SECURITY TODAY

The contract for implementing the Rs 496.67 crore police project to make Bengaluru a safe city for women – through the extensive use of audio-video systems including drones and CCTV – has been awarded...

US lawmakers have not ruled out legislation that could ban private companies from making ransomware payments, Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has said. “It’s a possibility that...

Ipsotek, an Atos company specialising in artificial intelligence powered video analytics, has announced its collaboration with Sydney Trains, operator of rail services across the metropolitan Sydney area, to increase security capabilities at 13 stations. Following...

At a time when policing and crime investigation processes are adopting new technologies, all surveillance cameras at traffic junctions and other important places in Kochi have been dysfunctional for the past two years, according...

Ransomware remained the standout threat in the first half of the year as cyber criminals continued to target big-name victims. Working with third parties to gain access to targeted networks, they used Advanced Persistent...

India’s critical infrastructure, involving gas and water supply, and security installations, may be more open to cyber attacks than what has been previously evaluated, according to a report. Often, what stands between the facilities...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Act into law, introducing stricter regulations around South Africa’s private security sector. The Act, which has not yet come into operation, has...

Malaysia’s Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has disclosed that the process to implement a digital identity system in the country has gone underway, with a biometric digital ID system expected to be in...

A 30-year-old security guard fell to his death from a balcony on the 19th floor of a 61-storey residential building in central Mumbai after a major fire broke out there on Friday, officials said....

India achieved the major milestone of 100 crore vaccine doses yesterday creating a unique record in the world in the battle against Covid pandemic. India’s ambitious vaccination programme had kicked off in January...