Access Control

Access Control

facial recognition

  Images of our faces exist in numerous important databases – driver’s license, passport, law enforcement, employment – all to accurately identify us. But can...
virtual fence

A virtual fence could supply an additional security layer to the wall that the Trump administration is planning to build along the US border...
airport security

A new airport security technology developed. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to be the first to use new ultraviolet scanners, eliminating the need for passengers...
bulletproof

The Eiffel Tower, Paris’ eternal symbol, will soon be flanked by two 8-ft. walls of bulletproof glass, Parisian officials have announced. As a potential...
threat calls

Federal investigators believe the latest wave of threat calls against Jewish centers and schools around the country was a coordinated attack perpetrated using sophisticated...
travel ban

Analysts at the US Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm found insufficient evidence that citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries included in President Trump's travel ban...
security platform

A unified security platform blends IP security systems within a single intuitive interface to simplify operations. The Security Center platform from the Canadian company...
port security

The US DHS has approved a new technology for port security. idSoftware, an identification software company with offices in Jacksonville, Florida, has earned approval...
explosives

The laser science and technology center (LASTEC) in New Delhi has developed a portable device which uses a laser beam to detect explosives in...
video

The video analytics field has been driving the tech world crazy during the last couple of years. The new possibilities opened by designing a machine...
access control

A security company used advanced technologies for the access control of a UK airport during runway resurfacing works. G4S has played a key role...
airport security

The majority of airports in the US do not have full employee screening at secure access points, resulting a serious insider threat to airport...
facial recognition

The White House instructed the Department of Homeland Security to escalate the deployment of a biometric monitoring system to evaluate all visitors crossing US...
analytics tools

New embedded analytics tools - a motion tracker and a crowd detection tool - were launched recently. Aimetis Corp., which specialises in intelligent video...
big data for homeland security

iHLS fifth annual conference on Big Data for Homeland Security attracted many technology experts, investors, entrepreneurs and representatives of the high-tech industries, defense industries,...
operating UAVs

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...
blockchain

The emerging blockchain technology represents an innovative leap forward that has many uses and applications across multiple sectors of the economy. But is it...
safe city solutions

Technological solutions by themselves are useful, but their real value is found when they complement one another. A wide array of homeland security technologies...
biometric identification

The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection has sought technology that would abolish incoming passenger cards, remove the need for most passengers to...
HLS

The backgrounds of the members of the team that President-elect Donald Trump is picking to shape the Department of Homeland Security suggest he will...
gaze detection

Monitoring and analyzing suspicious behavior has become a pressing need for law enforcement teams. A new development offers a "remote gaze detection technology" that...
homeland security

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to utilize Blockchain technology, an approach in technology that replaces data managers with encrypted blocks...