This week is a tad spooky. Just enough to get you uncomfortable enough to follow the steps Baer lines out and get your photos safer online.

ChitChat: https://ipvm.com/news-plan

Product Highlight: https://us.shelly.com/products/shelly-flood-gen4

Meat: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQdzmbfGTPvTBbdkHCbjBWbsNnC

S/O: @gbittech on IG

Baer doesn't punch for no reason. The security industry must hold a high ethical and moral standard to truly achieve excellence and Verkada is promoting behavior that doesn't meet that standard. We'll break it down in this episode of Security Today Podcast.

ChitChat: https://www.securitysales.com/insights/jake-voll-sssi-dealer-network-best-security-advice/616079/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=396520072&utm_content=396520072&utm_source=hs_email

Product Highlight: https://radsecurity.com/

Meat: https://ipvm.com/reports/conv-ver-lock

S/O: @ssansidealernetwork on IG

Education across the physical security industry is lack-luster at best. In this episode Baer not only breaks down why it's important that independently created education is necessary to the industry but reminds you he is also contributing through bethebettertech.com.

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ChitChat: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/german-thieves-steal-up-to-105m-in-oceans-eleven-heist-what-we-know

Product Highlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hwl61DIS5E https://www.clintonelectronics.com/products/mounting/camera-mounts/indoor-dome-camera-mounts/ce-ctmp-5/

Meat: bethebettertech.com

S/O: @ignite.strategic on IG

Back from the ashes, Baer comes with updates, focuses, missions and product highlights surrounded around Hanwha Vision! Like, Follow, Subscribe for free candy.

ChitChat: https://www.sdmmag.com/articles/102971-chimera-integrations-readies-cybersecurity-reseller-program-for-prime-time

Product Highlight: https://hanwhavisionamerica.com/oncafe/products/

S/O: @cicadasystems on IG

This week, Baer goes through the spotify wrap up!

So much thankfulness for all that helped contribute to the best year in podcasting yet! Baer has some empire building to do, so he won't be around in Q1 but will be back Q2 for some more awesome Security Today Podcast content!

No News and Highlights this week just a reminder to rest, a few shout-outs and a plug for the webinar which you can sign up @:

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This week we take a look at a free ONVIF course (check below), Baer tells you about WiFi HaLow and using Zenitel's Connect Pro platform we discuss why it is so important that we are integrating environments into one another.

ChitChat: https://www.onvif.org/about/introduction-to-onvif-course/

Product Highlight: https://www.securityinformed.com/news/milesight-morse-micro-unveil-wi-fi-co-14252-ga-co-1687947465-ga-npr.1723798940.html

Meat: https://www.securitysales.com/access/zenitel-connect-pro-provides-critical-safety-communications/

S/O: @lockpicknic on IG

Baer dives into a couple of Drone things and a protocol that you need to know about!

ChitChat: https://uavcoach.com/dji-ban/

Product Highlight: https://www.securityinformed.com/news/teledyne-flir-siras-drone-discount-first-responders-co-1609913860-ga-npr.1725523461.html

Meat: https://www.securitysales.com/surveillance/how-integrators-optimize-video-surveillance-networks-802-3bt/