Tag: Leo Levit
ONVIF advances standard for verifying surveillance video authenticity
September 11, 2026SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—As concerns grow over manipulated and artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video, ONVIF has introduced a new standardized approach designed to help organizations verify the authenticity and integrity of surveillance footage.
The organization announced the Release Candidate for its Media Signing Add-on, a specification that enables surveillance video to be cryptographically signed at the point of creation, providing a method for confirming both the origin of footage...
ONVIF unveils draft cloud video standard aimed at interoperability
July 10, 2026SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—ONVIF has released a draft standard designed to bring interoperability to cloud-based video surveillance systems, allowing security professionals to build cloud video deployments without being tied to a single manufacturer's ecosystem.
The organization announced the Release Candidate for ONVIF Profile V, a proposed standard that extends ONVIF's interoperability framework to cloud video surveillance applications.
The profile is intended to provide system integrators, consultants and...
ONVIF ending support for Profile S, recommends Profile T
October 9, 2025SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. — ONVIF announced that it will end support for ONVIF Profile S, and is recommending the use of its successor, Profile T.
Profile S, introduced in 2011, provides a standardized set of specifications that enable basic video streaming capabilities between conformant devices (like IP cameras) and clients (like video management software) from different vendors. Profile S, however, specifies authentication mechanisms that are no longer consistent with current cybersecurity...
ONVIF and the C2PA announce collaboration
June 18, 2025SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. — ONVIF announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) to preserve the integrity and authenticity of digital video in the evolving fight against content manipulation.
The two groups will work together to raise awareness and promote the adoption of open standards that help verify the authenticity of video content across digital video platforms. This initiative aligns the ONVIF video authentication...
ONVIF tackles video security, interoperability at ISC West
March 28, 2025SSN Staff
LAS VEGAS – ONVIF is returning to ISC West 2025 to highlight the critical themes of interoperability and the integrity of security video.
In an educational session titled “Can Security Video Survive Generative AI?”, ONVIF Chairman Leo Levit will discuss the threats facing security video and how standards in this area can preserve trust in surveillance footage. The session will be held at 3:30pm PDT on Wednesday, April 2 in Venetian 203.
“At ISC West, we're highlighting...
ONVIF launches new online learning initiative
November 12, 2024SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. — ONVIF has released the first course in a new online learning initiative designed to promote greater knowledge and understanding of the workings of ONVIF.
The new “Introduction to ONVIF” course offers a comprehensive overview of how the organization and its standardized interfaces work for the interoperability of IP-based physical security products and services.
Available on www.onvif.org, the interactive course educates users on the ONVIF mission and organization,...
Demand for interoperability, ONVIF standards help drive growth in physical security market
August 8, 2024SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. — ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is announcing that more than 30,000 product models in the global physical security market meet the ONVIF conformance requirements for interoperability.
According to the organization, this new milestone means that the number of ONVIF conformant, interoperable products has doubled in the last three years and tripled since 2018. Security system integrators and end users around the world rely...
ONVIF launches new working groups for cloud, metadata and audio
June 20, 2024SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif. — ONVIF, a standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is announcing the formation of three new working groups that are tackling standardization work in cloud connectivity, audio and advanced metadata.
The creation of the new working groups, which are made up of volunteers from ONVIF member companies, is in response to the growing prevalence of cloud solutions and the use of metadata for analytics in the physical security and video surveillance markets.
“The...
ONVIF forming new group focused on metadata specs and data ontology
December 21, 2023SSN Staff
SAN RAMON – The Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) has announced an agreement with the Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) to take over development of data ontology and metadata specifications.
In a release ONVIF stated that the work will continue under a new ONVIF metadata working group originally under OSSA. According to ONVIF, the new metadata working group is focused on developing standardized ways of richly describing the context in which objects of interest appear in...
ONVIF unveils Release Candidate as first add-on for secure communications
July 24, 2023SSN Staff
SAN RAMON, Calif.—Industry forum 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 enabling conformance to additional features and capabilities not already included...