SECURITY TODAY

New guidance designed to prevent commercial vehicles, including vans, lorries, buses, coaches and even cranes, from being used as weapons in acts of terrorism has been published by the BSI and the UK’s Department...

The Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy has deployed its teams to conduct fire safety audits of various government hospitals in Kerala. The SNC deployed its experts for the fire safety audit following...

A new Edith Cowan University (Australia) project is exploring the opinions of aged care staff and family members on surveillance cameras in residential aged care facilities. The project is inviting aged care stakeholders to...

Using its M-Trainer platform, the Security and Intelligence Services (SIS)—India’s biggest player in physical security, and second biggest in the area of cash logistics and facility management—has trained almost its entire security staff on...

The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected Miami International Airport (MIA) as a test site to trial drone detection technology to keep airports safe. The initial test by the U.S.’s TSA of technologies...

Private security guards, who are an important constituent of Odisha's security setup, have urged the State Government that they be treated as Covid-19 frontline workers (FLWs) and vaccinated at the earliest. At present, there...

A group of New Jersey lawmakers have swiftly approved several prison reforms, including a mandate that all officers wear body cameras behind bars and a new criminal penalty for staff who retaliate against prisoners...

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of the UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency, has published recommendations on how to secure smart cities. The Connected Places: Cyber Security Principles report says that while...

FOCUS (the Forum of Critical Utility Services), recently hosted the 3rd Knowledge Series Webinar with the theme of ‘Best Practices in Managing New Normal’: CCTV & Movement control by Adopting Latest Technologies (Artificial...

With airports in the state functioning despite lockdown, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Cochin International Airport (Cial) is taking steps to ensure the safety of its personnel. These include glass cubicles being...