50% of pvt security personnel must be locals: Goa Govt

In what is seen as a major step to provide jobs to locals in security agencies, the state government has put in place a...

CP PLUS signs up Salman Khan as its CCTV ambassador

CP PLUS, India’s Largest Security & Surveillance brand, has signed up superstar Salman Khan. CP PLUS - which is already riding a wave in...

Delegates of BRICS Communication Ministers Conference visited Hikvision

Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier of innovative video surveillance products and solutions, recently welcomed the delegates from the BRICS Communications ministers conference to its...

Brits give thumbs up to in-store biometrics

Nearly two thirds of Brits want to be able to use a biometric scan to authorise payments in-store, according to a WorldPay survey. Fingerprints...

Psychometric test for school employees likely

The brutal killing of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur in Ryan School, Gurugram, has led to parents raising concern over the mental condition of junior staff...

No fire-fighting appliances at Noida’s government hospital

The district hospital in Noida is not equipped to handle any outbreak of fire on its premises. This inference can be drawn from a...

Global control room market to reach $7.6B by 2020

The command and control room and public safety answering point (PSAP) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.1...

Revisit policy on police protection to private persons: Bombay HC to govt

The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to “revisit” its policy on providing police protection to private persons. A bench led by...

India pushes for security reforms to secure airports

In the run up to an audit by the UN aviation safety watchdog International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), the civil aviation ministry has decided...

Malaysia sets new rules for private security companies

Armed private bodyguards must undergo a two-tier training pro¬g¬ramme to renew their “carry and use” firearms permits starting January next year. Deputy Prime Minister...