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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US Drone Manufacturer Skydio Plans To Be The First In Fully Autonomous Operations

Skydio, a US drone company with a multi-billion dollar valuation, expects to be the first to reach the milestone of fully autonomous operations...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 8 months ago | 3 Comments

PDK Favorability Statistics 2023

PDK is a "mobile first" low-cost, cloud-access control provider (see how they fared in integrator's Favorite Access Control Manufacturers 2022)....

By IPVM Team - 8 months ago | 11 Comments

HID Should Stop Selling And Supporting 125 kHz

HID should stop selling and supporting 125 kHz credentials. Not only have such credentials been cracked for many, many years, but new devices...

By IPVM Team - 8 months ago | 27 Comments

Evolv "Deeply Regrets" Generalizing About Its Capabilities, Conflicts With FTC Rules

After years of false marketing issues at Evolv, the company has for the first time admitted that its statements may have "generalize[d] our...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 8 months ago

ZKTeco Planned USA "Factory" Examined

ZKTeco announced the US 'factory' in 2020, but a lack of credible details, changing its proposed location twice, reducing its initial planned...

By Charles Rollet - 8 months ago

Pelco Elevate AI "Camera Image Health" Cloud Service Examined

At GSX 2023, Pelco announced Elevate, a new cloud service that offers camera management and AI image health monitoring to any ONVIF-conformant VMS...

By Sean Patton - 8 months ago | 2 Comments

HID Standard Profile Makes 13.56 MHz SE / Seos As Vulnerable As Cracked 125 kHz For Downgrade Attack

While 13.56 MHz HID SE and Seos are marketed as high security and used in critical infrastructure, they are just as vulnerable as long-cracked 125...

By Mert Karakaya and Brian Rhodes - 8 months ago | 102 Comments

Verkada First Generation Cameras Analytics Performance Decline

How do cloud video surveillance customers know if their provider quietly reduces the performance of their products? New IPVM testing shows this...

By Mert Karakaya - 8 months ago | 5 Comments

Vivint Sales Manual Directs Reps To Deceive ADT Customers

IPVM has obtained a Vivint sales manual, via court records, that shows how Vivint's management directed its door-to-door sales reps to deceive ADT...

By Christie Smythe - 8 months ago | 4 Comments

The Remote Video Monitoring Market: View From Banker Alper Cetingok

Raymond James, one of a few bankers specializing in deals for physical security companies, is bullish about the future of remote video...

By Angelique Chen - 8 months ago | 2 Comments

Huawei Founded Uniview, Uniview Now Hides

For years, Uniview bragged about how Huawei founded it and its deep ties to Huawei, but, in the past few years, Uniview stopped and even hid such...

By IPVM Team - 8 months ago | 9 Comments

Criminally Indicted Aventura Moves To Disqualify Attorney of End User They Are Suing

Suing one's customer is rare enough in physical security, but Aventura has now taken the unusual step of moving to disqualify their end-user's...

By William Howard-Waddingham - 8 months ago

Las Vegas CIO Markets Verkada Despite City Ban on Endorsements

Las Vegas told IPVM that its attorney found no violations of the city's policy despite its CIO participating in Verkada's paid advertising, a...

By Christie Smythe - 8 months ago | 2 Comments

VC Firm Sapphire is Looking to Invest in Video Surveillance Startups

Over the past five years, VCs have invested over a billion dollars in video surveillance companies. Now, VC firm Sapphire Ventures, with ~$10...

By Angelique Chen - 8 months ago | 4 Comments

Mercury Favorability Statistics 2023

Mercury Security was acquired by HID in 2017 and is part of mega-access control manufacturer Assa Abloy. Its panels are supported by 30+ partners...

By Angelique Chen - 8 months ago | 3 Comments

Wavelynx Favorability Statistics 2023

Wavelynx is an access control provider that has been gaining recognition for its marketing of mobile credentials and its recently concluded...

By Katie Ferry - 8 months ago

Intercom Startup Defigo Profile + CEO Interview

While ButterflyMX is expanding from SaaS video intercoms to unified access control, intercom startup Defigo is positioning its wireless...

By Sean Patton - 8 months ago

Pavion Aims To Be Top 3 Largest Global Security Integrator (CEO Interview)

A brand that did not even exist a year ago aims to be among or larger than the world's largest security integrators, including ADT Commercial,...

By Angelique Chen and John Honovich - 8 months ago | 3 Comments

UK Defines 'Sensitive Sites' Where PRC Cameras Are Banned

The UK has officially clarified what is, and what is not, considered a 'sensitive site', a major development as the UK's PRC camera ban originally...

By Charles Rollet - 8 months ago

Biggest Rising Trend at GSX 2023: Weapons Screening

The biggest rising trend at GSX 2023 is weapon screening, based on increased exhibitors and floor space. There was more space taken for...

By Mert Karakaya - 8 months ago | 8 Comments

Verkada Partners with Mega Security Integrator Convergint

Verkada wants to win over security system integrators, hurt by high negativity among them, but now it has secured a partnership with one of the...

By John Honovich - 8 months ago | 25 Comments

Secret Evolv New Setting Contradicts Marketing, Creates Security Risk, Addressing Cellphone False Alarms

While Evolv has long marketed frictionless screening with no stopping, emptying pockets, or opening bags, IPVM has obtained public records...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 8 months ago | 5 Comments

Why Integrators Should Lead With Access Control

While the last two decades favored integrators leading with video surveillance, the coming one is access control. As mega-cloud providers become...

By John Honovich and Brian Rhodes - 8 months ago | 2 Comments

Carrier Seeks Few Billion Dollars For Fire & Security, Will Partially Spin/Split/IPO

Carrier is progressing on its plan of divesting its fire and security businesses, sharing what it hopes to be paid and adding that it will spin,...

By John Honovich - 8 months ago | 3 Comments

New TSA Airport Employee Weapons Screening Examined

With concerns over weapons entering airports, the US TSA has issued confidential guidelines requiring airports that most people travel through to...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 8 months ago | 2 Comments

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