FSAI’s Nagpur chapter hopes to spread awareness

The Fire and Security Association of India (FSAI) opened its Nagpur chapter recently with an aim of creating awareness about firefighting system in commercial...

ISI using mobile phone apps to snoop on Indian security forces

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is using malware through mobile gaming and music applications to snoop on Indian security forces. The Intelligence Bureau has alerted...

Australian university to add facial recognition to CCTV system

Australia’s Swinburne University is looking to add heat maps and a facial recognition platform to its system of 900-plus IP-based CCTV security cameras. According...

G4S enters remote concierge market

A state-of-the-art technology, named Remote Concierge, is set to help potentially hundreds of high-rise buildings in Canada receive security services. G4S Canada has agreed...

Dahua receives excellence award

Dahua Technology has been awarded ‘Best Manufacturer’ in the 2016 Mexican Excellence Awards at Expo Seguridad Mexico (ESM) - the award is a distinction...

Global VSaaS market to grow at 28%

A new report offered by Researchmoz, predicts that the Video Surveillance as a Service market (VSaaS) will grow at an impressive CAGR of 28.22%...

From the Editor’s Desk: May 2016

Dear Reader It is with a heavy heart that I greet you this month, as the end of the month has been rather sad, with...

Hikvision makes a splash at the Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

Hikvision recently supported the FINA Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament by donating an end-to-end HD surveillance system to capture the event’s thrilling...

BCAS finally gets its chief

Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra has been appointed as chief of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), the aviation security wing of...

IIT-Hyderabad to give tech help to police

In a first-of-its-kind agreement, between police and IIT, the Hyderabad City Police and IIT-Hyderabad have entered into an agreement for collaboration in areas of...

Pakistani, North Korean hackers behind the $81 Million Bangladesh Bank heist

Investigators probing the cyber theft of $81 million from Bangladesh's central bank have discovered evidence of unidentified hacking groups from North Korea, Pakistan and...

Geoquip Worldwide expands Perimeter Protection range.

Perimeter Security manufacturer, Geoquip Worldwide, offers “GeoZone” external perimeter protection. It is designed to alert users when someone is trying to climb or cut...

India has less than 3,000 fire stations against 8,500 needed

Indian cities and rural areas are facing shortage of fire stations as a little less than 3,000 such units are operating against the requirement...

Boost for global connected home security system market

In a recently published report on the global connected home security systems market from 2016 to 2020 analysts forecast growth at a CAGR of...

Delhi HC asks taxi services to provide details of drivers for...

The Delhi High Court has directed all app-based cab aggregators, including Ola and Uber, to provide details of their drivers and get their antecedents...

Karnataka police first to own, operate drone fleet

Karnataka police became one of the first police departments in the country to own a UAV fleet, with the procurement of 12 drones. All...

NYC subway study to test possible impact of chemical attack

The Department of Homeland Security is testing airflow inside the city's subway system as a way to predict what would happen in a possible...

G4S launches ‘Safe Go’ – People Transport Solution

G4S, the leading security solutions group in the country has announced the launch of ‘Safe Go’, a People Transport Solution at the 2nd Smart...

Tyco acquires Innometriks

Tyco Security Products has acquired substantially all of the assets of Innometriks and 2Dogsstudios, developers of high assurance readers, software and mobile solutions for...

Qatar call to regulate use of CCTV cameras at homes

The use of closed circuit television (CCTV) and surveillance cameras at residential houses needs to be regulated, legal researchers have recommended. Law No. 9/2011...