SECURITY TODAY

Five jails in Uttar Pradesh will be converted into high-security prisons. The jails selected for the upgradation are in Lucknow, Bareilly, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Azamgarh and Chitrakoot. According to additional chief secretary home, Avanish Awasthi,...

With an objective to appropriately increase surveillance, the Delhi Prisons department is on its way to successfully install nearly 7,000 CCTV cameras across all three of its prisons in the Capital — Tihar, Rohini,...

Suspicious movement and illegal crossing of the railway tracks at the Pune railway station will now be monitored by two drones which are to be deployed by the Pune railway division. Pune has received...

Proposals to erect a series of remote video surveillance towers on the US-Canadian border have come under attack from state officials and politicians. In response to a public consultation on the proposals, Vermont’s Attorney...

As instances of cyber-security breaches at Indian tech startups over the last few months is on the rise, the Reserve Bank of India has tightened its supervision norms over payment companies storing customer data....

The Air Force is testing robot dogs to add security to military installations with the first set now deployed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. The “dogs” are officially called quad-legged unmanned ground...

ASIS International, an association for security management professionals, announced its decision to move its Global Security Exchange (GSX) 2021 to a hybrid experience with in-person and digital features that will take place Sept. 27-29....

Indian Railways has decided that it will not allow passengers to charge their mobile phones and other electronic devices at night while travelling as a precautionary measure. This comes after the incidents of fire...

Hundreds of Edmonton International Airport staff are better equipped to spot human traffickers following the implementation of a new training program by the RCMP. The program, which was launched in January in partnership with...

In yet another incident of fraud, a man was caught issuing fake police verification certificates to those who wish to aspire for private jobs in the area. He has now been arrested by Gurugram...