Counter Terror

With the advent of technological development and the significant reduction in the cost of video end user devices, one would be hard pressed to...

The French government has asked leading social media and tech firms, Google, Facebook, and Twitter to work directly with French law enforcement agencies in...

Anonymous is perhaps the most notorious of all hacker groups. It is a decentralized online community of tens of thousands of anonymous 'hacktivists', who...

Missions such as clearing buildings, detecting explosive charges etc. in a hostile environment often endanger the lives of soldiers and law enforcement officers. A...

The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during September 2013, as researched and recorded by...

It’s a tough job, working for security services and law enforcement investigating crimes or terror attacks, having to sit for hours and straining your...

The challenge of nuclear terrorism has become a threat that requires new and innovative technologies. A team formed by, among the rest, scientists at...

Don't bring dead phones or laptops to those overseas airports for flights heading to the USA. Department of Homeland Security officials warned last week that...

The newest member of the TAVOR Bullpup Rifle Family has been launched by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), an SK Group member. The 7.62X51mm caliber...

Urban spaces, wherever they are, present the most complex security challenges. They are densely populated; they rely on a complex array of interrelated local infrastructures with...

Threats from terrorist organisations and belligerent states are numerous. They range from terrorist attacks, like we have seen in Paris, through offensive operations similar...

Seaports customs and security professionals might sometimes miss contraband attempts, including radiological materials. The problem was hightened during a US congressional hearing, when officials...

Geo-fencing technologies that use the global positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) to define geographical boundaries have various applications. Now they are...

In Iraq and Syria, the fighting continued in the known locations, although the intensity of the fighting decreased due to the stormy weather. In...

Financial and terror experts are concerning about the ability to move cash around national borders could help ISIS fund attacks in the West. This...

Two decades ago, late at night in one of the neighborhoods of the Palestinian cities in the west bank - an operation to capture...

  An emotion reading technology might soon be used by police after a Russian firm recently created a tool that can identify people in a...

After years of designing, checking and testing, Elbit’s subsidiary Elsec has completed the development of the Xact sight, a brand new weapon sight that...

By Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Shay Yemen is on the verge of becoming a failed state. The interim Yemeni government is struggling to fight terrorist...

The India-Pakistan border is one of the most dangerous and volatile stretches of land in the world. More than half of India’s 1,000,000 and...

In the near future, the cyber industry will have to cope with a wider array of cyber threats and challenges resulting from the vulnerabilities...

Data found on social media can be used for a variety of missions including psychological operations, intelligence gathering etc. “It’s vital for information about...