SECURITY TODAY

India’s government is exploring the use of identity services providers as part of using the biometrics-backed Aadhaar identity cards for checking the credentials of drivers and domestic helps being hired. New Delhi wants to...

A cybersecurity executive strategist at Citibank recently spoke at the EmTech Asia 2016 conference where he emphasized the need for Asian banks to adopt biometric authentication solutions for mobile users instead of using PINs...

The Vadodra city fire brigade will get its own Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) commonly called drones for surveillance. UAVs powered by a quadcopters are presently being used by fire brigades and police departments in...

A recent security audit for women’s safety done by the Mumbai police has revealed that there are as many as 437 isolated spots in the city which are considered to be unsafe for women....

In the wake of the terrorist attack on the Pathankot airbase, the IAF has planned to strengthen security at 54 airbases of the country by installing “smart fences”, electronic surveillance system, thermal imagers, close...

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who reviewed the performance of the police modernisation division of the Home Ministry, took stock of the Private Security Agency Regulation Act, 2005 and the proposal to amend it for...

Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) has won an initial award of $1.27 million for its Radseeker handheld radioisotope detector and identifier under a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection...

For the first time, Delhi Police have installed high definition (HD) wireless cameras to monitor and study traffic movement in the capital. The cameras have been installed at five junctions — ITO, Dhaula Kuan,...

Amidst Taliban threats, over 230 educational institutions, most of them government-run, in Pakistan's Punjab province have been shut, with authorities asking them to step up security or face action. The institutions, 138 of them...

Though the district has been on alert since the terror attacks at the Pathankot air base, the Gurgaon railway station has been missing a very important component of its security infrastructure - CCTVs. While...