First Smart Fence along Bangladesh border in Assam is now operational

The first 'smart fence' pilot project to plug vulnerable gaps along India's borders has been rolled out in Assam on a riverine stretch with...

UK consults on tougher building fire safety standards

The government is seeking views on the appropriateness of 'desktop studies', or assessment based on the results of previous testing, as a means of...

Madurai police launch ‘locked house monitoring system’

Madurai City Police have launched a 'Locked House Monitoring System' (LHMS), under which the city police will install temporary CCTV cameras free of cost...

Hikvision reaffirms its market leadership with new product launches powered by...

Hikvision, the world's largest supplier of video surveillance products and solutions, successfully launched and showcased their latest technology and signature products during Secutech India....

CCTV cameras deployed to help Cape Town’s ShotSpotter programme identify shooters

The City of Cape Town has announced it would now use CCTV cameras in conjunction with ShotSpotter technology in a bid to identify shooters...

Centre, DIAL differ over security at IGI

Indira Gandhi International Airport is within “hyper-sensitive category” and is subjected to rigorous security audits, the Centre informed the Delhi high court. In a...

Hikvision partners with Sao Paulo Corinthians

Hikvision has agreed a partnership deal with the Corinthians, the São Paulo-based Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A football club. As part of the three-year deal,...

Delhi police get CAG rap as CCTV project delayed

Delhi Police had launched a Rs 73 crore project in 2013 to put the entire national capital under Closed Circuit Television surveillance after the...

Amazon completes Ring acquisition to accelerate into security market

Amazon and Ring have confirmed that Amazon’s acquisition of Ring is now complete. The two companies will work together to accelerate Ring’s mission to...

Pelco by Schneider gets a new Country Manager in India

Mr. Saranbir Baweja has been elevated as the County Manager - India at Pelco by Schneider Electric. He has professionally driven sales for Schneider...

RBI sends guidelines on cash management to banks

The Reserve Bank of India has sent a notification to all Public Sector Banks / Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks / Regional Rural...

Coastal security scheme, CCTNS running behind schedule

The scheme for augmenting infrastructure for coastal security was lagging behind its original targets and the CCTNS (Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems),...

Mexico private security boom adds to corruption, use of force

Rapid growth in private, unregulated security companies in Mexico has contributed to corruption, human rights abuses and excessive use of force, a report found,...

Globally, India third most affected by cyber attacks

Security company Symantec said that India ranks third in the list of countries with largest number of cyberattacks and, second, in terms of targeted...

City. surveillance market exceeds $3 billion in 2017

According to the latest insight on the global market for city surveillance equipment from IHS Markit, the world market has registered robust growth in...

Dedicated cells be set up in HCs for viewing CCTV footage,...

The Supreme Court has said that dedicated cells should be constituted in high courts where footage of CCTV cameras installed in courts across the...

Women less comfortable sharing biometric data than men

Women are twice as likely as men to say they do not want the government to store any of their biometric data, and are...

Hikvision Holds “Shaping Intelligence” AI Cloud World Summit

Organized by Hikvision, the 2018 AI Cloud World Summit was successfully held at Hangzhou International Expo Centre from March 30–31. Over 2,000 participants attended...

No need to visit police stations after launch of complaint portal

The centralised cyber crime reporting portal set to be launched by the Union home ministry this month will also have a live dashboard displaying...

Rape, murder, kidnapping cases rise in Delhi in first quarter of...

The capital, it appears, has become less safe than it was last year. More rape and murder cases have been reported in the first...