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ONVIF introduces release candidate for first add-on for secure communications

Leave a Comment / New Technology / By Christian Brown

ONVIF has introduced the TLS Configuration Add-on (Release Candidate) for secure communications between devices and clients. TLS Configuration is the first in a new category of ONVIF add-ons, which are specifications that extend ONVIF conformance to product features that address a specific use case or end user need. Add-ons enhance the ONVIF profile model by […]

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ONVIF uses ISC West to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the profile concept

Leave a Comment / NEWS, New Technology, Physical Security / By James Ling

ONVIF is celebrating 10 years of ONVIF profiles based on the profile concept. From Profile S in 2012, to the more recent Profile M introduced in 2021, the profile concept has enabled product conformance and interoperability between physical security products for the last decade. ONVIF profiles will be highlighted at the ONVIF Booth L0 at

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Alcatraz AI to showcase access control solutions at ISC East 2021

Leave a Comment / Access Control, Education & Events, NEWS / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Alcatraz AI will showcase its product, the Rock, at ISC East (Booth 500), taking place at the Javits Center in New York City on November 17-18, 2021. ISC East 2021 features training on security and public safety best practices while highlighting the latest technologies related to the safety sector. Alcatraz AI provides organisations with autonomous

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Alcatraz AI set to showcase new solutions at Connect:ID

Leave a Comment / Biometrics, New Technology, NEWS / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Alcatraz AI will showcase its product, the Rock, at this year’s Connect:ID (Booth 309), taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre in Washington, D.C. on October 5-6. Alcatraz AI’s Rock is powered by machine learning and operates autonomously to recognise your face as your credential, creating a seamless interaction between the individual and

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ONVIF introduces add-on concept for increased flexibility

Leave a Comment / NEWS, Systems Integration / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

ONVIF has announced the add-on concept, extending the ONVIF conformance process to individual product features that can solve a specific use case or end user need. This new concept enhances the ability of ONVIF to more quickly respond to the needs of the market with increased interoperability and flexibility of choice for end users and systems

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Alcatraz AI achieves ONVIF certification

Leave a Comment / NEWS, Biometrics, Physical Security / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Alcatraz AI has announced it has achieved certification from the non-profit organisation, ONVIF. Alcatraz AI will now be applying ONVIF standards to its facial authentication solution, The Rock, which combines advanced AI and 3D sensing technologies that provide facilities with enterprise-grade identity verification needed to create secure spaces. ONVIF certification reportedly allows Alcatraz AI to bridge

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Onvif to end support for Profile Q

Leave a Comment / NEWS, Cyber Security / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Onvif has announced that it will end its support for Profile Q early next year since it contains certain specifications that are no longer consistent with current cybersecurity best practices. Profile Q was developed to provide easy setup of a conformant device on an IP network. It requires a Profile Q conformant device to allow

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ONVIF releases Profile D for access control peripherals

Leave a Comment / NEWS, Access Control / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

ONVIF has a new profile that addresses interfaces for access control peripheral devices, Profile D. Designed to provide ONVIF interoperability for peripheral devices, the new profile supports locks, credential/biometric readers, PIN pads, license plate recognition cameras, door phones, sensors and displays. These types of peripherals commonly require specific integrations between products from different vendors to

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ONVIF releases Profile M to video analytics market

Leave a Comment / NEWS, New Technology / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

ONVIF has released Profile M; standardising metadata and events for analytics applications and addressing the dynamic video analytics market that can also expand into other systems such as access control, cloud services and IoT platforms. Profile M reportedly provides a standard way of communicating metadata and events between analytics-capable services and devices like IP cameras,

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ONVIF hosts latest Virtual Developers’ Plugfest

Leave a Comment / NEWS, Education & Events / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

During April, ONVIF hosted its 23rd ONVIF Developers’ Plugfest, and second virtual event, testing implementations of six ONVIF profiles as well as two profile release candidates for access control and metadata. Nearly 30 developers and engineers from 18 ONVIF member companies were in attendance and gathered virtually over two weeks in April, completing 175 hours of

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ONVIF announces 20,000 conformant products

Leave a Comment / NEWS, New Technology / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

ONVIF has announced that more than 20,000 security products are now conformant to its various profiles. “The mission of ONVIF is simple – to provide and promote open interfaces that in turn will increase freedom of choice for end users,” said Leonid Levit, chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee. “Achieving this milestone means there is

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New Steering Committee chairman for Onvif

Leave a Comment / NEWS, People / By James Ling

Leonid Levit has been named as the new chairman of the Onvif Steering Committee. Levit serves as Director of System Integration at Axis Communications and brings to the chairman’s role a strong technical background and more than a decade of product management, marketing and sales experience. Levit takes over from Per Björkdahl, who is stepping

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Building a secure, integrated – and touchless – access control system

Leave a Comment / VIDEO, Webinar / By James Ling

Per Björkdahl, chairman, ONVIF Steering Committee, discusses how integrators and end-users can integrate touchless access control technologies from multiple vendors to create modern access control solutions.

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ONVIF 22nd Developers’ Plugfest goes virtual

Leave a Comment / NEWS, Access Control, Business News, Surveillance, Systems Integration / By James Ling

The 22nd ONVIF Developers’ Plugfest took place this year as a virtual event in October. Nearly 50 developers and engineers from 26 ONVIF member companies gathered virtually over two weeks in and completed nearly 200 hours of testing. Developers could test products independently for profile conformance, as well as assess interoperability between their devices and

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