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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Motorola Consolidates Partner Program Across Acquistions

After years of acquisitions, Motorola has now consolidated its partner program across them, the latest step in its effort to consolidate its...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago

California LPR Data Sharing Law Dispute Entangles Flock And Motorola

Can California law enforcement agencies share LPR data outside of California? An IPVM investigation found that agencies are sharply divided as...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Origin Wireless Aims For 25 Million Devices Enabled By End Of 2023 (Profile)

With the Wi-Fi-based motion detection market growing, a US company, Origin Wireless, aims to for 25 million enabled devices by the end of 2023....

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

"BIG Payouts": SSD Seeks Critical Vulnerabilities for Axis, Dahua Devices

The company offering up to $75,000 for Uniview exploits is now seeking vulnerabilities for Dahua, Axis, Mobotix, and truVision (i.e., Interlogix...

By bashis mcw and Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago | 4 Comments

Zero Day Broker SSD Sells Early Access To Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

While the norm for cybersecurity disclosure is to share vulnerabilities only with the vendor until the vendor fixes them, zero-day broker SSD has...

By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago | 3 Comments

Canon's New "World-First" SPAD Based Camera vs CMOS Analyzed

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By Mert Karakaya - about 1 year ago

Akuvox E12W Video Intercom Tested

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By Brandon Niskala - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Verkada Vs Integrators: "Owning the Account"

Who "owns" the end user account? Verkada, the Silicon Valley cloud provider, or the local integrators they partner with? Or neither? From the...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago | 7 Comments

Knightscope H1 2023 Financials Analyzed

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By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago

ICT Favorability Statistics 2023

New Zealand based ICT advertises access and intrusion solutions for small and enterprise applications, but how do integrators view this...

By Katie Ferry - about 1 year ago | 4 Comments

Hikvision's Hik-Connect Cloud Connects To Vulnerable Devices

Vast numbers of Hikvision devices are vulnerable, but atypically, Hikvision's cloud service connects to those devices, without forcing any...

By IPVM Team - about 1 year ago

EAGL Gunshot Detector Company Projects $100 Million In 2024 (Profile)

EAGL Technology claims that it is "the most advanced active shooter system ever created" and that they went beyond gunshot detection and became a...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

US Drone Manufacturer Skydio Dropping Consumers, Focusing on Enterprise

A Silicon Valley drone start-up, Skydio, which raised more than ~$560 million in funding, announced that it "sunset" its consumer sales and will...

By Nikita Ermolaev - about 1 year ago

Researchers Sensationalize OSDP "Badge of Shame" Risks

A security research firm bestowed a "badge of shame" on OSDP, alleging "breaking into secure facilities." However, those allegations are overhyped...

By bashis mcw and Brian Rhodes - about 1 year ago | 26 Comments

Dahua "Stronger AI, Better Image" AI Self Scene Adaptation Camera Tested

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By Mert Karakaya - about 1 year ago

2030: The Coming Dominance of Mega Cloud Physical Security Providers

For decades, physical security technology has been driven by manufacturers, but they will be replaced or transformed into mega cloud providers,...

By John Honovich - about 1 year ago | 86 Comments

Evolv Raises Guidance, Stock Jumps, Q2 2023 Financial Results Examined

Evolv's stock jumped ~29% after the company raised its 2023 full-year guidance for the second time this year. Inside this note, we examine...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago

Alarm.com Stock Up, Guidance Raised, Q2 2023 Financial Results Examined

Alarm.com's stock jumped the day after it announced revenue growth and raised its 2023 full-year guidance for the second time this year. In...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago

Verkada Releasing Its First PTZ + Summer 2023 Product Announcements

Verkada is releasing a PTZ, finally filling a feature gap that for years Verkada told IPVM that its customers were not asking for. In this...

By Sean Patton - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

Fortinet CEO Sued, Alleges Charity Abuse

Fortinet has become one of the largest cybersecurity firms and even a video surveillance provider, with 13,000+ employees, $5+ billion in annual...

By Christie Smythe - about 1 year ago | 2 Comments

DHS Denies Corsight #1 Facial Recognition Claim

Corsight is the most aggressive marketer of video surveillance-based facial recognition (including DNA to Facial Recognition and recognizing faces...

By Mert Karakaya - about 1 year ago

Geovision 9.8 Critical Vulnerability From Uniview Examined

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By bashis mcw - about 1 year ago

IP Camera Cybersecurity Rankings - Avigilon, Axis, Bosch, Dahua, Hanwha, Hikvision, i-PRO, Uniview, Vivotek

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By bashis mcw - about 1 year ago | 8 Comments

Hikvision Proposes Confidential Compliance Plan To FCC

While Hikvision is suing the US Government to overturn the FCC's ban on future equipment authorizations, Hikvision has now acknowledged/submitted...

By Charles Rollet - about 1 year ago | 10 Comments

Acre Security Consolidates Access Control Development (CTO Interview)

While ACRE was built by a series of acquisitions, including Feenics, Matrix, RS2, and more, this resulted in 11 different access control...

By Angelique Chen - about 1 year ago | 11 Comments

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