EXHIBIT 23





                          Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Vicon Industries, Inc.:


We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statements on
Form S-8 (Nos. 33-7892,  33-34349,  33-90038,  333-30097 and 333-71410) and Form
S-2 (No.  333-46841) of Vicon  Industries,  Inc. of our report dated January 14,
2004, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Vicon Industries,  Inc. and
subsidiaries  as of September  30, 2003 and 2002,  and the related  consolidated
statements  of  operations,  shareholders'  equity  and cash  flows and  related
schedule  for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  September  30,
2003,  which report appears in the September 30, 2003 annual report on Form 10-K
of Vicon Industries,  Inc. Our report includes an explanatory  paragraph related
to the  Company's  adoption of Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No.
142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets", effective October 1, 2002.



                                                          /s/ KPMG LLP


Melville, New York
January 14, 2004