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The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the 2025 winners of the SIA New Products and Solutions (NPS) Awards, the flagship awards program presented in partnership with ISC West, recognising innovative security products, services, and solutions.

Top among the winners, who were recognised April 2 during an award ceremony at the Bridge Stage on the ISC West show floor, was Vaidio, receiving the 2025 Best New Product Award.

SIA NPS product and service categories

SIA NPS has been the security industry’s premier product awards program

Since its inception in 1979, SIA NPS has been the security industry’s premier product awards program. New products are reviewed by a panel of judges with extensive industry experience, and in 2025, following significant deliberations, the 38 judges presented awards for technologies covering 33 product and service categories. 

The 2025 SIA NPS Awards entries will be on display through Friday, April 4, in Booth #25075 on the ISC West show floor, adjacent to the Bridge Stage (Booth #25059).

Vaidio 9.0 advanced models

Vaidio received the Best New Product honor for its Vaidio 9.0 AI Vision Platform product, submitted in the Loss Prevention and Article Surveillance Solutions category.

Vaidio 9.0 enhances loss prevention by combining advanced (artificial intelligence) models, heuristic rules and intelligent compute management to deliver precise analytics for detecting theft and reducing inventory shrinkage,” said Vaidio. “Its unique orchestration of CNN, transformer and VLM models increases accuracy, reduces compute consumption and improves speed, while integrating seamlessly with existing infrastructure.”

AI-driven engagement

The prestigious Judges’ Choice Award was presented to RAD for the SARA

The prestigious Judges’ Choice Award was presented to Robotic Assistance Devices (RAD) for the SARA – AI Security Agent for Autonomous Threat Detection and Response product, submitted in the Threat Detection and Response Solutions category.

SARA revolutionises (global security operations centers) and monitoring by transforming passive surveillance into real-time, AI-driven engagement,” said RAD. “This autonomous security agent detects threats, interacts with individuals, verifies intent and escalates incidents as needed, enhancing security efficiency, reducing operator fatigue, preventing overlooked events and ensuring faster, smarter and more effective incident response across diverse environments.”

Amazing new products and solutions

This year’s SIA NPS program has had another fantastic year with amazing new products and solutions presented to our judging panels,” said Christine Bergeron, chair of the SIA NPS Awards Committee and senior director of global physical security technology at Visa.

Thank you to our expert judges and committee members for your dedication to the program and lending your expertise and valuable time to contribute to a successful 2025 SIA NPS program.”

Advancement of SIA and the security

CyberLock received the NPS Merit Award, which admits an person or company who, through their support of SIA

The SIA NPS Awards are a renowned global platform for highlighting new offerings each year, and earning recognition is an impressive accomplishment,” said Elisa Mula, vice chair of the SIA NPS Awards Committee and founder and protection management specialist at EM Designs. “SIA applauds this year’s winners, who impressed our judges after an extensive process of tech demonstrations and panel-driven judging.”

Additionally, CyberLock received the NPS Merit Award, which recognises an individual or company who, through their support of the SIA NPS Awards, demonstrates a commitment to the vision and mission of the program, contributes to its success and promotes the advancement of SIA and the security industry overall.

New security technology solutions

SIA congratulates all the winners of the 2025 SIA NPS Awards, and especially Vaidio and Robotic Assistance Devices, whose products stood out among the entries to earn the Best New Product and Judges’ Choice distinctions, as well as SIA NPS Merit Award winner CyberLock,” said SIA CEO Don Erickson.

Each year, NPS presents the most cutting-edge products available on the market today, and our judges’ dedication, support and thorough consideration are invaluable in maintaining it as the most trusted awards program for launching new security technology solutions.”

