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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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How The US Government Plans To Pay $1.9 Billion To Replace Huawei, ZTE Equipment

The US government is giving away nearly $2 billion to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment, but how will this work? Who can apply? And how much can you...

By Conor Healy and Kelsey Petrone - almost 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Turing Video Smart Series IP Cameras and NVR Tested

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By Rob Kilpatrick and Derek Ward - almost 3 years ago | 8 Comments

Eagle Eye Acquires Uncanny Vision

US Eagle Eye, which raised $40 million in VC funding in late 2020, has now acquired India video analytics developer Uncanny Vision. In this...

By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

60+ Donations from Dahua, Hikvision and Huawei to Latin American Governments Examined

Dahua, Hikvision, and Huawei have made 60+ donations of equipment to 12 Latin American governments since 2014, a departure from the way the PRC...

By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 3 years ago | 13 Comments

Access Control Cabling / Wiring Tutorial

Cabling is a fundamental element of access control systems and ensuring one has the appropriate cabling is key. In this note, we...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Knightscope Robots 'In Network' Decline While Accumulated Deficit Grows To $92.3 million

Knightscope's sales struggles continue with the company actually having 1 less 'machine-in-network' than they did a year prior, while the company...

By Carl Stoffers - almost 3 years ago | 12 Comments

PRC SenseTime Uses Loophole To Avoid US Sanctions

SenseTime says US human rights sanctions have no "material adverse impacts" on its business, arguing a legal loophole lets the PRC AI giant obtain...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Meraki MV2 IP Camera Test

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By Rob Kilpatrick - almost 3 years ago | 15 Comments

No License, No Prevailing Wage - Verkada Partners Reliant on SHI For NJ School District

A $364,429.09 NJ contract for 300+ cameras is being installed with no evidence that contractors have the required license or are paying workers...

By IPVM - almost 3 years ago | 86 Comments

Cat 6 Network Cable Shootout - Belden, Berk-Tek, Commscope, Panduit, Superior Essex, Windy City Wire, More

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By John Scanlan - almost 3 years ago | 59 Comments

Remote Access (Port Forwarding, DDNS, P2P, VPN) Usage Statistics 2021

With new Dahua and Hikvision critical vulnerabilities this month, it raises the question of what integrators are doing for remote access? Port...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago | 16 Comments

Dahua Accuses Ex-Dahua US President of "Poor Performance" and "Mismanagement"

Former Dahua North America President Frank Zhang mismanaged the company, with "annual revenues crashed" and failed to get along with other company...

By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago | 2 Comments

Signal Sues ADT Over "Signal Chat"

ADT, America's most well-known home security company, is being sued by the Signal Foundation, the makers of the increasingly widely-used chat...

By Robert Wren Gordon - almost 3 years ago | 6 Comments

No Impact, No Idea: Hikvision Partners On Critical Vulnerability

IPVM spoke with 21 of the 100 Hikvision partners who asked the FCC not to ban the company's products about whether the recent discovery of a 9.8...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 47 Comments

Verkada Claims $130 Million Revenue And 60,000 Devices Every Quarter

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By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 15 Comments

IDIS DirectIP End-to-End NDAA NVR Tested

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By Derek Ward - almost 3 years ago | 15 Comments

Hikvision, HWG Deceive FCC About New Critical Vulnerability [Update: Hikvision Issues Correction]

Hikvision and its law firm, HWG, deceived the FCC in a lengthy submission filed on September 20th about Hikvision's critical new vulnerability...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 14 Comments

Panasonic iPro Asks For Huawei Chips To Be Exempt From FCC Ban

Panasonic's multi-year effort to support ongoing Huawei Hisilicon chip usage continues, with the company's attorneys asking the US government for...

By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 18 Comments

Open Access Controller Guide (Axis, HID VertX & Aero, Isonas, Mercury)

There are dozens of software platforms in the access control market, but few companies make non-proprietary door controllers. We examine four of...

By Brian Rhodes - about 3 years ago | 24 Comments

VMS/VSaaS Access and Intrusion Integration Guide

This 11-page guide explains the fundamentals and challenges of VMS/VSaaS integration with access and intrusion systems. In this report, we...

By IPVM - about 3 years ago

Rhombus Makes Secret Deals Not To Take Select Customers Hostage

Rhombus Systems, one of 3 "Hostage as a Service" providers, has been making secret deals with select customers to allow them an open option if they...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 21 Comments

Problems Fixing Critically Vulnerable Hikvision Devices

IPVM has been investigating means to upgrade and fix vulnerable Hikvision devices and has discovered a number of problems in doing so. In this...

By Ethan Ace - about 3 years ago | 22 Comments

PRC China Alleges FCC Ban Plan Is Discriminatory, Violates WTO

The PRC (China) has submitted comments on the FCC plan to ban Dahua, Hikvision, Huawei, Hytera, and ZTE arguing it "violates non-discriminatory...

By Charles Rollet - about 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Evolv: "We're A Channel First Company"

Evolv is one of the newest physical security unicorns, raising nearly $500 million earlier this year, and now rapidly expanding its sales...

By Isabella Cheng and John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 17 Comments

Hikvision Has "Highest Level of Critical Vulnerability," Impacting 100+ Million Devices

Hikvision has admitted a 9.8 vulnerability that is "the highest level of critical vulnerability—a zero-click unauthenticated remote code execution"...

By John Honovich - about 3 years ago | 152 Comments

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