Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC readers get TSA’s nod

Intellicheck Mobilisa’s TWIC Reader Plus Models IM2610 and IM2620 have been approved by the Transportation Security Administration. “TSA has created a robust ID security system at port facilities by requiring the use of TWIC...

DRDO launches explosive detection kit in US

It looks like a little pocket sized cigar box, but it packs a mighty punch in the fight against terrorism. And now this nifty explosive detection kit, developed by the India's Defence Research &...

Pune eateries comply with CCTV rule

Almost 85% of the eateries in Pune have installed CCTV cameras as a safety measure that the police had asked them to follow after the serial low-intensity blasts on the Jangli Maharaj road last...

Banks looking at voice biometrics for security

Some banks in the country are in discussion to introduce voice biometrics as an option for authenticating phone banking. For banks, the main attraction of voice authentication is that this does not require deployment...

Two telecom security bodies to be formed for telecom security

The government will soon establish two separate regulatory agencies for coordinating all telecom security-related initiatives to shield India's telephone networks from possible cyber attacks, as per an internal communication in telecom department. The Telecom Commission,...

New Delhi police chief lists his priorities

Bhim Sain Bassi, the new Police commissioner of Delhi, has his priorities clear - he wants to make the national capital safe for women. Bassi, who took over from outgoing chief Neeraj Kumar, said...

Security clearance for Aerocity hotels comes with riders

Four months after 12 hotels of Aerocity — a hospitality project near the Indira Gandhi International Airport that is awaiting clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation — submitted their security plans to the...

Govt. mulls R&D centre for tech security tools

To raise its technological capability in the area of homeland security, the government is looking at setting up a centre for focused research on the latest electronic equipment, which can be indigenously manufactured. The...

Banks may face the music for banks’ ATM security failure

Alarmed by the recent heists at unguarded ATMs, the state home department has sprung into action. It has directed the police to check whether action can be taken against bank officials who fail to...

CCTV cameras help curb cargo thefts at airport: CISF

Incidents of theft at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport's cargo terminal have reduced drastically following the installation of over 650 CCTV cameras, said the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The agency also uses their...