New Anti-Surveillance Development Will Thwart Facial Recognition
A new project aims to reduce the confidence score of facial detection and recognition by providing false faces that distract computer vision algorithms.
A Berlin-based...
Hi-tech cooperation: the answer to effective transport security
The SECUR-ED project aims to establish new tools to achieve truly integrated security monitoring, thus ensuring the highest levels of passenger safety.
Transport hubs such...
Growing interest in the Dominator XP UAS
The Mexican armed forces are operating the Aeronautics Dominator XP unmanned air system (UAS).Negotiations are underway with some other potential clients.
The first export contract...
iHLS TV – Ebola sensor, Self-healing computers, the Chinese civilian UAV...
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (18 November 2014):
Low-cost Ebola sensor
Self-healing computers: next step in fighting hackers
The Chinese civilian UAV market
Morocco to assist UAE...
New Problems Securing Mass Crowd Events
When thousands of football fans enter Cardiff' Stadium on June 3 to watch the UEFA Champions League final, few will be aware that their...
Turkey To Fly aerostats along Syrian Border To Counter IS Threat
Turkey plans to beef up border security by flying aerostats and building two-fence border system as part of an ‘integrated system’ plan to secure...
More Public-Private Development Required in AI Tech
Geospatial imagery, facial recognition and other biometrics are driving the intelligence community’s research into artificial intelligence (AI). Other intelligence activities, such as human language...
DHS Seeking Top-Level Identity Security
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded a $749,241 Small Business Innovation Program (SBIR) contract to Digital...
Gunshot Sensor Contributes to More Immediate Injured Evacuation
A considerable percentage of the gunshot attacks carried out in the US are not reported to the authorities, and when they are reported -...
A Comprehensive Cyber Attack On ISIS – Pros and Cons
The Pentagon is set to step up its cyber warfare efforts against ISIS, and is arguing that disabling the group’s computers, mobile phones, and...
The JAVA warning – problem fixed, alert is on
Is Java safe? Oracle Corp. claimed last week that it has fixed the problem in its Java software that raised an alarm from the...
See, Control, Protect
“Comprehensive endpoint protection is the foundation of a company’s security”, that was the title for Kaspersky Labs’ announcement of its new enterprise product, Endpoint...
WATCH: SCAMP, The Robot That Flies, Climbs Walls Like An Insect
Meet SCAMP, the Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform, a robot that can fly, land on vertical walls, and then scamper up them. SCAMP...
Cyber-weapons: legal and strategic aspects
The protection of national strategic assets (which nowadays can be compromised by a cyber-attack almost instantly) is, and must always be, the priority ,whether...
A few thoughts on the Israeli situation
By Arie Egozi
Israelis are not protected in case of emergencies. There has been lot of talk, but no real change. The reports by the...
The Tunnels Threats That Israel Saw First
During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, the Israeli military uncovered and destroyed 32 cross-border tunnels beneath Gaza, reaching into Israeli territory. Many of them,...
Watch: Insitu Launches ScanEagle Upgrades
Insitu is introducing a couple of new improvements for its SceanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that should significantly bolster its maritime surveillance capabilities general...
What Makes A Device Smart?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is creating a whole new world of devices. It’s ushering in a new age of devices across industries. But...
BCP&IT Conference: The New Crisis Management C4I Array Revealed
The Crisis management computing array, an emergency management facility, is one of Israel's largest building and C4I projects. The project took several years to...
Pentagon Orders Hundreds of Small Reconnaissance Robots
FirstLook is engineered with visible cameras, long-wave infrared sensors and thermal cameras – all designed to gather and beam back images and video of...
Direct Weather Forecasts for Drone Operators
Part 107 of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) rules for commercial drone operations in the US stipulates that pilots of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...
Aircraft Nearly Hit by Quadrocopter UAV
Drones might risk commercial aircraft while flying nearby.
Lufthansa Airline company confirmed an incident involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone,...
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One of the World’s Most Widely Used Machine Guns Is Evolving...
Machine guns remain a core element of infantry firepower, but the way soldiers use them has changed significantly over the past two decades. Modern...
