50% of pvt security personnel must be locals: Goa Govt
In what is seen as a major step to provide jobs to locals in security agencies, the state government has put in place a...
CP PLUS signs up Salman Khan as its CCTV ambassador
CP PLUS, India’s Largest Security & Surveillance brand, has signed up superstar Salman Khan. CP PLUS - which is already riding a wave in...
Delegates of BRICS Communication Ministers Conference visited Hikvision
Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, recently welcomed the delegates from the BRICS Communications ministers conference to its...
Brits give thumbs up to in-store biometrics
Nearly two thirds of Brits want to be able to use a biometric scan to authorise payments in-store, according to a WorldPay survey. Fingerprints...
Psychometric test for school employees likely
The brutal killing of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur in Ryan School, Gurugram, has led to parents raising concern over the mental condition of junior staff...
No fire-fighting appliances at Noida’s government hospital
The district hospital in Noida is not equipped to handle any outbreak of fire on its premises. This inference can be drawn from a...
Global control room market to reach $7.6B by 2020
The command and control room and public safety answering point (PSAP) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.1...
Revisit policy on police protection to private persons: Bombay HC to...
The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to “revisit” its policy on providing police protection to private persons. A bench led by...
India pushes for security reforms to secure airports
In the run up to an audit by the UN aviation safety watchdog International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the civil aviation ministry has decided...
Malaysia sets new rules for private security companies
Armed private bodyguards must undergo a two-tier training pro¬g¬ramme to renew their “carry and use” firearms permits starting January next year. Deputy Prime Minister...
Hikvision Showcases Transport Security Solutions at ICEPTI 2017
Hikvision participated in ASRTU’s International Conference & Exhibition on Public Transport Innovation (ICEPTI -2017) to showcase its solutions for the Transport Sector. Association of...
CISCE asks all affiliated schools to furnish safety updates
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) has sent a message to all affiliated institutions to accord priority to safety and furnish...
British Police deploy giant futuristic nets to stop vehicle attacks
Scotland Yard is deploying the latest in anti-terrorism equipment designed to thwart vehicle attacks - a futuristic net bristling with tungsten steel spikes that...
CISF proposes to do away with boarding pass
After doing away with hand baggage tags at over a dozen airports, aviation security agencies are now planning to dump the boarding pass collection...
Fraud detection and prevention market gains traction
The fraud detection and prevention market or FDP is expected to grow from USD 16.62 billion in 2017 to USD 41.59 billion by 2022,...
Smartwatches, CCTV cameras come under govt scanner over quality standards
The ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) has placed smart watches and CCTV cameras under its scanner in a bid to stem the...
New Texas school buses must have seat belts
Some Texas students will soon be getting a safer ride to and from school. A new law requires that any new school buses bought...
Haryana govt to amend law on students’ safety
Following seven-year-old student Pradyuman Thakur’s murder in a Gurgaon school, the Haryana government has announced that the law related to the safety of students...
Pittsburgh plans to expand its surveillance camera system by 30 percent
The Pittsburgh Public Safety Department plans to spend $5 million to improve its citywide system of surveillance cameras and expand it by 30 percent,...
Identiv partners with Zwipe on biometric payment cards
Identiv, Inc. has partnered with biometric technology company Zwipe for access control card formatting services and will be presenting sample of the Zwipe’s biometric...
