Britain’s Border Control Systems Frequently Crashes
The Telegraph reports that the computer system used to protect “Britian’s borders by screening passengers for terrorists and criminals has crashed multiple times,” according...
New US Passport Regulations Prevent Travellers From Entry
New passport regulations for entering the United States could prevent millions of tourists from travelling to the country this summer. The US government quietly...
Eyal Halevy, Paragon GM, On Nice Global Forum on HLS 2016
“The Global Forum on Homeland Security & Crisis Management” in Nice, France on October 25-28, 2016 is an annual international meeting of decision makers,...
DHS To Test Bioterror Airflow in New York Subway
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will conduct a week-long airflow study, starting today, in portions of the New...
DARPA Looking For Blockchain-based Communications
The US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking at ways it can utilise blockchain technology - the engine behind the Bitcoin cryptocurrency...
FBI Can Now Hack Computers Anywhere In The World
The FBI now has the powers to hack computers anywhere around the world, the Intercept reports. The US Supreme Court approved changes to regulations...
Patrol Cars Can Now Turn Into Mobile Police Stations
Police departments the world over are keeping an eye out for any new technology that might aid them in doing their job in a...
UK Border Guards “Powerless” To Stop Returning Jihadists
According to an anonymous whistleblower, British border guards are “virtually powerless to stop and detain” returning jihadists fighters, Britain’s Telegraph reports.
UK Border Force officers...
iHLS Defense and HLS Accelerator Still Receiving Applications
The program enables startups to reach a level of maturity for pilot and investment while exposing them to investors, partners, and potential clients around...
US Border Control Wants Drones, Radios, Fences
The US federal agents tasked with patrolling the US-Mexico border have come up with a new shopping list of items they think will enable...
Drones Will Monitor Border In Calais
Border control officers will now be using drones to monitor the movement of unathorised migrants attempting to cross the English Channel tunnel into the...
Is the US Still Unprepared For an EMP Attack?
The risks of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack simply cannot be overstated. A single powerful charge detonated at a high-enough altitude over the continental...
“Laser Walls” On The India-Pakistan Border
The India-Pakistan border is one of the most dangerous and volatile stretches of land in the world. More than half of India’s 1,000,000 and...
Not only in Gaza- Third Tunnel in one year discovered in...
An El Centro Sector Border Patrol agent assigned to the Calexico Border Patrol Station discovered a cross border tunnel during a routine patrol along...
Europe Wants to Keep Track of Migrant Route Surveillance With UAS
EU border patrol agency Frontex announced recently that it intends to use remotely piloted aircraft for maritime surveillance, adding drones to its existing portfolio...
Who Is The CIA Investing In?
We’ve written recently about Skincential Sciences, a skincare manufacturer with a curious financial backer: the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). This is not the...
21 Western Muslim Leaders On ISIS Kill List
ISIS is naming prominent western Muslim leaders in a so-called “kill list,” In Homeland Security reports. The list names 21 Muslim leaders whom ISIS...
IoT – A Boon For Investigators
The Internet of Things (Iot) is set to greatly expand government surveillance capabilities, according to the US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper.
“In...
China Recruits Tech Companies to Battle Online Terrorism
China’s twenty-five technology companies have pledged to counter online terror activities.
Chinese search engine Baidu, Tencent investment holding company, Alibaba and JD.com - e-commerce companies,...
Drone Crashes Into Plane At Heathrow Airport
A police investigation is under way after a passenger plane approaching Heathrow Airport was hit by what is believed to have been a drone....
Why Is The CIA Investing In Skincare?
The CIA has now entered the skincare business, it seems. Or at least, the agency is funding a product that has some very cool...
EU offers security assistance to Libya
The EU has responded favorably to a request from the new UN-backed Libyan unity government for security assistance – especially in managing migration, border monitoring,...
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