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לעברית - לחץ כאן .   One of the responsibilities of Israel’s Police Security Department is to provide the security code of work and technology standardization to...

This is a major step in using the facial recognition tool for fighting crime and terror. Pierre Martin became the first person in Chicago to...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly report (January 6 2015): DARPA Taking Inspiration from Birds of Prey to Develop Agile UASs An Israeli missile...

Facebook has released its biannual report on government data requests, indicating that total law enforcement requests are at their highest level ever at 41,214...

The April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza Factory Building in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,130 people were killed, is only the latest...

A delegation of Israeli fire fighters headed out to Spain recently, to receive special training covering fire fighting in tunnel environments. “Every tunnel carries...

Preventive detection of radiological or nuclear materials means using the right detector systems and processes to prevent someone from using radioactive material as a...

U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data...

Port security solutions, including software and cameras, have improved significantly in the past decade or so. Many large ports, for instance, have high-tech command...

The burgeoning drone industry could get a boost with the Federal Aviation Administration’s long-awaited proposed rules on how, where and under what conditions they...

A 21st-century police vehicle is a camera, cellular link, and computer system. Police who investigate crime scenes can record every detail of the location...

It’s a world problem even in very developed countries including Israel and the authorities are not doing enough to solve it. The United Nations...

University of Bristol researchers have unveiled a large semi-autonomous drone called the ARM system, which could be used to provide visual and thermal monitoring...

Lockheed Martin is among the participants at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014 Lockheed Martin's open architecture command and control...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been testing drones to operate without human or GPS assistance. The first phase of DARPA’s...

What's in that room? Students from Arizona University assist fire fighters, police officers or soldiers and help them find out * All using a...

Articles and issues discussed in this week's report: Miami police tests new surveillance drones New armored mini-tractor for law enforcement agents Possible Ebola "dirty bomb" worries experts U.S....

In today’s virtual world, it is well-known that cybercrime can jeopardize our privacy, our economy, and even our national security. Less well-known is an...

All 7,000 officers of Los Angeles police are to be outfitted with body cameras by 2016, the city's Mayor Eric Garcetti announced, following mass unrest across the United States caused...

The current refugee crisis in Europe has exposed the Union’s security problems, not least of which is the inability to police its own borders....

A former ISIS militant has revealed to authorities that the group is planning to conduct coordinated terror attacks across Europe, similar to the 13...

The FBI paid around $1m for the hack used to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone 5C, but doesn’t know how it works. The hack,...