ZICOM expands ‘Make Your City Safe’ Initiative to Telangana with ‘Make Telangana Safe’

Zicom, is expanding its citizen-safety initiative ‘Make Your City Safe’ (MYCS) to the state of Telangana towards making Telangana safe. The company has recently signed an MoU to launch the citizen safety mission by...

Hikvision opens security industry’s first Source Code Transparency Center

Hikvision has opened a new Source Code Transparency Center (SCTC) in California in an effort to demonstrate the manufacturer’s commitment to product security and transparency. At the first stage, the center enables government agencies in...

Aviation watchdog ICAO team in India for security audit

A team of the UN aviation watchdog International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) started its security audit for India recently during which it will review regulatory framework and the civil aviation security system of the...

Tavcom Training signs agreement with Dubai security regulator SIRA

Tavcom Training, a subsidiary of Linx International Group, has partnered with the Security Industry Regulatory Authority (SIRA) in Dubai to strengthen its presence in the region. The Dubai Government set up SIRA in 2016 by...

HC moots underwater cameras on sea link to step up security

The Bombay High Court has sought the opinion of the Centre and the Coast Guard on whether underwater cameras can be installed along the Bandra-Worli sea link to enhance security and prevent suicides. A...

Securitas makes acquisitions on both sides of the Atlantic

Within the space of only a few days Securitas has announced two new acquisitions, one on either side of the Atlantic, the first being the division Kratos Public Safety and Security from Kratos Defense...

CISF offers consultancy to five star hotels to foil 26/11-style attacks

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has decided to offer security consultancy to five-star hotels so that they can be prepared to deal with 26/11 type terror attacks. The central paramilitary force, which recently...

Panasonic may sell security camera factory in China

According to latest reports from Nikkei Asia and Reuters, in a move to cut costs, Panasonic is looking to sell its security camera manufacturing business in Suzhou, a city in southeast China’s Jiangsu province,...

Assam revises wages for private security agency workers

Assam government has revised the minimum wages payable to employees or workers employed under private security agencies, an official release said. According to a notification issued by the Labour Welfare Department, the state government,...

California city to spend $1.3M on security system to protect pedestrians

In July 2003, a motorist drove through barricades at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, striking and killing 10 pedestrians and injuring 63 others. The tragedy resulted in $21 million in city payouts from civil...