Counter Terror

Arie Egozi Is France closing the stable after the horses escaped? Basically yes, but that stable was so rickety that closing its gate wouldn’t have...

Protecting airports, seaports, and border checkpoints is a major concern for national security agencies. These hubs provide not only the most accessible passage in...

The US National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) has released an update to its Global Terrorism Database (GTD)....

France and Germany are insisting makers of encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram to help governments monitor communications among suspected extremists. Privacy advocates argue that...

A deep learning digital solution project to advance airport checkpoint x-ray system screening capabilities has been announced. Smiths Detection Inc. (SDI) will partner with...

A small Irish software firm, Decisions For Heroes, or D4H, has become central to anti-terror efforts by US authorities. The company’s software has been...

Efforts are intensifying to keep the most deadly and powerful sniper rifles on the market out of the hands of terrorists to protect Illinois...

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...

The British government introduced a far-ranging bill last week aimed at protecting U.K. citizens from international terrorism. The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill aims to...

If we think of sensitive, complex cities in the modern Middle East that are highly volatile, reflect sectorial tensions, and are home to serious...

The word “terrorism” is typically associated with bomb and bullets, but security experts say that there are other types of terrorism which may bring...

The Pentagon is set to step up its cyber warfare efforts against ISIS, and is arguing that disabling the group’s computers, mobile phones, and...

James Comey, the man in charge of the FBI, has admitted that the tool they used to crack the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone is...

The US Department of Homeland Security has released a new report that suggests we should stop defining the fight against global terror as “us...

The US ally Saudi Arabia has signed a deal with China to buy drones that are capable of carrying missiles and laser guided bombs. The...

Federal investigators believe the latest wave of threat calls against Jewish centers and schools around the country was a coordinated attack perpetrated using sophisticated...

Predictive technology will play a vital role in securing future major sport events. During a keynote speech on smart cities and the future of...

When American firm Silent Circle shut down its Silent Mail encrypted-email service earlier this month, it claimed that "e-mail as we know it today...

Statistics show that despite years of action to counter its growth, terrorism is increasing. The world was victim to 9,707 terrorist attacks in 2013, resulting...

Bomb squad robots have been using ground robots for many years to handle suspicious objects. Now a U.S robot manufacturer is taking its business to...

A lone-wolf terrorist could attack the United States at any time, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned earlier this week. “We’re very definitely in a...

  Scientists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have developed a new system that uses a combination of lasers and glowing bacteria for unexploded ordnance...