Tanzania bans private security for RCs and DCs

Tanzania Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has issued a directive to regional and district commissioners not to employ guards and assistants from the streets--instead they...

Tenon Group shifting focus to remote monitoring; plans IPO next fiscal

Leading private security firm Tenon Group, is shifting its focus to remote monitoring as it plans to ramp up revenue ahead of a domestic...

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Govt to unveil national cyber security strategy soon

The government is expected to release a new cybersecurity strategy this year, Lt. Gen. (Dr) Rajesh Pant, National Cybersecurity Coordinator, Prime Minister’s Office, Government...

Brazil tests world’s first facial recognition shuttle service

For the first time in the world, passengers on the air shuttle service between the capitals of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro will...

Less than a fourth of Indian IT managers see supply chain as a security...

In a recently conducted survey by Sophos, it was revealed that 27 percent of Indian IT managers identify IoT as a major threat, while...

SAI wants common security guard training syllabus for all states

The Security Association of India has written to the ministry of Home Affairs, requesting the government to make the training syllabus of private security...

SIA publicly opposes congress decision to ban facial biometrics

The Security Industry Association (SIA) has made it known that it has strong opposition to the Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act, originally...

Telangana government revises minimum wages for security services sector steeply upwards

The government of Telangana has revised the minimum wages of people employed in the security services sector. In a notification issued, the government of...

Qatar deploys innovative screening system at airport security

Qatar's Hamad International Airport (HIA), in partnership with Smiths Detection, has installed an innovative screening technology at its security checkpoint that will deliver unprecedented...