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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5 Employee Lawsuits In 5 Years Against Elite Interactive

Elite Interactive intends to be a multi-billion dollar company, claiming it is the only remote video monitoring provider delivering “crime...

By Angelique Chen and Christie Smythe - 9 days ago | 2 Comments

Axis VP Taunts Hanwha Over Salespeople

The rivalry between Axis and Hanwha is growing, with Axis VP of the Americas openly taunting Hanwha at a meeting of industry executives. In...

By Jermaine Wilson - 9 days ago | 25 Comments

Mass Shootings Are Not Legally A "Foresseable Event"

In the United States, mass shootings are not typically 'foreseeable' events from a legal perspective, a standard that shields landowners from...

By Stephanie Cohen and Conor Healy - 10 days ago | 2 Comments

Generative AI For Video Surveillance 2024 - IronYun, NVIDIA, Verkada

Generative AI has dominated the tech news headlines in the past year, with companies like Antrophic, Meta, and OpenAI releasing various models. At...

By Mert Karakaya - 10 days ago | 2 Comments

Strong ISC West 2024, Says Manufacturers

For the third year in a row, manufacturers have cheered ISC West results / turnout after two years (2020 and 2021) being significantly impacted by...

By Jermaine Wilson - 10 days ago | 3 Comments

What Long Registration Lines At ISC West Say About The Future of Access Control

While ISC West 2024 was widely praised, the most common complaint expressed was far longer registration lines, which was primarily driven by...

By IPVM Team - 10 days ago | 15 Comments

Hytera Begs Court to Lift Ban, Saying It Will Soon "Be an Empty Corporate Shell"

Hytera filed its second emergency motion in 2 weeks, begging the Seventh Circuit to lift a "worldwide shutdown order" on sales of most of its...

By Conor Healy - 11 days ago | 2 Comments

Mercury Red Board 2022 10.0 Vulnerability Examined

HID's Mercury is abruptly EOLing their red boards, with a partner citing "reducing latency and vulnerabilities," but how have red boards been...

By Mert Karakaya and bashis mcw - 11 days ago

Resideo ADI Acquires Snap One (AV) - Two Mega But Struggling Companies Combine

ADI and Snap One (formerly AV) are two of the biggest security / "smart living" distributors but have faced significant challenges. Now, in a...

By John Honovich - 11 days ago | 7 Comments

UL Solutions IPOs - Rare Public Company Owned By A Non-Profit

Originally a non-profit, UL, formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories, now owns a publicly traded entity worth more than $5 billion in a rare...

By Christie Smythe - 15 days ago | 2 Comments

How Axis Provides Unique ID For Devices With Edge Vault

Axis claims that it provides its devices with "unique IDs" that work like passports to increase security and integrity with its "Axis Edge Vault,"...

By bashis mcw - 15 days ago

ISC West 2024 Show Final Report

IPVM has finished covering the 2024 show live from Las Vegas across all days and providing live updates daily. In this final report, we...

By IPVM Team - 16 days ago | 23 Comments

3SI / Wren Acquires VMS Developer Surveill

Quietly, a new sizeable physical security company, with significant funding and now the leadership of the former Global President of Stanley...

By IPVM Team - 16 days ago | 2 Comments

Axis Launches Open Platform Cloud Connect

While Axis was very early to the cloud (AVHS, STS, etc.), in retrospect, too early, the company is now unveiling an entirely new platform at ISC...

By John Honovich and Jermaine Wilson - 16 days ago | 3 Comments

Hikvision And Dahua CEOs Write To UN Secretary-General Affirming Human Rights, Despite Rights Abuses

Dahua and Hikvision's CEOs sent letters to the United Nations' top official committing not to abuse human rights in unusually high-profile pledges,...

By Conor Healy - 16 days ago

ISC West / Spring 2024 New Product Announcements Directory

This report includes links to various new product announcements within physical security made public in Spring 2024 or as part of ISC West. We...

By IPVM Team - 16 days ago | 3 Comments

Digital ID’s Surging Global Adoption Examined

A shift to smartphone-based identification is emerging globally as various governments - already in the dozens - embrace digital ID schemes...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 17 days ago

Eagle Eye CEO, The Eclipse And a Local Fox News Station

What do Eagle Eye's CEO, the eclipse, and a local news station 850 miles away from Eagle Eye's HQ have in common? Ostensibly, not anything.

By IPVM Team - 17 days ago

Hytera Ordered to Stop Selling Two-Way Radio Technology Worldwide

One of the world's largest two-way radio providers, Hytera, has been ordered by a US federal court "until further notice" to stop selling them and...

By Conor Healy - 18 days ago | 4 Comments

Centegix Sales Surge - Wearable Panic Button Provider Profile

Most people, even within physical security, will not know who Centegix is, but the company's sales are surging as a partial solution to school...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 18 days ago

Motorola Enters Alarm / Remote Monitoring

Part of a major growing trend of video surveillance providers expanding into alarm / remote monitoring, Motorola is now doing so with its Avigilon...

By John Honovich and Jermaine Wilson - 18 days ago | 18 Comments

Turing Touts "China's Best Cloud Video Surveillance" And 30,000+ Other Locations

A Turing marketing campaign demonstrates the deleterious effects of gaming search engines. A security professional recently brought this to...

By IPVM Team - 18 days ago | 3 Comments

NIST Disallows 3DES Encryption, Impact On Physical Access Control And Video Surveillance

Starting this year, NIST is disallowing 3DES encryption, which was broadly adopted in the 2000s and is still used in some physical access control...

By Mert Karakaya - 21 days ago | 3 Comments

Silicon Valley Startup Lumana Raises $24 Million Profile

While Silicon Valley startups, such as Ambient, Rhombus, Spot, and Verkada, have made traction over the last few years in video surveillance,...

By Jermaine Wilson - 21 days ago | 3 Comments

Barred Dahua Sneaks Back Into ISC West, SIA Shrugs

Dahua USA is exhibiting at ISC West 2024 despite being barred last year after being expelled by SIA for ethics violations. In this report, we...

By Conor Healy and John Honovich - 22 days ago | 9 Comments

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