India turns to Israel for armed drones as Pakistan, China build...
India has accelerated plans to buy drones from Israel that can be armed, defence sources said, allowing the military to carry out strikes abroad...
FBI opens biometrics research centre
The FBI is opening a new biometrics research centre as the technology continues to take off among both government and the private sector. Outlining...
Air India’s fleet being audited for flight safety
Air India’s entire fleet of aircraft, over 100 in all, is undergoing an emergency engineering audit. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which...
Honeywell to combine its security and fire safety businesses
Honeywell has announced that it is combining its Honeywell Security Group and Honeywell Fire Safety businesses to form Honeywell Security and Fire (HSF), which...
Battery Ventures renames Nice Systems as Qognify
Battery Ventures, a global technology investment firm, has successfully completed the acquisition of the Physical Security Business Unit (PSBU), formerly part of the security...
DRDO seeks more budget, says China spends more on defence research
India’s premier defence research organisation, DRDO has said China was spending close to 20% of its defence outlay on research and development as compared...
ONVIF hits 5,000 product mark
ONVIF, the leading global standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, has reached nearly 5,000 IP-based physical security products registered as ONVIF compliant, grown...
SECURITY TODAY KNOWLEDGE SUMMIT 2015 to Attract Top 100 CSOs of...
The flagship event of the security industrythat has gained its reputation as being a crisp and totally knowledge centric event for the security practitionerwill...
CP Plus enters BIG BOSS HOUSE
“And the excitement continues”, says Mr. Yogesh Dutta the CEO of CP PLUS, which has emerged as India’s No1 CCTV brand (IHS survey of...
IISSM Conference draws huge participation from the Private Security Industry
With the Union Home Minister Sh. Rajnath Singh inaugurating this year’s IISSM silver jubilee conference next week in New Delhi and four other senior...
IT security spending in India to reach $1.11 billion in 2015
Security spending (hardware, software and services) in India is on pace to reach $1.11 billion in 2015, up 8.3 percent from $1.02 billion in...
India to launch biometric e-signature initiative
India’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) plans to launch an Aadhaar-based e-sign service in the next month, but it is unclear yet...
Morpho Wins Contract for 44 Itemiser 4DX Trace Detectors
Morpho (Safran), through its subsidiary Morpho Detection, have announced a contract with UK Airport Operator Manchester Airports Group Plc (M.A.G.) for 44 Itemiser®4DXexplosives trace...
CCTV cam in school bus must: Rights panel
Taking cognizance of incidents of child sexual abuse on school buses, the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) has made guidelines...
Small UK companies lax on fire safety training
A survey of 1,000 UK employees, conducted ahead of Fire Door Safety Week, reveals that many employees were not even aware of the steps...
G4S eyes global market as it wins Middle East security deals
Iraq’s biggest-ever gas project will be protected by private guards provided by G4S after the British security business landed the deal to work in...
Tender floated for IP-CCTV installation in South Goa
The Goa government has floated a tender for the supply and installation of Internet protocol surveillance cameras with centralised storage and viewing system, in...
GHMC to paint danger sign on Hyderabad buildings without Fire Safety
If building owners fail to install fire safety equipment in their complexes in the next three months, the GHMC will declare the buildings as...
Australia to spend $18.5M on facial biometrics
The Abbott government is spending $18.5 million to roll out a national facial biometric capability to support efforts to catch terrorists and other criminals...
Fire safety: 325 cases, but only 8 penalties!
That several buildings in Hyderabad city lack even the most basic fire safety norms is a known fact. But one of the factors contributing...















