ONVIF®, a prominent international standardisation initiative for IP-based security products, is set to showcase at ISC West 2026 in Las Vegas.
From 25 to 27 March, attendees can visit booth L20 at the Venetian Expo to explore the advantages of open, standardised interoperability in building versatile, vendor-independent security systems.
This international organisation emphasises the role its profile specifications play for integrators, consultants, and end users in creating adaptable security frameworks.
Benefits of open standards
The significance of open standards across the security sector is substantial. By enabling integrators to deliver competitive solutions, these standards empower end users with the choice to select preferred technologies. Moreover, they offer manufacturers the latitude to innovate without being constrained by proprietary systems.
With seven published profiles deployed across over 35,000 conformant products, ONVIF stands at the forefront of providing choice in security tech while avoiding vendor lock-in.
Integration and flexibility
Standards play a pivotal role in ensuring the adaptability and scalability of security infrastructure"Interoperability in the security industry has always been about choice and flexibility," stated Leo Levit, Chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee. By distributing intelligence across edge devices, cloud platforms, and hybrid systems, organisations can integrate diverse technologies and adopt new features as they emerge.
Standards play a pivotal role in ensuring the adaptability and scalability of security infrastructure, tailored to meet specific organisational requirements.
Profile specifications in focus
At the event, ONVIF will demonstrate interoperability standards across various security functions:
- Video Surveillance: Profile T and Profile G facilitate standardised streaming, imaging, and edge recording across diverse brands of cameras and video management systems.
- Metadata and Events: Profile M ensures standardised metadata handling and event management, with capabilities such as MQTT messaging for seamless device communication.
- Access Control: Profile A, Profile C, and Profile D focus on standardised door controllers and credential readers integration with security management platforms.
Future initiatives and developments
ONVIF has ongoing efforts to develop future standards, including standardised cloud connectivity. These initiatives aim to enable seamless interoperability between cloud-based VMS platforms and camera services, independent of vendor differences.
Other projects involve standardising AI-generated metadata for cross-manufacturer compatibility and developing video authentication standards to assure content integrity.
Expanding interoperability solutions
Established in 2008, ONVIF continues to lead the charge in promoting IP-based security interoperability. By collaborating with a broad alliance of around 500 companies worldwide, ONVIF supports an expansive ecosystem characterised by over 35,000 profile-conformant products.
The organisation remains committed to expanding the range of IP interoperability solutions, addressing industry needs while ensuring long-term adaptability and investment security.
ONVIF®, the global standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, will exhibit at ISC West 2026 at booth L20 from March 25-27 at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas.
The organisation will discuss the value of open, standardised interoperability and highlight how its profile specifications enable integrators, consultants and end users to build flexible, vendor-independent security systems.
Benefits of open standards
Open standards benefit the entire security ecosystem, enabling integrators to deliver more competitive solutions, giving end users the freedom to select best-of-breed technologies, and allowing manufacturers to focus on innovation rather than proprietary integrations.
The ONVIF presence at ISC West emphasises how standardised interoperability, implemented in seven published profiles and adopted across more than 35,000 conformant products, gives organisations freedom of choice in selecting and combining best-of-breed security technologies without vendor lock-in.
Enabling organisations to integrate technologies
"Interoperability in the security industry has always been about choice and flexibility," said Leo Levit, Chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee.
"With intelligence distributed across edge devices, cloud platforms, and hybrid architectures, the focus is on making systems more open, enabling organisations to integrate diverse technologies and adopt emerging capabilities as they become available. Standards need to ensure security infrastructure can continuously evolve and expand, giving organisations the freedom to build architectures that meet their specific requirements both now and in the future."
The ONVIF booth will highlight interoperability standards across multiple security functions:
- Video Surveillance – Profile T and Profile G enable standardised streaming, imaging, and edge recording across cameras and video management systems from different manufacturers.
- Metadata and Events – Profile M provides standardised metadata exchange and event handling, including MQTT messaging capabilities that enable efficient communication between devices and management platforms.
- Access Control – Profile A, Profile C, and Profile D provide standardised communication for door controllers, credential readers, and integrated security management platforms.
ONVIF standards
The ongoing work on future ONVIF standards addresses standardised cloud connectivity, enabling cloud-based VMS platforms to work with cloud-based camera services regardless of vendor. This work also includes metadata standardisation efforts to ensure that AI-generated insights from one manufacturer's camera can be understood and acted upon by another manufacturer's VMS. Other initiatives include the development of standardised video authentication to verify content integrity and address evidentiary concerns, and standards for interoperability with IP audio systems.
The ONVIF standards development process engages manufacturers, integrators, and end users to address these requirements while maintaining the vendor independence that has long been a hallmark of ONVIF. Whether deploying on-premise systems today or planning cloud-based architectures for tomorrow, organisations benefit from security products built on open standards that ensure long-term flexibility and investment protection.
Expanding the IP interoperability solutions
Founded in 2008, ONVIF is a foremost and well-recognised industry forum driving interoperability for IP-based physical security products. The organisation brings together a global network of roughly 500 established companies in the camera, video management system, and access control markets, supporting an ecosystem of more than 35,000 profile‑conformant products.
ONVIF continues to work with its members to expand the number of IP interoperability solutions ONVIF conformant products can provide.
