Tag: Hikvision USA
Hikvision Q2 success measured in release of over a dozen new products
August 1, 2023SSN Staff
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – Security product manufacturer and supplier Hikvision has just rounded out what the company is calling a "phenomenal" second quarter for 2023.
Growth over that period was marked positively by the company thanks in part to over a dozen new product releases. Now Hikvision says that performance and growth is continuing into Q3 with the release of three new series of video security cameras from July alone. That includes two varifocal cameras, a 180-degree panoramic...
Hikvision, Dahua feeling the squeeze as Australian audit removes cameras
February 10, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
SYDNEY – Hikvision and Dahua are off to a bad start in 2023 as sanctions from the prior year and accusations of human rights violations continue to produce repercussions for the Chinese telecoms.
In an audit released on Feb. 9, the Australian government found as many as 900 pieces of surveillance equipment manufactured by those companies were installed at government locations, on over 200 buildings, and in every department although numbers per department could not be verified. In an interview...
Hikvision introduces Dual Lens PanoVu Panoramic Camera
December 8, 2022SSN Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – Hikvision has introduced their new dual lens camera offering for use in situations and applications that require dual coverage.
The Dual Lens PanoVu Panoramic Camera two-in-one design makes for lower installation costs and saves money by reducing the amount of cameras required for users to have comprehensive security. “We’ve packed advanced, dual-lens technology into a compact unit that provides the coverage of two conventional cameras in one,” said...
Axis Communications matches $15k pledge
May 28, 2020SSN Staff
MIAMI, Fla.—As Mission 500 brings their Feeding America campaign to a close, they would like to recognize the countless individuals that stepped up to the “plate” to help feel families across America.
Mission 500 launched their Feeding America Million Meal Challenge campaign in late March, focused on securing meals for families across the U.S. and initially helped secure over 180,000 meals. Hikvision USA led the charge in helping to match the first $5,000 in donations made. That match...
Hikvision cybersecurity director appointed to SIA advisory board
April 25, 2018SSN Staff
LOS ANGELES—Hikvision USA Inc., announced that its director of cybersecurity, Chuck Davis, has been appointed to the Security Industry Association's (SIA) Cybersecurity Advisory Board.
The board is designed to guide SIA members in addressing potential cybersecurity threats, develop prescriptive guidance, and advocate for cybersecurity strategies and solutions for issues impacting the physical security industry. The board's leadership enables SIA to prepare its members for challenges...
Hikvision and Eagle Eye Networks launch new solution for Texas schools
January 31, 2018SSN Staff
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. and AUSTIN, Texas—Hikvision USA and Eagle Eye Networks on Jan. 19 announced a video surveillance solution—now available—that enables Texas school districts to immediately comply with the video surveillance requirements set forth in Texas Senate Bill 507 (SB-507).
"Hikvision is pleased to work with partners like Eagle Eye to provide solutions that make a positive impact for teachers, parents and families," Alex Asnovich, Hikvision North America's head...
Hikvision hires former IBM security pro to lead cyber efforts
October 19, 2017Paul Ragusa
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif.—Hikvision USA Inc., a video surveillance products and solutions company based here, announced that Chuck Davis has been named director of cybersecurity for Hikvision North America.Davis comes to Hikvision from IBM, where he worked as an executive security architect designing and managing the global malware defense and vulnerability management programs at IBM. He also was a thought leader and architect of IBM's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT). From 2011...
What else can you do besides provide security solutions?
March 22, 2017Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—Integrators know they don't have a choice. The days of impressing end users with bells and whistles are gone. Now more than ever, installation and application of security technologies confront the big question that turns another page in the industry—and is still as old as business itself: “Can this help us make money?”The commoditization of security products (can you purchase what you really need at Wal-Mart?) has been developing for a long time. Security insiders,...
Educating integrators about cybersecurity for work on college campuses and elsewhere
March 17, 2016Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—Andrew Lanning enjoys visiting college campuses and “the ubiquity of their Wi-Fi access.” But the reason he is on campus, usually, is that easy Wi-Fi access means easy prey for hackers and cyberthreats.Lanning is the co-founder of Integrated Security Technologies in Wai Pahu, Hawaii. Like other security experts charged with tackling cyberthreats in educational settings, his main job is to remind integrators, manufacturers and end users that while no system is immune...
Coverage, detail and complications as 4K cameras move forward
January 15, 2016Kenneth Z. Chutchian
YARMOUTH, Maine—Security experts saw 4K camera technology coming their way a decade ago. They saw the market slide from consumers to security around 2013-2014. They know 4K will grow in the surveillance field, but the variables—in supporting technology development and opportunity cost—make the immediate future of 4K unknown and unpredictable.
The most obvious adjustment needed for 4K end users is a planning and pro-active approach for the amount of bandwidth gobbled up by these...