As an organization that develops open standards, ONVIF creates publicly available specifications that define how products from different manufacturers can work together. These standards form the foundation for integration across manufacturers and products, helping to ensure that security devices and software speak a common language. Open standards are essential to interoperability and harmonization across the…
The fight against AI content manipulation has gained a powerful new alliance. ONVIF is excited to announce our strategic collaboration with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), marking a significant step forward in preserving digital video integrity across video surveillance and other industries. The C2PA is an organization backed by major media, publishing,…
The rise of generative AI is expected to revolutionize the ways we use our security systems along with the information that these systems will be able to provide. These promises of new levels of efficiency, accuracy and creativity using artificial intelligence also come with great risks, thanks to the growing prevalence of tools to manipulate…
Have you ever wondered how the different profiles of ONVIF are named? While it may seem like a bit of alphabet soup, there is a method to the madness. ONVIF profiles, which support a specific set of functionalities, are represented by a letter to designate the general area of functionality, for example, Profile S for…
Security technology professionals are well acquainted with the challenge of seamlessly integrating newer security products and services into their existing network of security technology. Retail businesses often need higher resolution or other specialty camera technology for specific applications, while multi-location organizations at times need to deploy new access control card reader technology without completely overhauling…
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