Bangladeshi developers devise a surveillance system to identify people with masks

Bangladeshi start-up company has developed a system to reveal the face of a person wearing a mask from CCTV camera feed, to efficiently manage...

Animals at coronavirus risk: Indian zoos put on high alert, to...

The news of a coronavirus positive tiger in New York's Bronx Zoo has sent shivers in India with the government issuing an advisory for...

Coronavirus pandemic increases demand for private security services in Canada

As industries across the country lay off staff amid the coronavirus pandemic, security companies are seeing an increase in demand for their services. Vancouver...

Video conferencing software Zoom faces scrutiny over hacks, abusive behavior during...

As more Americans use video conferencing software to connect with coworkers, friends and family during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most popular platforms,...

CISF plans new airport rules post lockdown: Reach 2 hrs early...

Airport security Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has made a new necessary plan for air passengers post lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of...

Puducherry police notifies SOP for utilisation of private security guards to...

The Puducherry police have initiated a standard operating procedure for utilising the services of private security guards in the current serious situation of ensuring...

US Security workers classified as Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers

US President Trump has issued an updated Coronavirus Guidance for America. The guidance states that: "If you work in a critical infrastructure industry, as...

Private security staff roped in to enforce lockdown in Hyderabad

The Hyderabad Police Department has hired private security for patrolling to ensure effective enforcement of lockdown in the city. The private security members have...

Counter Terror Expo and IFSEC 2020 to together form UK’s largest...

This year Counter-Terror Expo (CTX) and IFSEC International will co-locate for the first time, creating the UK’s largest security event. The two events will...

Telephone scammers target victims with fake promises of a Covid-19 cure

Hiya, the industry leader in fraud and nuisance call protection, has issued a warning about the rising numbers of coronavirus scammers targeting victims with...

45 smart city command and control centres turn into Covid-19 war...

The hi-tech command and control centres across 45 smart cities have transformed overnight into the nerve centre for operations to contain the spread of...

Gujarat Police first in India to introduce Taser guns

The Gujarat Police is now equipped with Taser guns as a part of their modernization drive to ensure public safety and security, as per...

60% of new home security systems are self-installed

New research from Parks Associates finds that DIY security systems are taking a larger share of the residential security market due to their growing...

NEC names new CEO of India HQ to foster biometrics and...

NEC Corporation and NEC Technologies India have named Aalok Kumar as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NEC Technologies India, effective immediately, to...

Indian police use face recognition app to track Covid-19 patients

Police in Pune have developed a facial recognition software system for surveillance of ‘Home Quarantined’ persons in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad cities. Police Commissioner Dr...

Marriott suffers second data breach in less than two years

The personal information of at least 5.2 million Marriott customers has been hacked, the company said. It’s the second major data breach for the...

Singapore to get tough on abuse of security officers

Those who abuse and harass private security officers carrying out their work could be liable under new offences that the Ministry of Home Affairs...

SIS deploys over 2 lakh personnel across 630 districts in wake...

Manpower security behemoth SIS (Securities and Intelligence Services) is under no self-quarantine lockdown. On the contrary, the Union government has listed the company’s fleet...

Honeywell ramps up face mask production

Honeywell has announced it will immediately expand its manufacturing operations in Smithfield, Rhode Island, to produce N95 face masks in support of the U.S....

Tihar to release 3,000 inmates to decongest prison amid coronavirus outbreak

Tihar Jail authorities have said that they have decided to release about 3,000 prisoners to decongest the prison to contain the spread of the...