dahua's overseas sales did...

By Charles Rollet - about 2 years ago

IPVM Metal / Weapons Detection Test Procedures

IPVM has commenced testing metal/weapons detectors (see Garrett Metal Detector PD6500i and Quick-Q Software Tested) and is publicly releasing its...

By Nikita Ermolaev and Jermaine Wilson - about 2 years ago | 2 Comments

Garrett Metal Detector PD6500i and Quick-Q Software Tested

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By Nikita Ermolaev and Jermaine Wilson - about 2 years ago

"Verkada Is Not Working!!" Exclaims NJ High School Dean

Ongoing Verkada outages at an NJ school resulted in a frustrated dean exclaiming "Verkada is not working!!" in a frantic email to district IT staff...

By Donald Maye - about 2 years ago | 78 Comments

ZKTeco IPOs in PRC, Raises $213 Million

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By Joyce Ho and Charles Rollet - about 2 years ago

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