Canada: Halifax Police say they foiled shooting plot

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Amid heightened security alerts everywhere, police in Canada remain vigilant. Canadian police say they have recently foiled a plot to carry out a mass...

UAS-gathered images to help first responders

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Aerial imagery of infrastructure will assist first responders in rescue missions and disaster areas. Israeli manufacturers of unmanned air systems (UAS) see a growing demand...

iHLS TV Weekly Video Report – February 10th 2015

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Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly Video report (February 10th 2015): U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts Terror attacks on...

Counterterrorism and preventive activity

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Wave of arrests of jihadi operatives throughout Europe Following the attacks in Paris, European security forces raised the state of alert and tightened security at...

Israeli system intercepts cloud-stored data

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Nowadays, everything is available at the palm of our hand. Nevertheless, these amazing capabilities, combined with our instinctive fear of the "Big Sister Syndrome"...

Homeland security simulators help train first responders

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Simulators to train first responders are being developed in many countries. One has recently been inaugurated in Concordia University. According to the Skanner, this is...

Egypt’s War in the Sinai Peninsula: A Struggle that Goes beyond...

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Egypt is in the midst of a war that can be categorized as a low-intensity conflict. This category represents a common pattern of military...

Belgium concerned by ISIS members returning home

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Belgium is the main source for European fighters in ISIS. The country's law enforcement officials fear that at least seventy of some 350 Belgian fighters...

Firearms: Israeli license to be subject to psychological assessment

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Over the past decade, the total number of firearms owned by private individuals in Israel has decreased dramatically. This has been achieved thanks to...

Loaded weapons in U.S. airports

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Passengers in the U.S are trying to fly well armed. In 2014, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it seized 2,212 firearms in carry-on bags...

The Danger of small unmanned aerial systems

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There is currently no available off-the-shelf technology to cope with the danger posed by small unmanned aerial systems (UAS) - aka drones. According to experts,...

New Mobile biometric device expedites identity matching

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The Stockton (California) Police Department (SPD) has been quietly testing a state-of-the-art Mobile Biometric Device (MBD) technology for the past four years. Designed quickly...

Prisons – “greenhouses” for terrorists

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Experts say that after the terror attacks in Paris, there is a need to monitor not only mosques known for extremist views, but also...

Spotlight on Global Jihad: January 15-21 2015

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Main events of the week Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed formal responsibility for the attack at the editorial offices of the weekly Charlie...

Global Jihad attacks worldwide: January 2015

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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...

Pressure to revive uniform air-passenger information legislation in Europe

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The European Parliament is considering reviving draft legislation which would force airline companies to give EU member governments a cohesive and uniform set of...

Small UAS sold freely: major risk

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"This is a threat many worldwide prefer not to deal with," say Israeli experts in response to the incident in which a drone landed...

New York is bracing for huge storm

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First responders in New York will need all their expertise and equipment to try and cope with the effects of the western storm that...

Europe is slowly waking up to the terror threat

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Europe is waking up. The Europol (European Police Office), which has new authority to collect information on people who have never been convicted of...

Terror attacks on rail systems by domestic terrorists: a major U.S...

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The terror attacks in Paris have renewed a sense of insecurity among residents of major U.S. cities. One of the latest Islamic State threats...

Israeli experts: the coalition against ISIS – too little, too late

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The results of the fighting against ISIS are very limited "there is lot of public relations and too little action", one Israeli expert told...

The U.S Visa waiver program is under attack by many experts

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The plan to apply a visa waiver program to the U.S is being attacked from many sides. Recently, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged the...

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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials

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Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...