Vehicle Ramming Attacks – Are There Any Security Measures?
A terrorist attack carried out by a lorry driver ramming into the crowd is very hard to prevent, it can cause untold damage and...
New Technique to Find Latent Prints at Crime Scenes
A new technique has been developed to assist in finding latent prints at the crime scene. In a crime scene examination, investigators collect items of...
Living in the future – technology as urban infrastructure
Google announces the formation of Sidewalk Labs, whose goal is finding technological solutions to issues rising in urban living such as living expenses, transportation...
Big Data Will Protect Megacities
Urban living is soon to become the dominant form of human habitation. In 2014, more than half the global population resided in cities. It’s...
Multipurpose Unmanned and Piloted System Tested
The operational testing of the Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system in Virginia will be expanded
The Centaur, a large UAS developed by adding autonomy-enabling...
Innovation in The Field of Airport Security
Next time you land at Austin-Bergstom International Airport you’ll have to walk through a new set of security doors before heading downstairs to grab...
Thermal Cameras – Will They Prevent Shootouts in Public Places?
Over the backdrop of the shootout attack carried out in a public domain, the city of New Orleans has been considering the use of...
Emergency Vehicles to Help Map Radiation Threat in City
A radiation threat detection system was successfully tested recently by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
DARPA’s SIGMA program—whose goal is to prevent...
Free Body Camera for Every Police Officer
A new program will equip every police officer in the USA with a body camera. TASER International has launched the new program that will...
What Privacy Implications for the New Drone Rules?
The US Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new regulations, that went into effect on August 29 for routine non-recreational use of drones, deal mainly with...
New Airport Security Checkup – Lie Detector
A new lie-detecting kiosk that can spot changes in physiology and behaviour during interviews with travelers is currently being tested. It could be used...
Budget Cuts in US Airport Security Programs
The proposed wall along the US-Mexico border has been causing budget cuts in other crucial areas. Three airport security programs put in place after...
New Approach to Border Security Risk Assessment
A new data-driven technology will detect border security risk. Two companies will collaborate in the development of an advanced data analytics solution for automated...
New Platform Will Assist First Responders
Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...
DHS Is Calling For Ways Of Improvement
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a request for information, stating that it wants businesses to present it with their most cutting-edge...
Police Drones Vulnerable to Hijacking
We’ve have written at length on these pages about the dismal state of security in most consumer-grade tech products. For many manufacturers, it seems,...
The Importance of Experience In Operating Security Equipment
By Arie Egozi
Even the best security equipment in the world will amount to nothing if the operator isn’t of the highest level. The situation...
British MOD Enhancing Airport Security Capabilities
The British defense agencies have been recently focusing on the improvement of airport security. Smiths Detection, a global company in the threat detection and...
Game Changer for American Police Officers?
US police departments’ vehicles have been getting gradually older and less effective. The solution found is a new truck that Ford has recently unveiled,...
So What Is Big Data Good For, Anyway?
Think Big Data is some indecipherable discipline completely divorced from your everyday concerns? Or maybe you know that it does some good, but you’re...
The London Police’s Secret Weapon
The Central Image Team of the London Metropolitan Police has been involved in testing a technology to speed up the processing of data and...
New Shield Light will Help Security Forces in Riots
FoxFury Lighting Solutions recently announced its new Taker R40 shield light for police, military and security forces. The shield is a powerful lighting tool...
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Can AI Spot a Threat Before It Happens?
Modern cybersecurity systems face a scale problem. Networks generate enormous amounts of traffic, and malicious activity may be hidden among millions of ordinary interactions....
