Does Aging Affect Facial Recognition Performance?
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 – Wireless Solution for US-Mexican Border Wall
A virtual fence could supply an additional security layer to the wall that the Trump administration is planning to build along the US border...
No Need to Remove Shoes for Airport Security Checks
A new airport security technology developed. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is to be the first to use new ultraviolet scanners, eliminating the need for passengers...
Eiffel Tower Gets Bulletproof Protection
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 Against US Jewish Institutions – Using Masking Technologies
Federal investigators believe the latest wave of threat calls against Jewish centers and schools around the country was a coordinated attack perpetrated using sophisticated...
DHS Report Doubts Trump’s 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...
Get All Information from One Screen – Airport 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...
DHS Approves New Port Security Technology
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 Detection – With Laser
The laser science and technology center (LASTEC) in New Delhi has developed a portable device which uses a laser beam to detect explosives in...
Start-up: Analyzing Video, Using a Smarter Method
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...
Innovative Access Control Tech for Airport Resurfacing Works
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 – Insider Employee Threats
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 Technologies – Top Priority
The White House instructed the Department of Homeland Security to escalate the deployment of a biometric monitoring system to evaluate all visitors crossing US...
New Analytics Tools will Enhance Security in Public Places
New embedded analytics tools - a motion tracker and a crowd detection tool - were launched recently. Aimetis Corp., which specialises in intelligent video...
Great Interest in IHLS Big Data for Homeland Security Conference
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 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...
Does Blockchain Have Any Applications in Homeland Security?
The emerging blockchain technology represents an innovative leap forward that has many uses and applications across multiple sectors of the economy.
But is it...
Prevention, Response and Recovery – 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...
No More Passports – Biometric Identification on The Rise
The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection has sought technology that would abolish incoming passenger cards, remove the need for most passengers to...
Analyzing The New US President’s HLS Policy
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 Technology as a Suspect Monitoring Tool
Monitoring and analyzing suspicious behavior has become a pressing need for law enforcement teams. A new development offers a "remote gaze detection technology" that...
Blockchain Technology Enters Homeland Security Department
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is preparing to utilize Blockchain technology, an approach in technology that replaces data managers with encrypted blocks...
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Fighter Jet Without a Runway? X-BAT Makes It Real
A new unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fighter platform has been revealed, designed to operate from ships, islands, and austere locations while carrying...
