From the Editor’s Desk: August 2016

Dear Reader Of late there has been an upsurge in the jihadist attacks - Nice, Istanbul, Medina, Brussels and Dhaka! Does this mean that the...

Private security sector booms in Germany on terrorism fears

Private security is so in demand in Germany that some firms have run out of employees to meet demand, say reports. After a...

Cidco rolls out CCTV project in Kharghar

Cidco has finally placed 129 CCTV cameras in Kharghar, after three extensions since tendering in September 2014. The installation is part one of first...

Axis Communications and Alliance partners host Eye Connect 2016

Axis Communications, announced the second edition ‘Eye Connect – 2016’. The theme of this three day event is, ’INTEGRATED SECURITY SOLUTION – FROM MYTH...

Proposed in 2011, CCTV cameras’ installation begins in Amritsar

Finally, the Punjab Government’s ambitious project of installing CCTV cameras in the holy city has seen the light of day. Local Bodies Minister Anil...

Airbus Defence and Space collaborates with Facewatch to identify crime suspects

Due to the collaboration between Airbus Defence and Space and Facewatch Ltd, new applications helping to recognise suspects will run on the Tactilon Dabat...

Four cyber attacks on UK Railways in a year

Reports say that the UK railway network has suffered at least four major cyber attacks over the last year alone. And experts have...

United Airlines working with TSA to enhance U.S. airport security experience

United Airlines and the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) have unveiled plans to further modernize the airport security experience at several of the airline’s...

61 percent of Americans fear having their cars or home security...

As more and more devices get connected to the Internet of Things, so their susceptibility to hacking increases too. New research from enterprise data...

Hackers steal over $100K from Pennsylvania town’s police pension fund

Someone hacked into the Avalon police pension fund and stole more than $100,000, borough Mayor David Haslett has said. Haslett released little information about...

Bridging the Gender Gap in the Indian Security Industry: Diversity and...

The SECURITY TODAY Editorial Team attended the OSAC Quarterly Chapter Meeting on August 4, 2016 hosted at the Google office in Gurgaon, Harayana. The...

Steel City cops conduct training sessions for security guards

The Jamshedpur district police administration has initiated a programme to train private guards for security jobs at shopping malls and housing complexes. The police...

Venezuela receives worst-ever grade for citizens’ security

Venezuelan citizens are in bad shape when it comes to feeling safe in their country, new research shows. In its annual assessment of perceived...

BSF moving wire fence closer to IB in Gurdaspur

The Border Security Force (BSF) in Gurdaspur is moving the barbed wire fencing with Pakistan closer to the International Border for better security management...

Homeland Security chief says biggest fear is ‘lone wolf’ attack

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the threat of “lone wolf” terror attacks has become his biggest fear, saying self-radicalized militants are...

CRPF to continue using pellet guns

After Home Minister Rajnath Singh concluded his two-day Kashmir visit, the chief of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), which is the largest force...

Private security companies asked to implement labour laws in Pakistan

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Directorate of Labour has directed an inspection team to regulate private security companies under the labour laws. In a meeting,...

Hikvision to host channel partner meet at Pune

Hikvision, has announced that that it will organize a high profile channel partner meet in association with its leading distributor Isha Enterprises at Pune....

BMC commences Fire safety audit of 6,512 structures in Mumbai

To prevent fire-related mishaps and deaths in Mumbai, the BMC is undertaking a fire safety audit of 6,512 establishments in the city and is...

Security pros find it hard to measure ROI on spending

The majority of IT security experts actually struggle to measure the return on investment in security measures, Tenable Network Security says. Based on a...