NYPD equips officers with biometric smartphones
A new $160 million program will track police officers via GPS and give every officer a mobile fingerprint scanner.
New York Police Department officers and...
UK To Destroy Biometrics Of 45 Terror Suspects
British security agencies will be forced to destroy biometric data of forty-five terror suspects. The DNA samples and fingerprints were retained for a longer...
DHS Urges Utilities To Prepare For Cyber-Attacks
Cyber is the war turf, that much has become painfully clear. The recent cyber attacks on Ukrainian electrical infrastructure demonstrate that much. The US...
Drones Fitted with Cameras in Service of Crime
UK Police are having to investigate the rise in the number of crime reports involving commercial drones.
An investigation by The Independent has found...
Big Data Platform of the US Defense Department
The amount of data present in today’s virtual systems can be overwhelming. Enlighten IT Consulting supplies solutions to help customers ingest, maintain, and store...
Big Data in the Service of Police
With access to more personal data than ever before, police have the power to solve crimes more quickly, but in practice, the influx of...
Sharing Info in Bomb Disposal Field
First responders must stay up-to-date on the latest tactics and techniques for improvised explosive devices (IED) response. How does the Department of Homeland Security...
iHLS TV Special Interview: ThermoSiv Founder and CTO David Agmon
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In this special interview to iHLS TV, ThermoSiv Technologies founder and CTO discusses the company, its products and its...
DARPA Fighting Propaganda And Lone Wolfs
“Lone wolf” terrorist attacks are becoming the new normal. These individuals, almost unconnected to larger organisations, are hard to find, monitor, and apprehend on...
What’s Behind the Corner? Imaging System will Know
A time-of-flight imaging system enables the indirect observation of hidden scenes via computational back-projection. Applications for this non-line-of sight technology range from small scenes...
Operating UAVs Near Electric Power Utilities – New Rules
New rules for commercially operating UAVs in the U.S. relate to flying in the vicinity of electric power utilities. They have been published by...
Terrorists Could Soon Shut Down Major Cities With A Button
Terrorists could soon bring a major city to a standstill with a click of a button, warns Robert Hannigan, director of the UK’s Government...
First Citywide Testing of Mobile Radiation Sensors Network
An advanced radioactive threat detection system completed its first large-scale citywide testing of more than 1,000 networked, mobile radiation sensors in Washington, D.C.
Several hundred...
Embarrassing Malfunction Found in Google Security Cameras
Security vulnerabilities were found at a popular security product. A security researcher has recently published a vulnerability and proof-of-concept exploits in Google's Internet of...
Boost to Biometric Identitiy Market
As organizations search for more secure authentication methods for data access, physical access and general security, many are turning to biometrics. The field has...
Alert App – Police Involves Locals in Fight On Crime
A new development might help the Staffordshire Police in the UK put criminals behind bars with the help of local people. The Staffordshire Smart...
Increasing Tourist Flow Via Extra Port Security
India’s paramilitary force CISF has been selected to provide security to ports and also ensure an airport-like facility for travelers of luxury ships, as...
Snake-Like Robot to Aid Search and Rescue Operations
Search and rescue operations in disaster-stricken areas often lack information about the terrain and the actual situation. A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic...
US DoJ to Fund Studies Into Homegrown Terrorism
For years the US has been perceived as an enemy of Islam by some members of the Islamic community, for various reasons, such as:...
ISIS and Extremist Right Groups in Germany – Any Connection?
Hans-Georg Maassen, head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, claimed that German authorities are preparing for several terror attack scenarios on Germany as pressure builds...
New Devices Will Enhance Police Operational Abilities
Point Blank Enterprises (PBE), a leader in the production of soft body armor and related protective solutions, has been recently awarded a five-year contract...
Facial Recognition Technology is Under Controversy
Police departments in the world have been experimenting the use of facial recognition technologies during events with massive crowds in an attempt to prevent...
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