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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Wyze Targeting Expansion To SMB

Wyze aims to expand into "every single small business" with its newest release, even taking aim at an ADT system. What is new with Wyze, and...

By Nadhir Cherfaoui - about 16 hours ago

How Evolv's Marketing Slogans Deceived The Public Across 5 Years

Watch how Evolv has deceived the public over the past five years, as its own home page marketing slogans have shown: They have gradually become...

By IPVM Team - about 17 hours ago

Investor-Backed Search Fund Second Summit Wants To Acquire A Security Integrator

"Search funds" (see this NY Times report) are a growing investment trend where young executives try to acquire companies. One fund contacted...

By Angelique Chen - about 18 hours ago | 3 Comments

Rekor Misses Q1 2024 Financial Targets Analyzed

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By Angelique Chen - 1 day ago | 2 Comments

Taiwan ODM Manufacturer Dynacolor Interview And Profile

Dynacolor is a publicly-listed ODM-focused Taiwan provider to many Western manufacturers. What is its business model, and how does it fit into the...

By Angelique Chen - 1 day ago

Competing Against Convergint

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By IPVM Team - 1 day ago

Dahua Attempting To Bypass FCC Rules With Transaction Waiver Request

Dahua USA is requesting a waiver of an FCC rule that, if not waived, would likely prevent it from selling any Zhejiang (China) Dahua equipment in...

By William Howard-Waddingham - 1 day ago | 5 Comments

Brivo Spring 2024 New Releases Examined

Brivo, which raised $100 million last year and is expanding into the enterprise (see IPVM's Brivo CEO interview), has released new access control...

By Jack Parkin and Jermaine Wilson - 3 days ago

Stealth Alleges Elite CEO Allegation Defamatory

Elite Interactive CEO took aim at competitor Stealth Monitoring in an interview with IPVM: Elite Claims Only "Crime Prevention" Remote Video...

By Angelique Chen and Christie Smythe - 3 days ago | 3 Comments

Scylla Gun Detection System Tested

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By Mert Karakaya - 3 days ago | 17 Comments

Traffic Cone And General LPR Provider Leonardo Profiled

LPR cameras embedded in traffic cones recently made news, but who is the company behind them? We contacted the company behind them, Leonardo,...

By Nikita Ermolaev - 3 days ago | 5 Comments

CETC Subsidiaries Sanctioned By US Commerce Department

Today, the US is adding sanctions on seven subsidiaries of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), a PRC state-run organization...

By Jim Nash - 4 days ago

ZeroNow, Funded By Surveillance Tech Sellers, Aims To End School Shootings

Nonprofit ZeroNow says its goal is to end school shootings and school violence. But co-founded by Omnilert's former CEO, the group is mainly...

By Christie Smythe - 4 days ago | 14 Comments

Shanghai Launches New "Uyghur Ethnicity" Detection

While PRC China authorities and companies have denied Uyghur detection or claimed that it stopped, a project just implemented in Tier 1 megacity...

By Conor Healy - 4 days ago

404 Media Speaks on Surveillance Reporting

Launched less than a year ago by four journalists who left Vice, 404 Media has quickly become a widely-read technology publication that has...

By Conor Healy and William Howard-Waddingham - 5 days ago

Honeywell IP Cameras Most Widely Used China-Made Products In US Government Networks

With billions in defense contracts, Honeywell says the US government trusts it because "There's no room for compromise when it comes to national...

By Conor Healy - 5 days ago

JCI Security New Executive, Challenges And Plans

JCI Security's Silicon Valley leader has left, with the company overall, and its security division, facing challenges. However, JCI security's new...

By John Honovich and Jermaine Wilson - 5 days ago | 2 Comments

Hikvision 2 HikCentral Pro Vulnerabilities 2024 Analyzed

While HikCentral is Hikvision's professional-level security platform, its newest vulnerabilities demonstrated poor coding practices, as IPVM has...

By bashis mcw - 5 days ago | 3 Comments

Evolv Slashes Guidance, Stock Plummets

Evolv's stock plummeted today, nearly 40% after slashing its revenue guidance less than three months after admitting the SEC is investigating...

By Angelique Chen - 8 days ago | 5 Comments

Flipper Zero Makes 125 kHz Prox Cards "Actually Dangerous," Says HID Director

While HID refuses to stop selling 125 kHz Prox cards, an HID director, this week, publicly declared that Flipper Zero makes these cards and readers...

By Mert Karakaya - 8 days ago | 2 Comments