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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Students Assaulted With Box Cutter At School Using CEIA

Evolv was involved with multiple stabbings in the past year, and now CEIA has joined its main competitor, as two students were assaulted in one of...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 5 months ago | 12 Comments

Hytera Touts Canadian Government Contracts, Canadian Government Responds

Hytera, NDAA prohibited and criminally indicted in the US, claims legitimacy from a series of contracts signed with the Canadian government in a...

By William Howard-Waddingham - 5 months ago

Airport Knowingly Broke Federal NDAA Law Buying Huawei-Equipped Verkada Cameras

The same airport that Verkada sent to collections knowingly broke federal NDAA law by buying Huawei-enabled Verkada cameras, despite even Verkada...

By Conor Healy - 5 months ago

Access Manufacturer iLOQ Aims For $500 Million Annual Revenue

iLOQ is a European manufacturer expanding into the US, aiming for $500 million annual revenue in three years, but what do they do, and how do they...

By Mert Karakaya - 5 months ago

Hikvision Fights Back Publicly: New PR Strategy

Three Hikvision executives - Jeffrey He, Michael Gutierrez, and Justin Hollis - are leading a new campaign to fight back and win over the...

By Conor Healy - 5 months ago

Hikvision UK Paying Installers With Amazon Gift Cards To Become Hikvision Certified

Training, or the lack thereof, for technicians has long been a problem for installation quality. Now, Hikvision has a highly atypical solution for...

By Charles Rollet - 5 months ago | 3 Comments

Evolv CEO Addresses FTC "Inquiry" Into Evolv's Marketing

Legal issues are rising for Evolv, who has been sued for the first time by a student stabbed at an Evolv-equipped school and, last month, issued a...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 5 months ago

How Axis Experience Centers Are A Competitive Advantage

With over 30 (and rising) "Experience Centers," Axis has, by far, the industry's largest global network of local sites, putting them literally...

By Angelique Chen and Jermaine Wilson - 5 months ago | 13 Comments

Rekor Business and Products Examined + Exec Interview

Mass LPR technology like Rekor has the potential to change how authorities solve crimes, catch fugitives, optimize traffic flow, and more. To...

By Conor Healy - 5 months ago | 3 Comments

Keypads For Access Control Tutorial

Keypad readers present huge risks to even the best access systems. If deployed improperly, keypads let people through locked doors almost as if...

By Brian Rhodes - 5 months ago

How Flipper Zero Increases The Risks Of Access Control Hacks

While many view Flipper Zero as a toy, it is a booming business, and IPVM tests showed that it can clone many widely used access control...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 5 months ago | 5 Comments

Motorola Objection to Dahua FCC Compliance Plan Examined

Dahua is trying numerous moves to overcome the FCC's prohibition on new product authorizations, including suing the US government, campaigning for...

By William Howard-Waddingham - 5 months ago

Salto: $400+ Million Access Control Manufacturer Profile

While Salto may not be as well known to Americans, it is one of the largest access control companies, especially in its home market of Europe....

By Mert Karakaya - 5 months ago | 5 Comments

HID Bamboo Cards Failed Production

Just six months ago, HID touted that it would "preserve the planet" with its forthcoming HID Seos Bamboo Eco Card, but HID has encountered...

By Brian Rhodes - 5 months ago | 5 Comments

ISC East 2023 Final Show Report

IPVM attended both days of the ISC East show in New York City. Compare this to our ISC East 2022 Show Report and our ISC West 2023 Show...

By IPVM Team - 6 months ago | 16 Comments

The Verkademy - The Controversial Program Driving Verkada's Sales Machine

For years, Verkada's insatiable appetite for growth has meant they could not hire salespeople fast enough. Starting from hiring football...

By Christie Smythe - 6 months ago | 18 Comments

Nedap Favorability Statistics 2023

Netherlands based Nedap is known for its long range readers and credentials, targeting automobile and transportation access verticals. But what do...

By IPVM Team - 6 months ago

Hikvision Ex-Senator Lobbies Small Security Dealers

While NDAA and more recent FCC new authorization bans have drastically reduced Hikvision's USA sales, Hikvision has its most powerful lobbyist,...

By Conor Healy - 6 months ago | 2 Comments

BriefCam Usage by French Police Under Investigation

French police are being investigated for allegedly violating GDPR-related rules by using BriefCam for facial recognition. This poses a...

By Charles Rollet - 6 months ago | 4 Comments

Rhombus CEO Interview

Rhombus is growing fast, fueled by a similar model to its much larger cross-state California rival, Verkada. Inside this report, we spoke...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 6 months ago | 2 Comments

ZKTeco Launches New LLM For Security

ZKTeco says it has launched a 'self-developed' Large Language Model (LLM) that will integrate into its products, a first for a large security...

By Charles Rollet - 6 months ago

Evolv CEO Tells Investors: "Know That Nobody Has A Weapon"

While Evolv apologized earlier this year, saying it "deeply regretted" misleading the public about "creat[ing] weapons-free zones," Evolv's CEO...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 6 months ago

Megh Video Analytics Profile + CEO Interview

Founded by ex-Intel directors and engineers, Megh aims to reduce false alerts and provide a seamless analytics experience for on-site and remote...

By Mert Karakaya - 6 months ago | 6 Comments

Motorola Speaks On Avigilon Unity Video 8

As Motorola consolidated its security brands and platforms and unified its products and solutions, it has now released Avigilon Unity Video 8,...

By Jermaine Wilson - 6 months ago | 8 Comments

Flipper Zero Access Control Hacking Tested

With half a million units sold and climbing, plus tens of millions of video views showing hacking all sorts of systems, Flipper Zero has become a...

By Mert Karakaya - 6 months ago | 23 Comments

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