Cemtrex’s Vicon developing new video integrity layer to combat deepfakes

Vicon Industries, a subsidiary of Cemtrex (CETX), announced that is developing a new framework to integrate blockchain technology into its video surveillance platforms. The initiative is focused on solving a growing threat in public safety and criminal justice: the manipulation and falsification of video evidence using generative AI. “AI is enabling a world where visual evidence can be fabricated or altered with near-perfect realism,” said Saagar Govil, Chairman and CEO of Cemtrex. “We’re entering a new paradigm where a deepfake video can add or remove a weapon from a scene, fabricate a suspect’s presence, or erase crucial moments-undetectably. In that world, chain-of-custody and data authenticity become everything. Blockchain offers a path to defend what’s real.”