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Taxis and minicab drivers in England and Wales could be forced to install CCTV in their vehicles under government proposals to tighten up licensing laws. Local authorities might also have to conduct enhanced criminal...

Eighty percent of IT business leaders anticipate a critical breach or successful cyberattack over the coming year, says a new survey. Commissioned by Trend Micro, The Ponemon Institute conducted the CRI survey to measure...

Many entities, whether they be private or government, rely on private security professionals to offer a safe and cost effective environment for employees and customers. A common misconception is that a security entity stops...

Three Representatives have introduced legislation that would require the installation of secondary cockpit barriers on most commercial aircraft to prevent terrorist attacks similar to 9/11. The Saracini Enhanced Aviation Safety Act of 2019 mandates...

The Pune traffic police collected Rs 7 crore more in 2018 as compared to the previous year after implementing the CCTV-drive e-challan system. In 2018, 2.5 lakh more violators were fined as compared to...

The Delhi Transport department has floated tenders for equipping buses run by DTC and DIMTS with automatic vehicle tracking system (AVTS) and CCTV cameras for safety of passengers, especially women, officials have said. A...

Miami International Airport (MIA) has launched biometric exit technology, so passengers can now board using facial recognition rather than a boarding pass and passport. Through a partnership between MIA, Lufthansa, U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

Road accidents in Maharashtra have resulted in over 13,000 deaths in 2018, the highest in the last three years, and around 80 per cent of these were caused due to human error, state Transport...

New TSA data shows a record number of firearms were discovered at airport checkpoints last year. More than 4,200 guns were found at 249 airports nationwide. That is a seven percent increase since 2017....

The US has agreed to sell two state-of-the-art missile defence systems to Air India One for an estimated cost of USD 190 million, a move that will enhance the security of planes flying the...