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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Amazon Ring Neighbors Users Unknowingly Reporting Activity to Police

Amazon Ring's companion app Neighbors is a free neighborhood watch-style platform where users can share public safety concerns. But users may not...

By Christie Smythe - 7 months ago

OpenIPC Camera Firmware Examined

OpenIPC is a community-driven open-source project intended as an experimental alternative to proprietary firmware for consumer products. In...

By bashis mcw - 7 months ago | 4 Comments

i-Pro 7-Year Camera Warranty Examined

While IP camera warranties have increased over the years, the most common maximum is five years. Now, i-Pro (formerly Panasonic) is increasing its...

By IPVM Team - 7 months ago | 6 Comments

Congress Probes ADI & Costco Over Selling Dahua and Hikvision

Two of the largest sellers of security products globally, Resideo's ADI and Costco, are being questioned over "threaten[ing] national security" and...

By Conor Healy and Charles Rollet - 7 months ago | 10 Comments

Geovision Executive Speaks About Cloud And Its Future

While Geovision is commonly considered a camera / recorder manufacturer, the company tells IPVM it is a "software company" and believes the market...

By Angelique Chen - 7 months ago

Verkada Offered $200 to Gov Official for Webinar

Verkada asked a Florida airport IT director to illegally accept money in exchange for holding a webinar to tout Verkada's products to prospects,...

By Conor Healy - 7 months ago | 3 Comments

Dahua Petitions FCC to Sell to US Police Stations

Dahua has big business with PRC China police, including Dahua "Uyghur Warnings" to China police, that the company later claimed it did not or...

By Conor Healy - 7 months ago | 3 Comments

Ajax Systems: Large, Fast Growing, And Independent: Founder Interview

While most technology companies are run or ultimately controlled by financiers, Ukrainian-based Ajax Systems is founded and still controlled by an...

By Angelique Chen - 7 months ago | 8 Comments

Security 101 New CEO Speaks About Franchising And Future

Security 101 is best known for its highly atypical franchising business model but now has a new CEO, Greg Daly, who left ADT for Security...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 7 months ago

How Iceman Champions PACS Vulnerability Research

Christian Herrmann, better known as Iceman, is a prominent figure in physical access control systems (PACS) vulnerability research, leading the...

By Mert Karakaya - 7 months ago | 19 Comments

US Government To Fund Replacing 1+ Million Dahua and Hikvision Cameras

With the NDAA ban in place for five years and the FCC's new authorization ban becoming law this year, many have complained about the cost of...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago | 15 Comments

Assa Abloy 10 Acquisitions and Record Profits (Q3 2023 Financials)

No one in physical security acquires more companies than Assa Abloy, and even for its high pace, Q3 was significant at 10 in the past...

By Angelique Chen - 7 months ago

13.56 MHz Access Control Credential Usage Statistics

How widely are 13.56 Mhz cards being used today, and how does this compare to easily copied 125 kHz formats? This report, the companion to...

By IPVM Team - 7 months ago

Bosch Confirms, Will Sell Off Security Products Business

One of the industry's largest businesses is on the market as Bosch will sell off its security and communication products business. While it...

By John Honovich - 7 months ago | 83 Comments

Hikvision Falsely Claims Security Endorsed By UK Government

Hikvision claims the UK government "endorses the security credentials of Hikvision’s products," but the UK government directly denied this to...

By Charles Rollet - 7 months ago

Why We Believe Evolv Express Is Not Actually Intelligent

While Evolv prominently markets "AI" (Artificial Intelligence), we do not believe Evolv Express is actually intelligent because it struggles to...

By Nikita Ermolaev, Conor Healy, John Honovich, and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago | 4 Comments

Axis CEO Emphasizes Consensus Driven Swedish Culture

While technology companies typically focus on their technology or products, Sweden's Axis Communications leads with its culture. We found...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 7 months ago

Cloud Physical Security Is Transformational, Says Banker John Mack

For decades, John Mack has facilitated many of the biggest deals in physical security. Now, he sees this upcoming decade, with the rise of cloud...

By Angelique Chen - 7 months ago | 3 Comments

The Booming Business Of Flipper Zero

What started out being viewed as a toy became a viral social media sensation, and emerging security risk is also a booming business, one of the...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 7 months ago | 27 Comments

"Coffee Badging" Combats Employee Monitoring Using Access Control

Controversy over the return to office now centers on the use (or misuse) of physical access control systems. The fundamental goal of...

By Christie Smythe - 7 months ago | 10 Comments

Hikvision Violates Pledge, Ethnic Minority Analytics In Latest Platform

Hikvision's latest software includes ethnic minority detection technology, despite claiming for years that it had stopped supporting this...

By Charles Rollet - 7 months ago

Remote Access (Cloud, DDNS, P2P, Port Forwarding, VPN) Usage Statistics 2023

Remote access for video surveillance is increasingly critical, but doing so can risk usability or security problems so what options are being most...

By IPVM Team - 7 months ago | 3 Comments

Fear Of HID Lawsuits Intimidate The Industry

The hidden truth of access control is that HID's oppressive legal tactics intimidate the industry, with companies either scared of crossing HID or...

By John Honovich and William Howard-Waddingham - 7 months ago | 7 Comments

Vivotek Executives Speak On Future

Nearly doubling its revenue in 2022, the Taiwan camera manufacturer remains heavily dependent on ODM/OEM partnerships, and its brand recognition...

By Angelique Chen - 7 months ago

Prox / 125 kHz Access Control Credential Usage Statistics

Cracked for decades and easily copied for many years, how widely are Prox / 125 kHz cards being used today? This report, based on 120+...

By IPVM Team - 7 months ago | 4 Comments

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