TSA bringing facial recognition to airport security lanes

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has unveiled a multi-step plan to make increased use of facial recognition and other biometric-identification tools to improve accuracy...

CISF commandos train to tackle hostage situation inside Delhi Metro tunnel

After recent inputs from Central intelligence agencies over need for securing metro trains inside underground tunnels, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has started...

To expedite reports, FSL to introduce POCSO unit

The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is all set to introduce a dedicated POCSO unit under its biology division to expedite forensic reports pertaining to...

Govt sets up key panel under NSA Ajit Doval to assist...

The government has set up a panel, headed by NSA Ajit Doval, to assist the National Security Council, which advises the prime minister on...

China to sell 48 high-end military drones to Pakistan

China will sell 48 high-end military drones to its “all-weather ally” Pakistan in what a military observer said will be the largest deal of...

From now on, CISF at airports will greet you with ‘sufficient’,...

Armed police at airports have been told to cut down on smiling, with officials blaming the 9/11, 2001 US terror attacks partly on an...

Growth in body-worn cameras fuels digital evidence market

The global installed base for law enforcement and police body-worn cameras is forecast to increase by nearly 30 percent in 2018, exceeding 1.5 million...

1,457 of over 4,000 CCTVs non-functional, Delhi Police tells HC

The Delhi Police have informed the Delhi High Court that there are 4,388 CCTV cameras across the city to ensure safety and security of...

UAE company offers free CCTV system for 10,000 buildings

As many as 10,000 buildings in the UAE will be offered free installation of security cameras by an Abu-Dhabi based company as part of...

Startup says its AI camera recognizes active shooters before they shoot

A new security startup is aiming to stop school shootings before they actually happen. Athena Security has developed an AI-powered security camera platform that...

New law gives feds the ability to take down drones

Embedded within the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 signed into law by President Donald Trump last week was a provision that gives federal authorities...

Your face will enable security clearance at these airports soon

You may not need boarding passes to check in on flights anymore. Soon, many airports will do away with the boarding pass and passengers...

Security guards in South Africa to be paid revised wages

The new prescribed minimum wages for private security have kicked-in from 1 October 2018, the Department of Labour in South Africa has announced. The...

Bangalore to have state-of-the-art cyber crime probe centre

The state police’s cyber unit could finally get an opportunity to crack down on tech-savvy cyber criminals as a Centre for Cybercrime Investigation Training...

All police stations in Delhi will get CCTVs by December 15,...

CCTV cameras installed at nine police stations in the capital since 2002 are non-functional, the Delhi government disclosed before the Delhi High Court. The...

Hikvision announces technology integration with Videonetics

Hikvision has announced technology partnership with Videonetics, a world-leading visual computing platform development company. The partnership includes integration of Hikvision network cameras with...

Kenya police exit cash-in-transit, scale down on VIP protection

The police reforms unveiled are opening up Kenya’s private security firms to an unprecedented windfall as police begin to pull out of non-core duties...

Dahua Technology dazzles visitors at Infocomm 2018

Dahua Technology has announced that its participation at the sixth edition of Infocomm India 2018 evoked a very good response. The major ...

High Tech devices adopted for border surveillance in Leh

As the Leh region prepares for the harsh winter, the armed forces have taken extra measures to check infiltration by adopting high-tech surveillance equipment...

Peekaboo vulnerability exposes hundreds of thousands of security cameras to hacking

A new vulnerability discovered in firmware from NUUO Inc. allows malicious actors to view and tamper with video surveillance recordings, according to researchers from...