SAN RAMON, Calif. – ONVIF, the global standardization 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 organization will discuss the value of open, standardized interoperability and highlight how its profile specifications enable integrators, consultants and end users to build flexible, vendor-independent security systems.
“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,” according to the ONVIF announcement.
The ONVIF presence at ISC West 2026 “emphasizes how standardized interoperability, implemented in seven published profiles and adopted across more than 35,000 conformant products, gives organizations freedom of choice in selecting and combining best-of-breed security technologies without vendor lock-in,” the announcement says.
“Interoperability in the security industry has always been about choice and flexibility,” says Leo Levit, chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee, in the association announcement. “With intelligence distributed across edge devices, cloud platforms and hybrid architectures, the focus is on making systems more open, enabling organizations to integrate diverse technologies and adopt emerging capabilities as they become available.
“Standards need to ensure security infrastructure can continuously evolve and expand, giving organizations the freedom to build architectures that meet their specific requirements both now and in the future,” he says.
What Will ONVIF Highlight at ISC West 2026?
The ONVIF booth at ISC West 2026 will highlight interoperability standards across multiple security functions:
- Video Surveillance: Profile T and Profile G enable standardized streaming, imaging, and edge recording across cameras and video management systems from different manufacturers.
- Metadata and Events: Profile M provides standardized 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 standardized communication for door controllers, credential readers, and integrated security management platforms.
“The ongoing work on future ONVIF standards addresses standardized cloud connectivity, enabling cloud-based VMS platforms to work with cloud-based camera services regardless of vendor,” according to the association announcement. “This work also includes metadata standardization 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 standardized video authentication to verify content integrity and address evidentiary concerns, and standards for interoperability with IP audio systems,” the announcement says.