2025 SIA NPS award winners 

Best new product award

  • Winner: Vaidio – Vaidio 9.0 AI Vision Platform

Judges’ choice award

  • Winner: Robotic Assistance Devices – SARA – AI Security Agent for Autonomous Threat Detection and Response

SIA NPS Merit award

  • Winner: CyberLock

Category awards

Access Control Devices & Peripherals Hardware – Wireless

  • Winner: Sure-Fi – Sure-Fi Access Pro Bridge

Access Control Software, Hardware, Devices & Peripherals – Wired

  • Winner: Safetrust – IoT Neural Sensor
  • Honorable Mention: Accessia – Accessia Reader

Antiterrorism/Force Protection/Armed Aggressor

  • Winner: Xonar Technology – TruePort

Biometrics

  • Winner: Intel RealSense + Ones Technology – BioAffix Gate Vision Powered by Ones Technology and Intel RealSense ID F450

Communications and Networking Solutions

  • Winner: Commend Americas – Ivy Live Translation – Ivy Virtual Assistant’s Multilingual Real-Time Translation Capabilities, Part of Commend’s Symphony Cloud Solution for Security Communication

Convergence and Integration Solutions

  • Winner: AURA – AURA Auto Guard Dispatch

Data and Systems Cybersecurity

  • Winner: SWEAR – SWEAR Security

Design, Diagnostic and Installation Tools

  • Winner: dormakaba – EntriWorX Insights

Enhanced Project Delivery

  • Winner: Vaidio – Vaidio 9.0

Environmental Monitoring Systems

  • Winner: XSponse – X-Shield
  • Honorable Mention: Secure Passage – Truman

Fire/Life Safety

  • Winner: Honeywell – Connected Life Safety Services (CLSS) Compliance Manager With Auto-Pass
  • Honorable Mention: Honeywell – CLSS Cloud-Connected Horizon

Identification Management and Credentialing (Nonbiometric)

  • Winner: Wavelynx, rf IDEAS and Idemia (Founding Companies of LEAF Community) – LEAF Community

Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions (Physical) – Wired or Wireless

  • Winner: SPOT AI – SPOT AI Remote Security Agent
  • Honorable Mention: Hexagon – HxGN dC3 LidarVision

Key/Equipment Assets Management Solutions

  • Winner: CyberLock – ValidiKey Pro

Law Enforcement/Public Safety/Guarding Systems

  • Winner: 3Si Security Systems – DirectToDispatch
  • Honorable Mention: Eagle Eye Networks – Eagle Eye 911 Camera Sharing

Lock and Key Solutions

  • Winner: dormakaba – CenconX OTC Safe Lock
  • Honorable Mention: Securitech ASSA ABLOY – PARAMAXX

Loss Prevention and Article Surveillance Solutions

  • Winner: Vaidio – Vaidio 9.0 AI Vision Platform

Managed Services

  • Winner: ADRM – DEFENDER
  • Honorable Mention: Allied Universal – Unified Command Center

Mobile Solutions

  • Winner: Intel RealSense + Ones Technology – BioAffix Vision Mobile Powered by Intel RealSense ID 450

Threat/Risk Management Software Applications

  • Winner: Bearing – Bearing
  • Honorable Mention: Sign In Solutions – Sign In Solutions – Risk Insights

Threat Detection and Response Solutions

  • Winner: Robotic Assistance Devices – SARA – AI Security Agent for Autonomous Threat Detection and Response
  • Honorable Mention: Xtract One Technologies – Xtract One Gateway

Video Analytics

  • Winner: Lumana – Lumana Video Intelligence Platform

Video Surveillance Advanced Imaging Technologies

  • Winner: Axis Communications – ARTPEC-9

Video Surveillance Cameras

  • Winner: Hanwha Vision America – 4CH AI Multi-Sensor Camera With WAVE VMS Powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Platform
  • Honorable Mention: Axis Communications – AXIS Q1809-LE Bullet Camera

Video Surveillance Hardware and Accessories

  • Winner: Spectrum Camera Solutions – F200 Series Explosion-Proof Housing System

Video Surveillance Management Systems

  • Winner: Monitor Computer Systems – Sentinel

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