HID Global delivers Estonia’s new biometric passport solution and document issuance software

HID Global has confirmed the completion of a new ePassport solution and biometric document issuance software for the Republic of Estonia. The tools were delivered to the county’s Police and Border Guard Board (PPA),...

70% of IT security teams ’emotionally overwhelmed’: Report

Around 70 per cent of IT and SOC (security operation centre) teams feel their personal lives are being emotionally impacted by their work by managing IT threat alerts, a new report has said. This...

Baltimore could enact America’s strictest facial recognition ban

The Baltimore City Council Public Safety and Government Operations Committee has passed an ordinance that would not only ban law enforcement and other agencies from purchasing and using facial recognition systems but would even...

Karnataka issues order naming private security guards as Front Line Workers, making them eligible...

While the central government is still mulling a decision on the issue of treating private security guards as frontline workers to make them eligible for a priority in vaccination, Karnataka has taken a head...

NEC and Hawaii Department of Transportation complete latest phase of Airport Thermal Screening Project

NEC Corporation and NEC Corporation of America have announced the operation of Phase 3 of the thermal temperature screening and facial imaging project at Hawaii’s five major airports that accept trans-Pacific flights. Phase 3...

Tenon FM becomes the first Integrated Facility Management company to be accredited ISO 41001:2018

Tenon Facility Management (Tenon FM) has announced that it has been awarded ISO 41001:2018 Certificate for its quality facility management system. Tenon FM is the one of the few Facility Management companies In India...

New 911 service allows residents to share security camera footage with police

A new Chicago city service will allow residents to more easily share security camera footage with police. The Chicago Office of Emergency Management & Communications has added a new feature to its Smart911 platform,...

Digital training programme launched on cyber security

The CyberPeace Foundation, in a joint collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), launched a first of its kind digital training Project eSaksham recently. The programme...

Air India servers hacked, 45L passengers’ credit card info, passport and contact details accessed

Ten years’ worth of Air India customer data including credit cards, passport details and phone numbers of 45 lakh customers have been leaked in a massive cyber-attack on its data processor in February, the...

Give private guards in Calcutta their due in Covid relief: RWAs

Security agencies and residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) of housing complexes have raised concern why private guards, who have become an integral part of Covid management teams, have not been included in the essential services...