Now people in Bhubaneswar can report street crimes via WhatsApp

Amid rising cases of snatching in the Capital city, Bhubaneswar police has launched a WhatsApp number to receive information from the citizens on various...

GMDA to install facial recognition cameras at 10 busy points

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has decided to install facial recognition cameras at 10 busy points in the city to track criminals and...

Security guard in software firm gets hired as tech officer; completes...

"It is never too late to start learning" -- the penultimate lesson learned by a man who worked as a security officer in a...

Idaho bill would allow staff to carry guns in schools

A bill that would allow Idaho school staffers in the U.S. to carry a concealed weapon is one step closer to becoming law. House...

India to soon allow CCTV cameras meeting BIS norms to be...

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has started the process to accept Indian BIS standards for key equipment used at airports, paving the...

MA Ganapathy appointed chief of National Security Guard, Kuldiep Singh made...

Senior IPS officers MA Ganapathy and Kuldiep Singh have been appointed Director General of National Security Guard and the Central Reserve Police Force, respectively,...

Triton acquires Acre – including Vanderbilt, Comnet and Razberi

Triton has signed an agreement to acquire Acre, a leading end-to-end security solutions provider based in Dallas, USA and Dublin, Ireland. This agreement means...

China hacking concern revives India focus on Cybersecurity plan

India is mulling a new national strategy to strengthen the country’s cybersecurity amid allegations that Chinese intrusions may have affected operations at a key...

India to buy first US armed drones at $3 billion to...

India plans to buy 30 armed drones from the U.S. to boost its sea and land defenses as tensions persist with neighbors China and...

Vanderlande launches self-service application for airport security checkpoints

Vanderlande has launched PAX Divest Assistant, a new self-service application for airport security checkpoints. It is designed to allow passengers to move through the...

Sticky bombs new headache for J&K Police as security forces raise...

Security officials are concerned with sticky bombs in possession of militants in Kashmir and forces have revised their Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and gone...

Fraser Sampson appointed as Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner in new...

The Home Secretary has appointed Fraser Sampson as the UK’s new independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. The previously separate roles of Biometrics Commissioner...

Send more IPS officers to Centre to end ‘acute shortage’, Modi...

The Modi government has flagged the problem of states not sparing officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) for central deputation, and asked chief...

Security camera hack exposes hospitals, workplaces, schools

Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate...

Seoul replaces street lamps, traffic lights, and CCTV with ‘Smart Poles’

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has said that the city had set up ‘smart poles’, which function as street lamps, traffic lights, Wi-Fi base stations,...

ASIS New Delhi Chapter holds security meet

With an objective to expand the footprint of ASIS International in North India, under the aegis of ARVP North, Region 13A, the Chapter Executive...

Singapore eyes more cameras, technology to boost law enforcement

Singapore is looking to expand its use of cameras and technology to better support law enforcers and first responders. These include plans to tap...

Mumbai’s 2020 power outage could have been cyber sabotage

A power failure that crippled India's financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a case of cyber sabotage,...

Facial recognition under scrutiny as Clearview AI’s practices ruled illegal in...

Canadian authorities have deemed Clearview AI’s facial recognition practices a “clear violation of the privacy rights of Canadians”, as the use of the technology...

MCG to acquire 100-metre hydraulic ladder for fire safety

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved a proposal by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) to use its funds to procure a...