Germany passes strict cyber-security law to protect ‘critical infrastructure’

In the wake of ever-increasing cyber-security threats, Germany has passed legislation ordering that over 2,000 essential service providers implement new minimum information security standards...

Axis Communications announces winners at Axis Partner Summit 2015

Axis Communications, has announced the winners of its annual Axis Channel Summit awards, held in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. 16 channel partners were felicitated...

Hochiki Europe finds standards are set to slip in Fire Safety

A new study from Hochiki Europe has delivered a stark warning to the fire safety industry, finding nearly half (49 percent) of European fire...

Israeli scientists warn of privacy intrusion with biometric ID system

More than 70 Israeli computer scientists have written to the government seeking a re-think on plans to create a nationwide biometric ID database. In...

Ex-Infosys CEO Shibulal invests in Child Security Tracker: Falcon

Former Infosys CEO SD Shibulal has invested an undisclosed sum in Child Security Tracker: Falcon. Falcon is a dashboard that enables school administrations to...

Assa Abloy and Axis seal Aperio partnership

According to Assa Abloy, across Europe, around 70 percent of the access control OEM market has integrated at least one Assa Abloy component. The...

Tyco appoints new Executive VP

Tyco has confirmed the appointment of Johan F. Pfeiffer as Executive Vice President, Rest of World Installation & Services. In this role, Mr. Pfeiffer...

Telco Systems wins $3.7M government contract

Telco Systems, a leading provider of innovative SDN & NFV and multi-service Carrier Ethernet 2.0 and MPLS edge access solutions, has been awarded a...

UK Surveillance Camera Commissioner issues CCTV Owner/Installer guidance

The Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Tony Porter has issued guidance setting out the responsibilities of both owners and installers of CCTV in relation to the...

Peter Neffenger sworn in as sixth US TSA administrator

Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson has named Peter Neffenger as the sixth administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. Neffenger was confirmed by the...

New Leadership in Pinkerton Asia and India

Pinkerton has carried out significant leadership changes in its Asia and India units following the exit of Mr Garry Singh, Col. Sandeep Sudan and...

Rs. 59 cr. sanctioned for Hyderabad CCTV surveillance system

The State government has sanctioned Rs. 58.59 crore to the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad city, for the implementation of city-wide CCTV surveillance system. Principal...

G4S supports criminal justice scholarship

American International College (AIC) was recently presented with a check for the amount of $10,000 by Drew Levine, President of G4S Secure Solutions North...

Odisha rejects objections of bus operators to CCTV, GPS

Rejecting the objections of private bus owners’ association to the proposal of installing CCTV and global positioning system in passenger buses, the Odisha government...

Abu Dhabi cops get another super car

Abu Dhabi's Police Department has revealed its latest vehicle - a $3.4m hypercar with a surveillance system Robocop would be proud of. The Lykan...

India to integrate census with biometric database

India’s government has unveiled plans to link its biometrics-backed unique ID number, Aadhaar, with the National Population Register. New Delhi says this will lead...

Sniffer mice are being trained in Israel to detect explosives at...

As the cat-and-mouse tussle with terrorists intensifies, rodents could be enlisted to keep the skies safe. An Israeli security firm claims that mice can...

Gallagher takes another top accolade for Perimeter Security

Security starts at the border and Gallagher proved they have the best protection for it by winning the Government Security News' (GSN) 'Best integrated...

Centre against pulling out CISF from airport security

The Union Home Ministry is unlikely to heed the demand of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to pull out the Central Industrial Security...

UK-developed Terahertz sensor could improve airport security

University of Warwick researchers have announced the development of a new type of sensor said to be able to detect and identify hidden objects...