DHS Report Doubts Trump’s Travel Ban
Analysts at the US Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Trump's travel ban...
DHS Approves New Port Security Technology
The US DHS has approved a new technology for port security. idSoftware, an identification software company with offices in Jacksonville, Florida, has earned approval...
Explosives Detection – With Laser
The laser science and technology center (LASTEC) in New Delhi has developed a portable device which uses a laser beam to detect explosives in...
Next Global Security Threat – Bioterrorism
The future of international security will be fought on the biological front. Rapid advances in genetic engineering have opened the door for small terrorist...
More Aggressive Policy Towards Illegal Immigrants
The US Homeland Security Department (DHS) has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the United States illegally,...
Facebook to Use Artificial Intelligence Against Terrorists
Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify posts that might promote or glorify terrorism, a move that follows growing concern about terrorists’...
Innovative Access Control Tech for Airport Resurfacing Works
A security company used advanced technologies for the access control of a UK airport during runway resurfacing works. G4S has played a key role...
Airport Security – Insider Employee Threats
The majority of airports in the US do not have full employee screening at secure access points, resulting a serious insider threat to airport...
Facial Recognition Technologies – Top Priority
The White House instructed the Department of Homeland Security to escalate the deployment of a biometric monitoring system to evaluate all visitors crossing US...
New Analytics Tools will Enhance Security in Public Places
New embedded analytics tools - a motion tracker and a crowd detection tool - were launched recently. Aimetis Corp., which specialises in intelligent video...
Gaming Technologies Contributing to Nuclear Security
Sandia National Laboratories are developing what they’re calling serious gaming .Experts apply the technology and methods of the game industry to real-world national security...
Data Mining Technology Helped Analyze ISIS Rise to Power
Researchers used data mining technologies in order to analyze ISIS’s message in the social media as one of the factors that contributed to the...
Great Interest in IHLS Big Data for Homeland Security Conference
iHLS fifth annual conference on Big Data for Homeland Security attracted many technology experts, investors, entrepreneurs and representatives of the high-tech industries, defense industries,...
American DHS Preparing for Nuclear Attack Scenario
The possibility of an improvised nuclear attack scenario is worrying the American defense agencies. The US Department of Homeland Security published a new guide...
New Models of Grenade Trigger Pouch Purchased by Elite Units
A new development was introduced into special units around the world as well as some units in the Israeli Defense Forces. The Grenade Trigger Pouch...
New DNA Technology Can Help Solve Crimes
A new software application can predict appearance and ancestry from forensic DNA samples, and could help police teams solve complex cases.
Snapshot is a...
Software-Based Spectral Sensing Will Support IED Detection
In recent years, an evolution has been taking place at the arena of military detection known as spectral sensing, with software-driven approaches emerging.
Spectral...
Firearms Seized at Major Anti-Terror Operation
More than 800 deadly firearms have been seized following a major operation by Britain’s anti-terror police and officers from the National Crime Agency.
During a...
Prevention, Response and Recovery – Safe City Solutions
Technological solutions by themselves are useful, but their real value is found when they complement one another. A wide array of homeland security technologies...
Anti-Terrorist Measures Taken by Turkey
The Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 450 suspects believe to have ties with Islamic State.
Authorities in Turkey have increased its operations against Islamic...
Promoting First Responders Advanced Equipment
A new legislation passed recently by the US House of Representatives will make it easier for first responders to acquire new equipment and technologies they need...
Solutions for UAV-Defence Needed
As UAVs get cheaper to buy and easier to use, they’re also going to get more and more dangerous. Though people would be more...
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Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down
Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
