HID Global collaborates with Honeywell Building Solutions to create New Mobile...

HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, has announced that Honeywell Building Solutions has integrated HID technology into its new Honeywell Vector...

Indian govt. to shortlist iris vendors for Aadhaar solutions

The Indian government plans to shortlist vendors for iris-based authentication solutions that can be linked to citizens’ biometrics-backed Aadhaar number. A request for proposals was...

Oncam Launches New Evolution Stainless Steel Cameras

Oncam, the leading provider of 360-degree video capture and business intelligence technology, has announced the addition of the Stainless Steel camera model to its...

India-Israel to cooperate on Defence & Homeland Security

Speaking at the ‘Roundtable on Indo-Israel Cooperation in Defence & Homeland Security’, organised by FICCI, Brig. Gen. (Retd) Mishel Ben Baruch, Director, SIBAT, Ministry...

Facebook Acquires Facial Biometrics Startup

Facebook has acquired a facial biometrics startup called FacioMetrics. The startup was founded only last year by students at Carnegie Mellon, and offers machine...

LG directs Delhi Police to fix defunct CCTV cameras

Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung has directed Commissioner of Police, Alok Kumar Verma, to resolve the issue of defunct CCTV cameras in the city on an...

IISM to present Excellence Awards at IISSM 2016 event

The 26th IISSM 2016 event on Security & Safety Challenges scheduled to be held at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi on November 24-26,...

IGI Airport terminal II needs 600-man CISF shield

The security survey of the terminal-II of Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) has been completed with security agencies projecting deployment of at least 600...

Star Badge for certified private sector security personnel

Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Rajiv Pratap Rudy recently unveiled Star Badge for certified security personnel in the private security...

United Airlines opens Automated Screening Lanes at Chicago O’Hare

United Airlines has further modernized the airport security experience by becoming the first U.S.-based carrier to feature state-of-the-art, automated screening lanes at multiple airports...

Prestigious ASIS honour for Suraj Shankhpal

Mr Suraj Shankhpal has been awarded the prestigious Dan Grove Scholarship Award at the ASIS China Conference held at Shanghai recently. Mr David Davis...

India needs institutes to train ethical hackers, says cyber security expert

The demand for a large number of ethical hackers in India is growing but there is a dearth of institutes which offer hacking courses,...

A pat down by robots coming soon to airport security?

Robots and artificial intelligence are being tipped to take over security processes at airports and hotel check-in says a report. The survey reveals that...

CISF constitutes special board to conduct audits of central jails

In response to Madhya Pradesh government's request, the Central Industrial Security Force has considered the proposal and constituted a board of officers for conducting...

Dahua sets a new benchmark in facial recognition

Recently, the facial recognition technology team from Dahua Technology presented their results for Labeled Faces in the Wild (LFW), a worldwide authoritative facial recognition...

Survey reveals strong doubts on security of mobile payments

According to the results of a recent survey, 88% of respondents reported they would discontinue using digital payments if they personally fell victim to...

From the Editor’s Desk: November 2016

Dear Reader With this issue, SECURITY TODAY completes 12 years of publication, a wonderful journey, through which I have had the privilege of seeing the...

Bosch Security Systems and Sony establish partnership for their video security...

The two companies join forces by technically collaborating in the field of video security solutions. Sony’s superior image quality combined with Bosch’s expertise in...

It’s raining jobs for cyber security engineers!

The future of engineers graduating in cyber security is looking bright as the rising threat to businesses is resulting in a huge demand for...

Bengaluru airport to use Aadhaar for biometric entry

Bangalore International Airport is preparing to introduce biometric screening at entry for holders of India’s digital identity numbers, the first step in adding a...