SECURITY TODAY

SECURITY TODAY – August 2018 Issue presents and highlights on the best articles and exclusive case studies from around the world. Please use our web viewer below to view your copy of the online magazine. Best viewed when enlarged to full-screen mode.

Fire door campaigners are urging the UK government to set up a building safety fund to finance fire safety improvements in local authority and housing association accommodation. A survey conducted by Inside Housing of...

With government use of biometric technology becoming an increasingly sensitive issue in the public domain, an Irish government agency is waging a semantic battle over its use of facial recognition. The Department of Employment...

Child spies are being used by police and security services in operations against terrorists, gangs and drug dealers, the Home Office says. The use of children to infiltrate gangs has been criticised by a...

Six newly inducted Fire Water Tenders were flagged off during a public awareness programme by Fire Service of A&N Police. Mr Dependra Pathak, Director General of Police, A&N Islands was the chief guest...

The surveillance system that has kept watch on students entering Lockport schools for over a decade is getting a novel upgrade. Facial recognition technology soon will check each face against a database of expelled...

Preventing crime before it occurs? Dubai Police has signed an MoU with Indian startup, Staqu Technologies, for its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based solution on ‘predictive policing’. This concept revolves around utilising AI tools for curbing crime...

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport may be left without security cover if a long-running payment dispute between the airport’s operator and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) is not resolved soon, say reports. In...

Russia was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup, President Vladimir Putin said, though he did not indicate who may have been behind the attacks. “During the period of the World...

The UK Government is embarking on a £30 million prisons improvement package designed to tackle organised crime and bring buildings back up to a decent standard. The aim is to improve safety, security and...