Counter Terror
Sending Passwords Through Fingerprints
Computer scientists and electrical engineers from the University of Washington have devised a way to send passwords through the human body using benign, low-frequency...
Hitachi to Enter Counter-Terror Field
Hitachi announced that it will begin providing "walk-through type explosives trace detection system" for critical infrastructure facilities such as power plants and data centers...
US DHS Renewing Immigration Task Tracking System
The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a joint venture team between Planned Systems International, Inc. and ERP International, LLC,...
Swiss Enable Surveillance, for Sake of Safety
Swiss voters have given an approval to a law on new surveillance powers for the intelligence agencies.
The new law would allow the authorities to...
Women Suspected to Attempt Next Terror Attack
Europe is preparing for its next Islamic State-inspired terror attack to be carried out by a female assassin after a string of arrests of...
Turkey’s New Missile Defense System “Resembles Iron Dome”
Turkey is developing a new missile defense system Korkut that resembles Israel’s Iron Dome, to prevent Islamic State militant’s rocket attacks.
The new system is...
Terrorist Chemical Attacks in Europe – a Possibility?
The European Union's counter-terrorism co-ordinator fears that foreign fighters could launch attacks in Europe with chemical weapons, using techniques learned in Syria and Iraq.
Gilles...
Airports Looking to Renew Security Capabilities
For many airports, the investment focus has shifted from passenger processing technology to security with the rise of global terror, some of which directly...
Civil Aviation Security – a Russian Egyptian Cooperation?
Progress has been made on the resumption of flights between Russia and Egypt following high-level meetings between the two countries’ aviation officials.
Russia said...
Robot to Disarm Suspects at Airports
The Chinese AnBot robot was introduced to a terminal in one of China’s busiest airports, Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport, to help with security checks...
New Video Analytics Technology for Challenging Conditions
A new video analytic technology launched recently is suitable for real-world scenarios where monitoring conditions are challenging.
Face Recognition video analytic is ideally suited...
Increase in Funding of Military Intelligence Cyber
The US Defense Department (DoD) has been attributing growing importance to the military intelligence cyber field. This has been reflected by the DoD’s recent...
New Key Offensive Cyber Player: Germany
A special cyber security unit of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) conducted its first offensive cyber operation abroad when it broke into an internal...
Quadrupt Robot will Climb Over Fences and Detect Mines
Most robots are wheeled or tracked, because of the difficulties and expenses entailed in getting robot legs to animate properly. However, a new medium-sized...
Major Upgrade for Bangladesh SWAT Unit
The Bangladesh police headquarters have decided to launch SWAT-like teams in all divisional cities to combat armed terrorists, after the elite tactical unit of...
Cyber Threats on Israel’s Air Traffic Control
By ARIE EGOZI
We don't see it but this danger is around the corner waiting to hit.
A cyber attack on Israeli infrastructure may include air...
Britain to Update Cyber Security Systems
Britain's GCHQ security agency is considering developing a nationwide internet firewall to block malicious content and protect government networks from rocketing numbers of attacks,...
A New Homeland Security College Founded
Fifteen years after 9/11, the spectre of terrorism remains a global threat and, in response, the University of Albany, New York, announced that it...
Is ISIL Developing Chemical Weapons Capability?
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and lawmakers expressed concern that Islamic State is moving to develop chemical weapons even as the U.S.-led coalition makes...
New Security Scanning Method under Development
Researchers from North Carolina State University have used computer models to demonstrate the possibility of a low-cost security imaging device that makes use of...
US Air Force Looks to Solve Drone Pilot Shortage
The US Air Force has been strengthening its drone warfare options, including drone-pilot training. But the war against ISIS has increased the demand for...
Detector Can Identify Explosives Used in the Brussels Terror Attack
A non-radioactive, hand-held explosive threat detector, now has the additional capability to detect and identify TATP (Triacetone Triperoxide). This was the explosive substance used...
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