Central Secretariat metro station gets huge video wall

Seeking to raise awareness on civic issues and metro safety norms, the DMRC has installed a giant LED video screen in the premises of...

$1.57 trillion global defence spend in 2016

"2016’s $1.57 trillion global defence spend is to kick off a decade of growth," IHS Markit says. After a lackluster 2015, global defence spending rose...

14-year-old Gujarat boy signs 5 crore deal for production of his...

A 14-year-old boy in Gujarat has signed an agreement worth Rs. 5 crore to explore the possibility of commercial production of a drone created...

From the Editor’s Desk: January 2017

Dear Reader Welcome to 2017 and hopefully, a new India! After demonetisation was announced on November 8, the government put considerable emphasis on educating the public...

Security plans could include cameras that can spot guns through clothing

Cameras that can spot guns through layers of clothing -- using infrared or similar technologies -- may be included in sweeping new security measures,...

Launch of Dubai’s Security Industry Regulatory Agency to lead Intersec 2017

The launch of Dubai’s Security Industry Regulatory Agency (SIRA) will feature in a full conference programme at Intersec 2017, where leading decision makers will...

Laser walls, smart sensors at India-Bangladesh border soon

The Border Security Force (BSF) is set to install laser walls and smart sensors along the Indo-Bangla international border in West Bengal to plug...

Drone services market set to soar

According to recent published research from Marketsandmarkets, the drone services market is estimated to be USD 705.3 million in 2016 and is projected to...

Police scanner on Kolkata security agencies

The arms department of Lalbazar Police Station, Kolkata is in a fix. Just days after it arrested a private security guard for using an...

Access Control as a Service market to show solid growth

According to the new market research report on the "Access Control as a Service Market from Marketsandmarkets, this sector is expected to reach USD...

Govt to roll out e-passports with electronic chip, biometric security features

After easing the norms for getting passports, the government is reportedly set to roll out stricter security measures to avoid misuse. According to a...

Singapore university researching air traffic management system for drones

Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are studying ways to let hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, fly safely in...

Shortfall of 3,950 security personnel in Central Railway and Western Railway

The security on Mumbai’s locals will continue to be a huge concern in the new year. There is a shortfall of 3,950 personnel across...

The anti-surveillance clothing that ‘hides’ people from security cameras

New anti-surveillance clothing which has the ability to hide its wearer from security cameras has surfaced. The clothing uses ghostly coloured patterns of digitalised...

Biometrics attendance mandatory for govt. college faculty, employees in MP

The Madhya Pradesh higher education department has linked e-attendance with disbursement of salaries of principals, teachers and employees of government colleges in the state...

Synaptics launches Biometric Fusion Engine for Mobiles, combining Fingerprint and Facial...

Biometric authentications methods like fingerprint scanners have slowly made it to majority of smartphones adding at least basic level of security for users. However,...

Terror sparks call to centralize German police powers

In the wake of terror attack in Berlin, Germany’s interior ministry wants to centralize and expand police and domestic intelligence services in what would...

Overstepping zebra crossing traffic offence caught most often on CCTV ...

Overstepping the zebra crossing was the traffic violation caught most frequently by the police’s CCTV camera network in the three months that it has...

Zicom bags contract to provide e-surveillance for 6,000 ATMs

Banks are securing their automated teller machines (ATMs) with e-surveillance systems, a shift from the practice of deploying guards, for enhanced safety, reliability as...

Soon, Lie-Detecting Security Kiosks At Airports

You may need to convince a computer that you are telling the truth during future airport security checks, thanks to a new lie-detecting kiosk...