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Six physical-security vendors worth discussing
This is not a revenue ranking. It is a short list of six manufacturers that show up in real physical-security conversations for different reasons.
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When the patch window shrinks, the camera still has to stay up
Axis joined Palo Alto Networks' Frontier AI Critical Defense Program as a founding partner. Frontier AI is cutting the time between finding a flaw and someone using it, and critical infrastructure often can't ship a permanent software fix that fast.
Axis · visual data · edge
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When the patch window shrinks, the camera still has to stay up
On August 19, 2026, Axis Communications said it joined Palo Alto Networks' Frontier AI Critical Defense Program as a founding partner.
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Run Axis video at the edge, not in the data center
Axis cameras already sit where the interesting frames happen. Put Google Cloud inference next to that stream so you ship events, not hours of video.
MikeCast