Hikvision launches 3MP mini IR network camera range for SMEs

Hikvision has chosen to broaden its IR network camera portfolio with the introduction of the DS-2CD2032-I 3MP IR mini bullet camera and the DS-2CD2132-I...

Fire alarm communicator offers choice of IP, 4G or cellular

Honeywell Power has announced a fire alarm communications panel that allows installers to easily select IP, GSM (cellular) or both for fire alarm reporting...

COP Security unveils complete new HD-SDI CCTV range

COP Security has launched a comprehensive new HD-SDI range, comprising of Express HD cameras, IR Lab HD cameras, COP Security HD DVRs and a...

From the Editor’s desk: September 2013

Dear Reader, This month, if I do not mention the outfall of the steep fall of the Indian Rupee against the US Dollar, particularly its...

Skilled employees more important than larger security budget: Survey

Tripwire, Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, today announced the results of a survey of 167 attendees at...

IP vs. Analog Security Surveillance to reach ‘Tipping Point’ by 2014

The CCTV and video surveillance market continues to be headed to a “tipping point” in 2014, with revenue for network video overtaking analog for...

Avigilon launches manifesto on the use of responsible surveillance in the...

Avigilon, a leader in high-definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance solutions, recently launched its first manifesto, championing the use of responsible surveillance in the...

Peruvians spend $1,000 a year on private security

Despite the exciting trends and industry buzz surrounding mobile technologies, wireless locks and hosted access control, more long-standing and less sensational trends such as...

Access control industry moves towards open standards

Despite the exciting trends and industry buzz surrounding mobile technologies, wireless locks and hosted access control, more long-standing and less sensational trends such as...

Hundreds of fake security guard licenses under investigation

Hundreds of people in Florida are under investigation, accused of getting fake licenses to be gun-carrying security guards. Five people were accused of forging...

Al Qaeda bomb maker may have developed deadly explosive

Al Qaeda terrorists could try to bring down planes using an undetectable explosive soaked into their clothes, officials fear. The organisation’s bomb-makers are reportedly...

Syria ‘legalises’ private security firms

Syria's president has passed a decree legalising private security firms, faced with a 29-month armed revolt against his rule that has pinned down the...

Atlanta police want to make false alarms pay

Atlanta police responded to 65,000 burglar alarms last year, and they estimate nearly 62,000 of them were false. Burglar alarms cry wolf across the...

Video door phone market poised for growth

The $1.8 billion global door phone market is transitioning from audio to video technology, with video set to grow and account for 50 percent...

Philippines police to strictly implement Oro’s CCTV law

The implementation of the law requiring high-risk establishments to install closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) in the premises will strictly be implemented in Cagayan de Oro...

Regulation of private investigators to come into force in 2014

New British Home Office guidelines to regulate private investigators from 2014 will see the responsibility for issuing licenses fall under the remit of the...

Mini CCTV trial in Edinburgh to combat hate crime

A trial of mini CCTV cameras is being carried out in Edinburgh in an attempt to crack down on hate crimes in the Scottish...

Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC readers get TSA’s nod

Intellicheck Mobilisa’s TWIC Reader Plus Models IM2610 and IM2620 have been approved by the Transportation Security Administration. “TSA has created a robust ID security...

DRDO launches explosive detection kit in US

It looks like a little pocket sized cigar box, but it packs a mighty punch in the fight against terrorism. And now this nifty...

Pune eateries comply with CCTV rule

Almost 85% of the eateries in Pune have installed CCTV cameras as a safety measure that the police had asked them to follow after...