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India is working to build the biggest facial recognition system in the world. The government envisions a future where the police officials from the 29 states will be able to access a single, centralized...

While demand for cybersecurity services continues to be strong for HCL Technologies, talent remains an area of concern. To cater to the demand, the company is employing and training fresh graduates in security roles,...

Seemingly harmless applications for Google Home and Amazon Echo smart speakers can be used to eavesdrop on unsuspecting users, security researchers with SRLabs have discovered. Both speaker systems allow third-party developers to submit software...

While the TSA has increased its efforts to warn passengers against bringing their firearms to the airport, the number of firearms seized at airports over the past five years has grown in scale, especially...

In line with the central government's push to make India a major defence manufacturing hub, a firm based in Karnataka's Bengaluru has developed the country's first indigenous sniper rifle prototypes that are meant for...

Hong Kong's prison authority will test facial recognition technology, tracking wristbands and robot warders to create a "super security and surveillance system" and hopefully ease the load on hard-pressed staff, the prison chief has...

Over 16,000 surveillance cameras and GIS-based crime mapping for predictive policing are among the measures to be put in place in the city under a Rs 667 crore proposal for women's safety under the...

Jammu and Kashmir police has directed its officers to maintain a database of all floating populations living in their jurisdiction as part of a security measure. Mukesh Singh, Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone,...

The Eurotunnel project between France and the UK has emerged as one of the first non-airport border control applications for facial authentication systems in Europe. Such applications are projected to spur the demand for...

The government of Brazil intends to collect a broad range of biographic and biometric information, including fingerprint, iris, face, voice, and gait biometrics about its 200 million citizens in a centralized database meant to...