New Tech to Detect Threats in Crowded Environments
Everyone wants to be safe and secure, but is it realistic to perform in crowded environments such as a metro station security screening like...
Drone As Crowd-Management Solution
India will use drones for both crowd management and infrastructure inspection. As one of the most populous countries in the world, India is interested...
Israeli Innovation Applies AI to New Drone
A new rugged autonomous drone with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities was developed by an Israeli tech company to advance security missions with real-life applications. Percepto...
New Competitor in Infrastructure Inspection Vertical
New autonomous solar-powered blimps will be used to collect long-distance aerial data. Mothership Aeronautics will build and deploy its new TerraSoar Aerial Intelligence Airship. TerraSoar’s...
New Tech to Detect Terrorist Suiciders in Metro Stations
A new security screening technique currently being tested in the US is designed to scan large crowds and spot hidden explosives and suicide vests....
Railway Detection via Optic Fibre Technology
Various security monitoring applications used in the rail industry require individual systems, creating expensive and complex integrations for surveillance centres. Moreover, installations tend to...
First Responders Tech Tested in New York Large Scale Urban Exercise
A large-scale exercise to assess authorities’ capabilities to improve first responders’ preparedness and response to an urban, critical incident was recently conducted at the...
Forthcoming – Leading Video Analytics Conference and Exhibition
Israel is a leading player in the Homeland Security arena, with proven field capabilities and experience. Leading Israeli companies are involved in many of...
Creative Solution to Secure Critical Transportation Infrastructure on Emergency
Protecting critical infrastructure isn’t just about preventing malicious attacks, but also mitigating the damage of natural disasters. Transportation infrastructure such as subway tunnels are...
Smart Video Analytics Would Detect Unusual Behavior in Public Transportation
Video analytics methods have emerged as an effective measure of security in public transport hubs, successfully managing the passengers' progress in stations while supplying...
Hitachi to Enter Counter-Terror Field
Hitachi announced that it will begin providing "walk-through type explosives trace detection system" for critical infrastructure facilities such as power plants and data centers...
Growing Role of Video Analytics at the Security and Marketing Sectors
The role of video analytics in the security and law enforcement fields has been growing, and its functions have expanded to traffic control and...
Video Analytics to Manage Crowd Control in Train Stations
‘Intelligent video analytics’ were deployed by the Indian Railways in order to assess crowd density at major railway stations and initiate crowd control measures...
Could Facial Recognition Prevent The Next Terror Attack?
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security have invested in technology to prevent attacks like the one in Brussels, including facial recognition technology that...
India Uses Drones To Inspect Mega-Rail Project Progress
India is putting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to good use for an ambitious project. Indian Railway has been using UAVs to inspect the construction...
Smarter, Safer Trains
At the beginning of October Siemens introduced RailFusion - a software designed to make our trains infrastructures safer and more efficient.
This new software, already at...
What has Changed In Railroad Security?
Paz Shabtai
The attempted attack by an armed man aboard a train in Europe has brought attention in the United States and Europe to the...