Noviscan

Strengths

• Encrypts cached media at rest by default — most VMS that encrypt at rest at all still make you turn it on: Synology, Nx Witness and Milestone require enabling it, a higher edition, or NAS-level folder encryption, and even the enterprise tier (Genetec's Fusion Stream Encryption, Avigilon's FIPS-mode encryption) treats it as a feature to switch on rather than a default.
• Remote access uses a directory-only relay with direct/WebRTC data path — footage never transits a vendor cloud.
• Built-in facial recognition, plus web, desktop and mobile apps sharing one front end.
• Works with ONVIF/RTSP cameras and a growing catalogue of source plugins — no hardware lock-in.
• The recognition stack is named and auditable: published models (YuNet detection + SFace recognition, OpenCV Zoo, Apache-2.0), fetched from their official repository with pinned SHA-256 verification, and runnable fully offline. No proprietary algorithm to take on trust.

Limitations

• Not open source — if auditable source code or zero cost is your priority, Frigate or ZoneMinder lead there, not Noviscan.
• Commercial product (the free tier is limited to a single connection), and younger than long-established VMS like ZoneMinder or Blue Iris.
• Full disclosure: this is Secufor's own product, so this entry's claims are first-party — treat them as a starting point to verify independently, not as a neutral lab's verdict.

Criteria

Sources

• https://noviscan.app — site éditeur (2026-07-21)
• https://techdocs.genetec.com/r/en-US/Security-Center-Administrator-Guide-5.14/What-is-fusion-stream-encryption — vérification croisée (Genetec chiffre aussi au repos, mais sur activation — corrige une omission de la fiche Noviscan) (2026-09-01)