SECURITY TODAY

Last month’s bomb blast on Church Street in Bangalore has woken up the police to the imperative of surveillance, and the need to involve local communities in ensuring safety in public places. As first...

According to a study recently published by The Freedonia Group, global revenues for private contract security services are expected to increase by nearly 7 percent per year to $267 billion in 2018. The research...

Fires in Mumbai buildings are no longer rare. The Mumbai fire brigade received around 7,500 calls for blazes, both major and minor, in the past two years. By contrast, BMC records show the fire...

In a bid to ensure smart policing in the national capital, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has said that his force will incorporate all the modern technologies and installing CCTV cameras will be one...

Parliament and Supreme Court buildings may be facing serious fire hazard as they have not received a fire safety certificate for the last 10 years.  The issue was highlighted by the central information commission...

Avigilon has announced that it has acquired the entire patent portfolio and patent licensing program of ObjectVideo for $80.3 million. ObjectVideo’s video analytics patents are licensed and deployed by IP video manufacturers around the...

Concerned over cyber attacks as well as misuse of social media for terror indoctrination, the Union home ministry has constituted an expert study group to draw up a comprehensive roadmap to tackle cyber crimes...

The Maharashtra State School Principals' Association is putting in a request to the State government seeking periodical security training sessions for school staff and students from ex-servicemen, to have some preparedness in times of...

Investigators sent by the European Commission found it surprisingly easy to smuggle banned items past security at Frankfurt Airport. It said undercover investigators posing as passengers were able to smuggle weapons or other dangerous...

India video surveillance camera (VSC) market shipments reached 1.04 million units for CY 3Q 2014, recording a substantial YOY growth of around 55 percent over CY 3Q 2013. The market, however, declined around 16...