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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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Integrator Outlook Positive For 2022

Integrator outlook is positive for 2022, despite product and labor shortages, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, and other volatile...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago | 4 Comments

Factory Default Enclosure Lock Vulnerability Examined

Access control systems are typically high security, but a serious, "industry wide" flaw —enclosures secured by default locks opened with common...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 21 Comments

Tiandy's Iran Business, Sells to Revolutionary Guard And Military

PRC manufacturer Tiandy is supplying Iran's Revolutionary Guard, police, and military while touting itself as an Iran-friendly alternative to other...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

Smartphones Not Made in PRC China

Extensive IPVM research has found there are just two smartphone manufacturers whose products are not made in PRC China, and one of those serves...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 26 Comments

Cable Qualifiers for Video Surveillance

Determining the capabilities of a network cable can be frustrating and time-consuming, but handheld testers, commonly called Qualifiers, can...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago

"DO NOT CONTACT" My Girlfriend, Says School Integrator to Verkada

Verkada has sent more than 700 emails to the San Diego Unified School District, including to numerous who are in non-security-related roles,...

By IPVM - almost 3 years ago | 35 Comments

Axis S3008 NVR Tested

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By Ilya Ignatenko - almost 3 years ago | 26 Comments

US Military & Gov't Break Law, Buy Banned Dahua/Lorex, Congressional Committee Calls For Investigation

The House Armed Services Committee has called for an investigation after IPVM provided evidence that multiple federal agencies, including four...

By Conor Healy - almost 3 years ago | 39 Comments

PRC State Media Condemns IPVM, Confirms Foreign Journalists Targeted

PRC state media Global Times condemned IPVM as a US government "sockpuppet" that is part of a plot to "demonize China" over our reporting on a...

By IPVM Team - almost 3 years ago | 26 Comments

ACRE Acquires Feenics and Matrix Systems

ACRE has made 2 acquisitions, acquiring cloud access provider Feenics and conventional access control provider Matrix Systems. Earlier this year,...

By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 18 Comments

Uniview Falsely Banned In Kirschenbaum Newsletter

Uniview / UNV was falsely blacklisted in industry attorney Ken Kirschenbaum's newsletter titled "Comprehensive list of banned equipment"....

By John Honovich - almost 3 years ago | 18 Comments

ONVIF Access Control Profile D Examined

ONVIF has released Profile D, adding to its access control specifications covering peripheral devices, including readers, biometrics, intercoms,...

By Brian Rhodes - almost 3 years ago | 3 Comments

Top Manufacturers Gaining and Losing 2021

2021 has been a tumultuous year with massive VC funding and growing opposition to PRC companies but who gained and lost the most this...

By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago | 9 Comments

Integrator Help Desk Software Statistics 2021

Maintaining customer satisfaction often depends on the effectiveness of responding to issues and help requests, but what software do integrators...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago

Punishing Journalists PRC Province's Latest Mass Surveillance Project, Won by Neusoft Powered By Huawei

A PRC province awarded a surveillance project that specifies tracking foreign journalists, foreign students, and migrant women, as well as tracking...

By Conor Healy and Donald Maye - almost 3 years ago | 2 Comments

Video Reveals Hikvision Cameras Surveilling Xinjiang Concentration Camps

A YouTube video of Xinjiang's detention camps shows numerous Hikvision cameras, providing further evidence of the firm's ties to the...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 20 Comments

Integrator Project Management Software Statistics 2021

Project management is critical for keeping projects profitable and on-schedule, but what software do integrators use most often for this...

By Ethan Ace - almost 3 years ago | 2 Comments

Cable Testing Guide (Certifiers, Qualifiers, Verifiers, Wiremappers)

Proper cable installation is critical to trouble-free surveillance systems, but testing is often an afterthought. Typically, problems are only...

By John Scanlan - almost 3 years ago | 11 Comments

Lorex, "Made in China and/or Vietnam," Violates US Customs Law

Lorex fixed one US law violation but replaced it with another, IPVM has verified, after Costco/Dahua/Lorex responded to IPVM's report on product...

By IPVM - almost 3 years ago | 12 Comments

Integrator Estimating and Sales Proposal Software Statistics

Estimating and selling projects is time-consuming and critical for security integrators, as many rely on continually selling new projects to stay...

By Sean Patton - almost 3 years ago

Brazil Approves Dahua Direct Deal After Bid Rigging Investigation

Dahua is moving forward with a controversial 1,000-camera, $20+ million USD direct deal in Brazil following an investigation into alleged...

By Conor Healy - almost 3 years ago | 7 Comments

Hikvision Requests FCC To "Immediately Remove It From Covered List"

Hikvision requested the FCC "immediately remove" the company from the Covered List, stating the FCC has "no statutory authority" to bar the company...

By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago | 26 Comments

How Verkada Makes It Hard To Unsubscribe

Verkada sends massive amounts of unsolicited emails using various techniques to make it hard for recipients, who never opted in, to unsubscribe...

By Isabella Cheng - almost 3 years ago | 10 Comments

UK Ministry of Defence "Guidance Is Not To Use / Install Hikvision"

The UK Ministry of Defence has quietly issued guidance "not to use/install Hikvision equipment", though other government departments are using...

By Charles Rollet - almost 3 years ago | 5 Comments

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