Counter Terror

A security company used advanced technologies for the access control of a UK airport during runway resurfacing works. G4S has played a key role...

A rising number of vital systems in our lives rely on GPS technology – whether it’s police units, airports or even private car navigation...

Interview with Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST 21, on the concept of "convenient security", security systems that don't interfere with daily life. The full interview...

Where do they come from? CNN mapped origin countries of jihadists who travel  to fight in Syria and Iraq: Tunisia 3,000, Saudia Arabia 2,300,...

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...

Main developments in Syria Hama On February 12, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account claimed that Hama had been declared a new Islamic State province. At this...

The explosion of technology in recent decades brought about with it a wealth of possibilities. Unfortunately, some of these possibilities are a boon for...

Chemical weapons have been used in different conflicts. The UN has just discovered that fact. Recently, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm at "the...

Smart airports are projected to be worth $25bn by 2025. Many smart innovations are emerging in the field at the top of the industry’s...

Some 90 percent of the $10 million in funding which was announced by the Department of Homeland Security to help nonprofit organizations protect themselves...

The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during January 2014, as researched and recorded by...

It is amazing to learn that perimeter security of U.S airport is so not efficient. Several hundred times over the last decade, intruders have hopped...

The growing availability of small, inexpensive UAVs that can (and are) used by criminals and Islamic terrorists has led to the development of several...

In light of recent events in Paris and the growing of terror threats, occurring simultaneously with the waves of migration coming from conflict centers...

New Mexico engineers are working on a new device that could save scores of lives. Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories in cooperation with R3...

Many new security systems are developed for airports over the backdrop of the U.S. Safety Act which encourages companies to develop anti-terrorism technology. One...

  A proposed new European Union directive of firearms sets out the conditions under which people can lawfully acquire and possess guns or transfer them...

  The Pentagon is studying gray zone conflict, AKA hybrid warfare, beginning with a focus on Russia and later moving on to study Iran and...

By Yotam Rosner, Aviad Mendelbaum, Sean London, and Yoram Schweitzer On Friday, August 2, 2013, the US State Department published a travel warning, and in...

By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the second half of March 2014. Following are...

Terrorist organizations have adopted social media as a tool for spreading propaganda and recruiting new members. Social media allow terrorist groups to interact with...

Researchers have long studied the relationship between mental illness and terrorism, particularly lone-wolf terrorists. These cases include persons such as the radical Muslim man...