Retractable security bollards to be installed in Brisbane CBD
More than $2 million will be spent to install underground security bollards in Brisbane's central business district. In the 2018-19 Brisbane City Council budget...
Paperless boarding using biometrics coming to domestic flights
Indian passengers on domestic flights may soon be able to board without travel documents using a “DigiYatra” (DY) based on biometrics, after a technical...
Australian crime agency scraps biometrics project due to overspending, delays
A project to introduce fingerprint and facial recognition technology across Australia has been abandoned due to substantial cost increases and delays. In 2016, the...
420 CCTV cameras at Mumbai Mantralaya soon to prevent suicide attempts
After a spate of suicide attempts at Maharashtra’s administration headquarters in Mumbai, Mantralaya, over the past few months, the government has decided to install...
Only 23% of 1,473 Mumbai restaurants comply with fire safety norms
After the Kamala Mills fire claimed 14 people in December 2017, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) served notices to 1,557 commercial establishments for violating...
Homeland Security to test Face Recognition at U.S.–Mexico Border
Beginning in August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin piloting a new face recognition system at the Mexican border. Using a series...
Honeywell developing software to decode 100 Indian accents to make flying...
With more than 100 languages and the ambition to connect even its smallest villages by air, India has become a testing ground for a...
Belgium Police can now view footage from private security cameras to...
People who have security cameras at their stores, companies or homes must now register them with the Belgium Home Affairs Department and the police...
CISF, NSG get home ministry nod to shoot down UFOs near...
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and National Security Guards (NSG) can shoot down so-called Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) seen near Delhi’s Indira Gandhi...
G4S wins contract with major US retailer
G4S has won a new, five year, Retail Cash Solutions contract with a major US retailer. The contract will begin mobilising in the second...
Vehicle crime increasingly linked to other criminal activity
According to Interpol, in recent years, law enforcement agencies have seen a rapid evolution in the global vehicle crime landscape, as well as an...
Delhi’s traffic to be managed by Artificial Intelligence soon
A third of the city’s traffic managed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), fewer traffic policemen, and depth sensors that will regulate traffic signals -- this...
Honeywell appoints Vimal Kapur as President and CEO Of Building Technologies
Vimal Kapur has been named as President and CEO of Honeywell's Building Technologies. He will succeed Gary Michel, who has announced plans to...
India ranks 10th in global cyber-security, needs foolproof ecosystem
Although India has become more active when it comes to cybersecurity, the country needs to put all the pieces together to protect businesses via...
CISF to guard runway-facing 5-star Mumbai airport hotel
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), for the first time, will provide anti-terror security cover to a five star luxury hotel in Mumbai –...
FICCI SMART Policing Awards conferred on State & Central police forces
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Statistics & Programme Implementation, Mr. Vijay Goel, recently presented FICCI SMART Policing Awards for 2018 in 18...
Footstep recognition system using AI could be used for airport security
The way you walk and your footsteps could be used as a biometric at airport security instead of fingerprinting and eye-scanning. Researchers at The...
The next 9/11 will be a cyber attack, warn experts
A cyberattack of devastating proportions is not a matter of if, but when, numerous security experts believe. The scale of it, one information security...
Gurugram to get special 1,000-strong night police force to make city...
Gurugram is set to get a 1,000-strong night constabulary dedicated to patrolling the streets in order to shore up law-and-order in the city and...
India, Singapore ink multiple MoUs on cyber security and other areas
India and Singapore havey signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) and agreements in the area of cyber security, nursing and personnel management and public administration...
