Terrorism in the S. American Tri-Border Area: A Review
By Ms. A. F. Trevisi, Research Assistant, ICT
Terrorism in the Tri-Border Area (TBA) has become a salient, highly-publicized issue. The region is frequently called...
New Security Scanners for Canada’s Border Service
Smiths Detection has won a follow-on order for over $8 million to supply mobile X-ray cargo screening systems to the Canada Border Services Agency...
iHLS TV: Chemical Terror Attacks – A Security Nightmare
Interview with Shahar Belkin, CTO of FST 21, on the concept of "convenient security", security systems that don't interfere with daily life. The full interview...
New Israeli Fire Fighting Motorbikes
The Israeli Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority has recently purchased three fire-fighting motorbikes. The bikes will be used by the new quick response unit...
Suicide Bombings in 2013: Annual Report
By Yotam Rosner, Einav Yogev, Yoram Schweitzer
Between the start of suicide bombings in the recent past, carried out by Hizbollah in Lebanon in the...
Turkey: From Close Cooperation to Fierce Competition
Turkey's defense industry exports reached an all-time high in 2013 of $1.4 billion, according to industry officials. In many areas the Turkish expert efforts...
Cyber Terror: Was the Israeli Defense Ministry Hacked?
Cyber terror: Hackers may have infiltrated Israeli defense establishment networks, this according to the IT security firm Seculert. The hackers, probably Palestinian, infected computers...
Report: By 2017 Cyber Security Market to be Worth 120 Billion
According to a new market research report published by MarketsandMarkets the cyber security market is expected to reach $120.1 billion by 2017 at a...
U.S: Government Helicopter Sniffs Out Dangerous Radioactives
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) operates a low flying helicopter to detect nuclear materials.
The NNSA says the helicopter that was spotted flying over...
Al Qaeda’s Odyssey to the Global Jihad
By Yoram Schweitzer, Aviv Oreg
9/11 established global terror as a top-priority issue in many countries, even making it a benchmark for foreign relations between...
Airport Security’s Greatest Nightmare: Chemical Terror Attacks
The greatest nightmare imaginable to airport security personnel: It's Christmas Eve. Plenty of passengers. Thousands of people crowd the L.A. Airport. An elegantly dressed...
Rapidly Expanding: Cyber Security for Oil and Gas Facilities
According to Frost and Sullivan analyst estimations the global cyber security market for natural gas and oil infrastructure facilities will be worth 3.75 billion...
Man vs. Machine: Border Patrol Robots Hunting Smugglers
Israel may look at some systems currently being used by the U.S. Border Patrol for fighting drug-smuggling tunnels.
The U.S. Border Patrol unveiled one of...
The Global Nuclear Threat: Some Positive Progress After All
Seven countries have eliminated weapons-grade nuclear material from their territory in the past few years, according to a new report from the Washington-based nonprofit...
New Israeli Security Tech Reads Your Mind
9/11 was the catalyst for many HLS technologies. Shabtai Shoval, founder of SDS (Suspect Detection Systems), following the terror attack, asked himself whether the...
The Iranian Scare: UAE Acquires U.S. Missile Defense Systems
While both the U.S and Europe still appear to be under the illusion that Iran will stop its nuclear program Muslim countries in the...
iHLS TV Weekly Report: Assassination in Gaza, Tech Breakthroughs
In today's report:
Interview with Michael Armon, CEO of UAS developer Innocon
Arie Egozi, iHLS Editor in Chief, on Israel's assassination attempt in Gaza earlier this...
U.S. Budget Cuts? Not When it Comes to Cyber Security
The U.S.Department of Homeland Security has awarded work to four companies under its $6 billion Cybersecurity contract.
According to Federal Times the combined $60 million...
Matrix to Operate Israeli Aviation Security Center
The Security Division of Israeli firm Matrix was awarded a 10 million shekel contract by the Transportation Ministry, for the operation of the Israeli...
Finland Wants Israeli Camouflage
Fibrotex Technologies - a designer, developer, and manufacturer of advanced static and mobile camouflage and deception systems for armies and security forces worldwide -...
NSA Spy Program Useless Against Terror
An analysis of 225 terrorism cases inside the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has concluded that the bulk collection of phone...
ICT Report: Monthly Terrorist Activities – October 2013
The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during October 2013, as researched and recorded by...
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