Counter Terror

This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the first half of June 2014. Following are the main points covered in...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is examining a new technology for its security details, a millimeter wave scanner, designed to screen visitors, internees and...

Turkey is now allowing the U.S. to launch unmanned aircraft to fly over Syria. But so far, traditional warplanes are out of the question. 'Send...

Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussein Amir Abdollahian said that after the self-styled Islamic State (IS) took over Mosul in...

iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (21 October 2014): German intelligence: Turkey is working on its own nuclear program Gamers hacked US Army Apache simulator US...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) unveiled its new CIMS (Counter IED and Mine Suite) - an integrated suite of sensors for protection of tactical maneuvering...

A senior Microsoft spokesman says that government surveillance has damaged trust in the cloud and in the company itself, pushing the latter to focus...

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) wants to crowdsource ideas for software that would make human speech recorded in noisy environments more easily...

In this weekly report ((14 October 2014)): Northrop Grumman unveils new reconnaissance UAV New American internet campaign ridicules militants Elbit's new head-mounted display for pilots Cyber attack across...

The initial strikes against the Islamic State in Syria included missiles fired from overhead drones by operators who were hundreds or even thousands of miles away....

With funding shrinking in many sectors of law enforcement, agencies are searching for new ways to operate affordably while maintaining quality standards. Police departments’...

Israel’s Home Front Command is using a trainer and simulator enabling search and rescue forces to train and simulate emergency scenarios, city streets, war...

The intelligence community is collecting more data than ever. But does that mean the intelligence gleaned from these massive new stores of data is...

When Cody Wilson revealed the world’s first fully 3D printed gun last year, he showed that the “maker” movement has enabled anyone to create...

Lawmakers and infectious disease experts are examining whether terrorists could use Ebola to deliberately infect and wreak psychological havoc on an unsuspecting population. This...

The first part of this series listed the federal and military intelligence organizations and their respective roles. The second part focused on the drawbacks of...

The first part in this series on multiple intelligence agencies in the US listed 17 different bodies and cited their huge, cumulative, annual budget...

The terrorist organization ISIS might introduce aircraft hijacking as part of its war against the West. Will this new situation provide Israel's Transport Ministry...

The US, the most powerful country on earth, has an intelligence community comprising 17 major intelligence agencies: CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau...

What do the astonishing, shameful security gaffs in the White House and in the protection of President Obama have in common with the "war"...

The White House is taking a closer look at the role of religion in its campaign against violent extremism in the Middle East. In a speech...

Israel has invited India to be part of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s latest pet project of national cyber defense authority. The PM extended the...