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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$15 Million Hawaii Government Deal, Spends 25% Over MSRP On Avigilon

The State of Hawaii paid ~25% over MSRP on Avigilon products in a security upgrade to 31 state sites, which is using $15 million in federal...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago | 68 Comments

ASIS Money Over Education Allegations Debated

A viral LinkedIn thread by an ASIS CPP holder sparked serious criticisms of ASIS with 89% of 463 respondents voting that ASIS is focused on money...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 6 Comments

Dahua Offers "Non Han Chinese People" Analytics, Confirms Shanghai Sales Manager

While Dahua alleged its racial analytic cameras were old, Radio Free Asia confirmed with Dahua's Shanghai office this week that the company offers...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago

Dahua VP of Sales Wayne Hurd Demands Apology; Response: Resign

Dahua executive Wayne Hurd and his team are allegedly the real victims of Dahua's ongoing human rights abuses against ethnic minorities, at least...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 14 Comments

October 2022 New Products Show Concluded - Watch On-Demand

The October 2022 New Products Show Has Concluded! All videos may be watched on the Online Shows Page. Watch: What Makes IPVM Online Shows...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago | 8 Comments

Dahua Race and Skin Color Analytic Cameras

Four Dahua camera models specify video analytics that can detect "race", "skin color", and "Xinjiang/Tibet" facial attributes, IPVM has verified on...

By Donald Maye and Charles Rollet - over 1 year ago | 7 Comments

Lee Odess Leaves Latch

Lee Odess, Senior Vice President and former head of sales and marketing, has left Latch, less than a year after joining the company, his fifth...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 18 Comments

IPVM Conference 2022 Concluded

Thank you for a successful second annual conference where we debated the future of physical security, with live testing, networking, and...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago | 29 Comments

Amazon Powers Dahua and Hikvision Sales and Cloud Services

Amazon prolifically sells relabeled Dahua and Hikvision products in the US and provides the cloud services that run remote monitoring of...

By Conor Healy - over 1 year ago

Favorite Products

Security integrators periodically report on their favorite and worst products to IPVM. These are known integrators who IPVM pays to answer surveys....

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 3 Comments

Worst Products

Security integrators periodically report on their favorite and worst products to IPVM. These are known integrators who IPVM pays to answer surveys....

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago

Bashis Joins IPVM To Lead Cybersecurity Research

Bashis has joined IPVM to lead our cybersecurity research, expanding the depth and breadth of IPVM's reporting. His discoveries include 13...

By IPVM Team - over 1 year ago | 35 Comments

As the US Fights Illegal PRC Forced Labor, Canada Does Nothing

Note: this opinion piece was co-written equally by Conor Healy, Sarah Teich, and Mehmet Tohti. For purely technical reasons, only Conor Healy is...

By Conor Healy - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

WSJ Reporters On How China Built The World's Biggest Surveillance State

The PRC is by far the world's largest single video surveillance market, making up over half of sales despite only having ~17% of global population...

By Charles Rollet - over 1 year ago

Latch's Lee Odess No Longer Runs Sales And Marketing

3 months ago, Latch announced Lee Odess would take over sales and marketing as part of their layoff of 130 people. Now, quietly, Odess is out of...

By John Honovich - over 1 year ago | 38 Comments

IPVM Metal / Weapons Detection Test Procedures

IPVM has commenced testing metal/weapons detectors (see Garrett Metal Detector PD6500i and Quick-Q Software Tested) and is publicly releasing its...

By Nikita Ermolaev and Jermaine Wilson - over 1 year ago | 2 Comments

IPVM Editorial No Stock Holding Policy

IPVM editorial employees and senior management, including IPVM Founder John Honovich, are prohibited from holding any financial interest or...

By IPVM Team - almost 2 years ago | 19 Comments

Fake Case Study Becomes Real News

A manufacturer published a fake case study leading an Australian trade magazine to run it as an actual news story, without doing any due...

By John Honovich - almost 2 years ago | 11 Comments

"Charitable" Evolv Secretly Requires School To Market Evolv

While Evolv touts a "charitable organization" that grants "state-of-the-art weapons detection at no cost to schools," an IPVM investigation reveals...

By Donald Maye - almost 2 years ago | 3 Comments

Hikvision Interrogation Solution For PRC Police

Hikvision has a custom PRC China interrogation solution that integrates with tiger chairs, metal restraining devices used by Chinese police to lock...

By Charles Rollet - almost 2 years ago | 8 Comments

Dahua Falsely Tells FCC Its Recorders Are Not Covered By NDAA

Dahua told the FCC last month that its recorders are not covered by the NDAA ban because they are not "video surveillance equipment," arguing this...

By Conor Healy - almost 2 years ago | 22 Comments

67 UK Parliamentarians Call For Total Hikvision & Dahua Ban

67 UK Parliament members across party lines have called for a "ban on the sale and operation" of Hikvision and Dahua equipment over human rights...

By Charles Rollet - almost 2 years ago

80% Turnover of IFSEC Top Ranked Vendor Influencers

80% of IFSEC Global's top-ranked vendor influencers last year were dropped in this year's version. IFSEC refused to explain what happened or how...

By John Honovich - almost 2 years ago | 6 Comments

Cameras Course September 2023

Learn to design video surveillance systems based on 1000+ tests and unique research, teaching the underlying technologies and tradeoffs of current...

By IPVM Team - almost 2 years ago | 23 Comments

Hikvision UK Partner Griffiths Objects: Human Rights Abuses vs Cybersecurity Risks

Hikvision partners are struggling to deflect the growing global criticism of Hikvision and, by extension, their sales of Hikvision products. The...

By John Honovich - almost 2 years ago | 3 Comments

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