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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FTC Targets Biometrics Deception and Unfairness Analyzed

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

Verkada Partners with Mega Security Integrator Convergint

Verkada wants to win over security system integrators, hurt by high negativity among them, but now it has secured a partnership with one of the...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago | 25 Comments

Secret Evolv New Setting Contradicts Marketing, Creates Security Risk, Addressing Cellphone False Alarms

While Evolv has long marketed frictionless screening with no stopping, emptying pockets, or opening bags, IPVM has obtained public records...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago | 5 Comments

Why Integrators Should Lead With Access Control

While the last two decades favored integrators leading with video surveillance, the coming one is access control. As mega-cloud providers become...

By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Uniview New 2023 Critical Vulnerability Analyzed

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By bashis mcw - about 1 year ago

Carrier Seeks Few Billion Dollars For Fire & Security, Will Partially Spin/Split/IPO

Carrier is progressing on its plan of divesting its fire and security businesses, sharing what it hopes to be paid and adding that it will spin,...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago | 3 Comments

New TSA Airport Employee Weapons Screening Examined

With concerns over weapons entering airports, the US TSA has issued confidential guidelines requiring airports that most people travel through to...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Free Beer: GSX 2023 Best Traffic Generator

The biggest crowds at GSX 2023 were during Monday's "Happy Hour" when the show distributed free beer for an hour and a half. In this note, we...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago | 22 Comments

Dahua Concedes, Detailed Public National Security Compliance Plan Examined

After months of defending a confidential plan, Dahua has conceded, making the plan public, including key details that could significantly impact...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - about 1 year ago | 3 Comments

Hanwha's Direct-To-Cloud SolidEDGE Camera Cybersecurity Tested

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By bashis mcw - about 1 year ago

Liberty Defense CEO Interview, 2023 Profile

A US-based startup, Liberty Defense, released its Hexwave, which, unlike Evolv and other competitors, detects both metallic and non-metallic...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago

Netwatch CEO Interview and Company Profile

Remote video monitoring is a growing trend, and one of the largest companies in that space, Netwatch Group, is positioning its live proactive...

By Sean Patton - about 1 year ago | 10 Comments

Rekor Edge Pro LPR Camera Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick - about 1 year ago | 3 Comments

Weapons Detection Systems Don’t Reduce Soaring School Insurance Costs

With school shootings causing insurance rates to soar, schools increasingly purchase weapons screening systems hoping to reduce the risk of...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago

Alarm.com's (NOT) "First Battery Free Video Doorbell" Examined

Alarm.com is touting the 'first battery free video doorbell, the VDB 750, but this is false. We spoke to Alarm.com about the claims, what...

By Brian Rhodes - about 1 year ago | 5 Comments

ASIS GSX 2023 Final Report

IPVM has finished covering the entire show, ASIS GSX 2023, examining the companies presenting by segment, products, attendance and...

By IPVM Team - about 1 year ago | 10 Comments

Keysight Aims To Provide Certification Tools For US Cyber Trust Mark Program

Keysight Technologies, with a market cap of $20+ Billion, is a publicly traded testing and measurement company that is positioning itself as an...

By Sean Patton - about 1 year ago

Audio Usage In Video Surveillance Statistics 2023

While audio usage in video surveillance was historically rare, it has been increasing over the past years, new IPVM statistics show. 160+...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Startup Syght Proposes A New Weapons Detection Architecture

While three fundamental approaches for detecting weapons exist (physical screening, video-based, and audio-based), a US-based startup, Syght, is...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago

Evolv Violating FTC Rules, Refuses To Substantiate 10x Competitor Claim

Evolv is winning tens of millions of dollars in contracts from public schools grounded in quantitative competitive claims that it its products are...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - about 1 year ago | 19 Comments

Avigilon Unity Appearance Search Tested

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By IPVM Team - about 1 year ago | 7 Comments

RMR Multiple Steady But Banks More Stringent, Says Kelly Bond

Alarm monitoring business' valuations stayed the same in the past 2+ decades, but banks are now getting more stringent, Kelly Bond, partner at...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago

ADT CEO Admits Investors Were "Screaming" For Them To Cut Debt

ADT's sudden reversal last month, divesting its commercial business for $1.6 billion, after years of touting it as a "unique growth opportunity",...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago | 5 Comments

Arcules CEO Interview And Company Profile

This year, Milestone Systems started to relabel/resell Arcules, bringing the two Canon corporate siblings close together, combining the scale of...

By Sean Patton - about 1 year ago | 9 Comments

Evolv OEMs Omnilert Visual Gun Detection Analyzed

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By Nikita Ermolaev and John Honovich - about 1 year ago

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