Facial recognition to replace passports in security overhaul at Australian airports
A radical overhaul of security at Australia’s international airports is the first step towards the government’s goal of automating 90% of air traveller processing...
Body-worn cameras for Gurgaon cops to catch anti-social elements on Mall...
Anti-social elements caught on infamous MG Road will no longer be able to be accuse police of high handedness or wrongfully catching them as...
Dubai police seek strong ties with private sector
Dubai Police are looking to collaborate with the private sector on a national security innovation centre, delegates at the Intersec security conference in Dubai...
Traffic police moot music therapy to tame traffic violators
Lessons on road safety could soon be music to the ears of traffic offenders. The Delhi Traffic Police is planning to include music therapy...
Delhi’s Night Shelters get CCTV cameras
The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has installed CCTV cameras in night shelters in order to ensure safety of women and girls and...
AgilFence Perimeter Intrusion Detection System approved by UK Government
Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) has announced that its AgilFence Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (PIDS) has met the UK Centre for the Protection...
RBI plans to increase focus on IT and cyber security
With the country’s financial services sector becoming increasingly sensitive to cyber-security issues in the backdrop of the Centre’s digital payments push, the Reserve Bank...
EC clears Smiths acquisition of Morpho
Further to the announcement last April that Safran had reached an agreement to sell Morpho Detection, to Smiths Group Plc for an enterprise value...
SIS India gets SEBI nod for IPO
Security and Intelligence Services has received market regulator SEBIs go ahead for raising an estimated Rs 500 crore through an initial public offering. The...
Security giants descend on Dubai for Intersec 2017
Intersec 2017, the world’s largest trade fair for security, safety, and fire protection, featuring 1,304 exhibitors from 58 countries, got underway at the Dubai...
Rule to annul agency’s permit for security guard’s misconduct upheld
The Bombay high court has in an order upheld rules that say that repeated instances of misconduct or criminal activities of a private security...
Record number of firearms found by TSA in carry-on bags in...
By now, most people have figured out the routine when arriving at airport security -- shoes off, laptops out of their bags and no...
Public CCTV footage now a classified document
Responding to privacy concerns over installation of large number of CCTV cameras in every city, the Maharashtra government has declared recorded footage of those...
IACP/DuPont Kevlar Survivors’ Club inducts 27 officers in 2016
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and DuPont Protection Solutions has announced that they inducted 27 officers to the IACP/DuPont™ Kevlar® Survivors’...
Randeep Hooda made brand ambassador of fire services in India
The Standing Fire Advisory Council (SFAC), a Central government body, has roped in Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda as the brand ambassador of fire services...
State-wide CCTV project under Centre’s consideration: J&K Govt
Installation of CCTV surveillance system throughout the state is under the active consideration of the Government of India (GoI), the Jammu and Kashmir government...
7,350 buildings get 43,800 CCTV cameras in Ras al Khaimah
As many as 43,801 CCTV cameras have been installed inside and outside 7,357 buildings in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in pursuance of...
Army Jawans to finally get their first modern helmet
For the first time ever, each and every jawan of the Indian Army will be equipped with a world-class helmet, an essential piece of...
Airport Security to stop accepting driver’s licenses as ID in 8...
Residents of the states of Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Washington in the United States, had better start looking more...
Manchester United become first football club to hire their own anti-terrorism...
Manchester United has become the first football club in Britain to appoint its own counter-terrorism chief. The English Premier League club has appointed a...
