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The first of two scheduled deployments of unmanned aircraft systems over the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands showed they can be used to conduct research without...

Articles and issues discussed in this week’s report: Al-Qaeda financing sources China vs Microsoft QinetiQ's new airborne communications surveillance systems Terrorists using social media

Exiled leaker Edward Snowden strikes once more. In a new interview, he disclosed that the NSA caused a massive internet blackout in Syria following...

To many Americans, online eavesdropping by the U.S. National Security Agency is an outrage, a threat to privacy and freedom.  To some, it's a business opportunity. A small but...

A review of the field of Signal Intelligence, or SIGINT – involving the analysis of electronic signals.

Intelligence agencies generate massive amounts of information. How can experts avoid getting flooded by the endless stream of data, and instead use it to...

A recent FBI case has proved that the bureau's facial recognition systems works. The story starts with a fugitive, Neil Stammer, who had been on...

Articles and issues discussed in this week's report: Miami police tests new surveillance drones New armored mini-tractor for law enforcement agents Possible Ebola "dirty bomb" worries experts U.S....

The modern world we live in dictates the use of many modes of electronic communications: Wired and cellular communications, surfing the internet, sending e-mails,...

Data Fusion: Using data that includes a shot of a vehicle license plate, an occasional pic on Facebook, cellular positioning of a group of...

QinetiQ has launched a new range of airborne communications surveillance systems. The ASX system is modular with a range of configurations allowing it be...

The first in a series of reviews focusing on intelligence. In this episode we review HUMINT – Human Intelligence – using spies and informants...

Issues and articles discussed in this report: A new IT security survey British lawmakers examine UAV market Smart Russian weapons may reach ISIS in Iraq New, life-saving Israeli...

A review of Israel's offshore security systems, defending its #underwater natural #gas reservoirs.

The U.S. National Security Agency’s (#NSA) actions have and will continue to cause “significant damage” to U.S. interests and the global Internet community, the...

When you can’t collect all the data you need, a new algorithm tells you which to target. A new technique could help with both...

The horror scenario of evacuating tens of thousands of residents living near hazardous materials facilities, refineries or military industries requires an immediate control capabilities...

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research the global homeland security market was valued at USD 245.72 billion in 2013,...

At the request  of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), with a $600 million grant, Amazon Web Services have put the finishing touches on a...

Bart De Wever, the mayor of Antwerp and the leader of the Flemish nationalist party N-VA, has said that Belgium needs a Homeland Security...

The NSA and FBI monitored the e-mails of prominent Muslim American leaders and attorneys, including the head of the largest American Muslim civil rights...

A Washington think tank has estimated the likely annual cost of cybercrime and economic espionage to the world economy at more than $445 billion...