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Axis Communications, a leader in network video, has announced its plans to develop its own explosion-protected surveillance cameras and devices across the Axis product portfolio through a new subsidiary, Axis Ex AB. With the new company’s quality management system having been audited and found to be in compliance with the appropriate international standards, Axis can manufacture and sell its own explosion-protected equipment certified according to ATEX, IECEx, METLabs and other global certifications. The first explosion-protected cameras models from Axis will be available in summer 2022.

In December 2021, Axis announced an open source project for video authentication, providing a reference design for a video authentication and verification method that can be adopted by the whole industry. The reference design is based on the addition of a cryptographic checksum to the video, which is then signed by the unique device ID, proving that the video has not been edited since being captured by the camera. We caught up with Stefan Lundberg, Senior Expert Engineer at Axis, and Sebastian Hultqvist, Global Product Manager for AXIS OS, to find out how the reference design has been received

Axis Communications announces a new ACAP (AXIS Camera Application Platform)-based solution that makes it possible for Axis cameras and intercoms to function as QR Code®* readers in an access control system. This powerful edge-based analytic leverages the outstanding video quality of Axis devices for reliable, convenient touch-free entry.