Counter Terror

Increasing government projects for identity & border control applications, rising corporate adoption for access control, and emerging Asian market would boost biometric revenues. People...

The threat of swarming drones has become an ever-growing challenge, especially as even small terror and militia groups have managed to weaponize small commercial...

Over several months last year, in an effort to understand the Islamic State movement, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in...

By Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Senior Researcher, ICT Hamas tunnels have not been seen as a key strategic threat in decades – until they formed the...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has been fostering the cyber-defenses of financial institutions. This research-and-development effort will...

The GAO (Government Accountability Office) is calling for the FBI to develop a comprehensive framework for future anthrax investigations. After the 2001 anthrax attacks,...

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will evaluate a new personal electronics scanner, the MobiLab ES, which is the only inspection system that effectively...

Canine’s’ sense of smell is more than a million times stronger than a human’s, making them excellent partners for explosive locating. Many detection canine...

Interview with former Israeli Air Force Commander Herzl Bodinger, Chairman of the Israeli Missile Defense Association.

  A new physical security technology has been taking the management of sensors further. Siemens’ Siveillance Viewpoint for physical security information management (PSIM) is part of...

India and Israel will increase the cooperation on homeland security issues. Confronted with "challenging neighborhoods," India and Israel are intensifying cooperation on Homeland Security...

iHLS TV Special Edition – interview with Pini Shiff, Former Manager Security Division Israel Airport Authority: Part 2 iHLS Israel Homeland Security

Nineteen-year-old Brusthom Ziamani has been sentenced to twenty-seven years in prison after being found guilty of planning to behead a British soldier on the...

By Shlomo Brom and David Fridman The remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry, spoken at a London press conference on September 9th, 2013, according...

Omer Einav In recent months there have been clear signs of Hezbollah's legitimacy rebounding in Lebanon’s political and civilian spheres. The current governmental vacuum suits...

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...

The Department of Homeland Security will not impose a ban on carry-on luggage at airports, but is leaving open the possibility in the future. Speaking...

Fighting in Iraq and Syria continued in the major battle zones, without significant changes on the ground. A senior Iranian officer in the Revolutionary...

Defense industry leaders and officials participated at the conference and exhibition organized by iHLS on Future Forces. At the annual conference held for the fourth...

iHLS TV Special Edition - Interview with Smadar Perry - Part 2, War on ISIS

Suicide bombing attack in Turkey It was recently reported that the police investigation revealed that the attack against the police station in Turkey on January...

By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the first half of December 2013. Following are...