Shefali Juneja becomes first woman chairperson of ICAO Aviation Security Committee
Senior bureaucrat Shefali Juneja has been elected as the Chairperson of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Security Committee. This will see India...
Researchers develop Drone Path Predictor to tackle threats to airport security
Researchers have developed a real-time approach that can help prevent incidents like the large-scale disruption at London’s Gatwick Airport in 2018, where possible drone...
Singapore to adopt licensing for Cyber-Security service providers
Cyber-security service providers in Singapore, who verify whether a company is vulnerable to hacking and monitor information technology systems for suspicious activity, will soon...
Hexagon unveils security and surveillance portfolio for rail operations
Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division, in collaboration with its Geosystems division, has introduced a security and surveillance portfolio for rail. This portfolio comprises...
17-year-old teenager from Chennai finds bug in IRCTC’s ticketing portal, gets it fixed
A 17-year-old school student from Chennai has identified and flagged a bug in the online ticketing platform of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism...
Confusion over no fire NOC for Ahmedabad Airport
Recently, schools and hospitals were issued closure notices for not having fire NOC. Some of them were also sealed. However, concerns have been raised...
Indian security forces to get training modules on Taliban
Border forces and armed police units deployed in the counter-terrorism grid have been directed by the central security establishment to prepare and administer a...
Gallagher recognised for innovation with Adaptive Thresholds Feature
Gallagher’s innovative Adaptive Thresholds Feature took home the Outstanding New Product of the Year award at the New Zealand Security Awards on 22 September....
In a first, women CRPF personnel to be inducted for VVIP security
For the first time, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) will introduce women personnel to guard various VVIPs of the country. A 10-week training...
All New York subway stations now have security cameras
All of New York’s 472 subway stations now are equipped with security cameras.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Monday that it had installed the last...
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Biometrics make officials spend more time in office
Introduction of the Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance marking for close to 50,000 central government employees has seen the "presence time" in offices going up by...
