Sharm el-Sheikh Airport Security Lax, Or Simply Ignored?
On Oct. 31, Metrojet Flight 9268 catastrophically broke apart over the Sinai Peninsula after taking off from Sharm el-Sheikh about 20 minutes earlier and...
Self-Screening at Security Checkpoints
As technology develops and becomes more automated and user friendly, more and more self-service technologies have been installed. Whether it be self service banks...
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...
The Device that Can Control Your Mind with the Power of...
Mind control is getting a whole new meaning with recent development from Institute of Basic Science (IBS) and Yonsei University in South Korea. Nano...
Artificial Intelligence is Taking Surveillance Technologies to Next Level
New deep learning techniques have enabled us to analyze video footage more quickly and cheaply than ever before, and a larger number of companies...
Dogs’ olfactory senses, screening, ariport and border checkpoints
How do you train a dog to detect a threat and issue an alert?
Dogs are known for their highly keen sense of smell. While...
iHLS TV Weekly Edition – AUS&R 2014
iHLS Israel Homeland Security
In this weekly report (25 November 2014):
The AUS&R 2014 Conference and Exhibition will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, November 26, under any...
Biometrics – The Solution for IoT Security
Biometrics and IoT (Internet of Things) technologies represent a symbiotic match that together will drive further IoT adoption, according to techzone360.com evaluation.
The IoT market...
DARPA – Advanced Biothreat Sensors Under Development
The ability to rapidly detect biothreats often relies on expertise and equipment that’s difficult to transport and takes time to carry out. A new...
Open Threat Assessment Platform For Airports
Most airports in the world are packed with security services, among them undercover security guards who look like any other passenger. On top of...
Plant-Based Sensors to Collect Intelligence
The US Department of Defense evaluates that the military’s traditional intelligence sensors are not always optimal for the tasks that have become more and...
Nuclear Detection at a Competetive Price
A DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) program aimed at preventing nuclear threats was successfully demonstrated as part of DARPA’s SIGMA program. SIGMA was...
Image Recognition – Can Computers be Fooled?
Cornell researchers have found that like humans, computers based on machine learning can be fooled by optical illusions, which raises security concerns.
Cornell graduate student...
Innovative Handheld Biosensor Screening System
Biosensors can be useful for businesses as well as for security and defense organizations. BioMensio from Finland is developing a smart handheld bio-screening sensor...
Tech Giant System Raises Concerns
Amazon has been urged to stop marketing a powerful facial recognition tool to police. The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy activists are...
Secure Bridge Monitoring Solution
A recent analysis of U.S. Department of Transportation data shows more than one-third of U.S. bridges are in disrepair. There is an increasing national...
Safran Identity & Security – Vast Array of Identity Management Security...
Safran Identity & Security (previously known as Morpho) is a world leader in the security sector, combining several key areas of expertise to give...
New Berlin Airport Aquires High Level Security
Many new security systems are developed for airports over the backdrop of the U.S. Safety Act which encourages companies to develop anti-terrorism technology. One...
License-Plate Recognition via Artificial Intelligence
Law-enforcement agencies often use automated license-plate recognition (ALPR) technologies to identify the location of vehicles associated with criminal activity. The readers can be mounted...
More technology – less restrictions on air passengers
The most advanced technology enables the Israeli security services to ease some restrictions imposed on passengers that use Ben-Gurion airport in Tel-Aviv.
One example is...
Next-Generation Imaging Tech Implemented at Int’l Airport
A next-generation Enhanced Advanced Imaging Technology for checkpoint security screening has been operated for the first time in a US airport. Denver International Airport...
Double Security Screening Tech at Disney Parks
The need to screen visitors and employees for elevated body temperature in addition to traditional weapons screening is now a reality. A new all-in-one...
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