Port Security
Icelandic Coast Guard Using UAVs to Improve Security
The Icelandic Coast Guard has deployed the Camcopter S-100 to improve its maritime surveillance. This unmanned aerial vehicle will allow the Coast Guard to...
New Smart Algorithms to Identify Ships and Monitor Illegal Activity
Imagine yourselves working in the security branch of a local harbor. How do you know what kind of ships are coming in? Are they...
Virtual Reality Advances Seaport Management
Virtual Reality can help cope with the massive work overload at seaports. New technology assists US Custom and Border Protection (CBP) employees in visualizing...
Unmanned Technology for Port Emergency Missions
Hamburg port will use automated drones across many of its operations. Within the framework of a comprehensive technology partnership, HHLA Sky, with its technological...
Unique Perspective of Port Activities
The fact that drones can fly at high altitudes and are equipped with powerful cameras enables them to fulfill various tasks, including port observation....
Maritime Cybersecurity and the Israeli Aspect
An oil spill such as the one that has drenched Israel’s coastline in tar, can be replicated by hackers that remotely take control of...
Autonomous System – Exploring Smart Port Initiative
Drones provide a unique perspective from the air, enabling critical installations authorities to manage, inspect and control a large area in a fast and...
What Will Climate Change Cause to Military Bases?
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is not the only one worried about climate change. US military officers have long believed climate change seriously threatens...
Forecast: COVID-19 Pandemic to Accelerate Global HLS and Emergency Management Market
The global Homeland Security and Emergency Management market size is likely to extend from $623.1 billion in 2020 to $846.5 billion by 2025, garnering...
New Challenges in Remote Access for Operational Environments (OT)
By Or Shalom, security and cyber expert and adviser
OT environments are computing networks characterized by computerized processes operations and command & control, therefore they...
COVID-19 Tech: How will AI Change Current Border Security Model
Border security in 2020 has become a complex challenge. Globalization created a borderless world from the point of view of technology, commerce, etc. However,...
Egozi: Russia to Control Syria
By Arie Egozi
Russia, in its efforts to gain full control of Syria, is operating one division of the Syrian army as part of the...
Major Themes in Marine Port Security and Protection
By Or Shalom, security and cyber expert and adviser
Marine ports have strategic importance as critical infrastructure. The ports are vital to the economy, the...
Beirut Port Explosion Turns Focus to Port Security Tech
In the wake of the explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in massive blasts in Beirut’s main port, killing at least 100 people...
Combined Solution Offers New Perimeter Protection Capabilities
New perimeter protection systems combining detection sensors and drones allow for faster and more effective decision making. A new solution combines autonomous surveillance drones...
Waterway Border Security – Innovative Technologies Sought
Border security near waterways is a challenge that standard sensors can not always solve. This state of affairs makes difficult the detection of people...
Next Thing in Port Security
UAV technology has been developing rapidly, and there are potentially important implications for the homeland security practitioners operating at maritime ports. Systems based on...
Egozi: Unmanned Killer Boats’ Growing Role
By Arie Egozi
The problem is universal and some countries are now confronted by it in a growing pace and severity.
An exclusive economic zone (EEZ)...
UUV Systems Upgraded
The United States Navy has recently closed a $15.8 million contract with a marine robotics company to upgrade the MK 18 Kingfish unmanned underwater...
New Type of Threat to Maritime Security
Increasingly connected and automated vessels are becoming a cybersecurity challenge. In an incident last February, a deep draft vessel on an international voyage sailed...
Road Tech is Applicable to Maritime Arena
A new boat stopping technology brings to a quick and safe halt vessels whose maneuvers arouse suspicions about their intent. The new family of...
Israeli Ports Confronting GPS Jamming
In recent years, incidents of GPS tampering have disrupted the flow of commerce within ports around the world by blocking the signals needed for...
