Mesta Fusion from Morpho selected for traffic safety in Dubai
The Traffic Department of Dubai has selected Mesta Fusion from Morpho as part of a comprehensive offer to improve the safety of the largest traffic intersections in Dubai. Mesta Fusion, launched in 2013, integrates...
Impressive speaker line-up for IFSEC, 2016, London
Ifsec International and Firex International, organised by UBM EMEA, have unveiled the speaker line-up for the Protection and Management Series 2016, Europe’s leading events for security, fire, safety, facilities and service management, taking place...
India adopts ‘112’ as the single phone number for all emergencies
The number 112, equivalent of the American 911, has been adopted as the single emergency number for India. People can now just dial the single-number '112' for securing help during emergency situations such as...
Gujarat Education Board to rely on CCTV, discontinue surprise checks of exam centres
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has decided that there would be no flying squad for surprise checks during the semester-II examination of class XI Science stream. The board will monitor...
Lip-reading technology breakthrough to be used on CCTV
New lip-reading technology could help solve crimes by deciphering what people caught on CCTV are saying, researchers have claimed. The visual speech recognition technology developed by the University of East Anglia in Norwich can...
Mumbai Hospitals ignore demand for CCTV
Despite repeated demands for installing CCTV cameras in maternity homes for better security for new born babies, so far only 37 per cent of the proposed CCTV cameras have been installed in 27 maternity...
Biometrics market to double over 6 Years
The global market for biometrics technologies and applications will grow from about $13.7 billion in 2015 to more than $30 billion in 2021, according to market forecaster ABI Research. The demand from within consumer...
Builders to provide fire safety certificates to home buyers in Kerala
Apartment owners can now breathe easy. The fire and rescue department has decided to make it mandatory for builders to provide safety certificates and a detailed sketch of security measures, along with the sales...
Survey: More than 70 percent of US adults favour cameras in schools
According to the results of a recent survey, 72 percent of U.S. adults say they are in favour of using security cameras in schools, an increase of 7 percentage points over a similar survey...
Phase 2 of Mumbai city CCTV installation to begin this month
The government is all set to launch the second phase of CCTV installation in north and east Mumbai. Highly-placed sources have informed that the work for installation of CCTVs is nearly complete and the...
















