Private Security firm to hire 1,100 employees across Los Angeles

With businesses shuttered and millions out of work, one company is planning a massive hiring blitz across Los Angeles. Private security firm, Allied Universal,...

Kalyan Dombivali Smart City sets up war room to fight COVID-19

NEC India has helped Kalyan Dombivali Smart City (SKDCL) by quickly setting up an emergency war room cum command center at KDMC Commissioner’s office...

Security Essen 2020 cancelled

The international trade fair Security Essen planned for 22-25 September 2020 has been cancelled due to the unforeseeable developments of the Corona crisis. Against...

University reveals new biometric security threat

A study by computer scientists at the University of Liverpool has revealed a new privacy threat from devices such as smartphones, smart doorbells and...

Telangana has highest number of CCTV cameras, 64 per cent of total in India

Since the formation of Telangana State, CCTV cameras have become an essential part of policing. Their extensive use in preventing and detecting crime has...

ISO upgrades cyber security & privacy standard

The International Standards Organisation has just updated the ISO/IEC 27009 standard, which will enable businesses and organisations from all sectors to coherently address information...

Tech5, ID R&D launch facial and liveness biometrics partnership with eKYC deployment in India

Tech5 has launched, in partnership with ID R&D, a biometric eKYC deployment for users in India which the companies say is the first of...

COVID-19 pandemic to put dent in sales of biometrics, increase investment in face recognition

According to a new report from ABI Research, the global outbreak of COVID-19 is expected to result in a significant reduction in the shipment...

Chennai startup Garuda Aerospace to combat COVID-19 by using drones to disinfect 26 cities

Before the coronavirus outbreak, drone startups in India had one main concern - regulatory grey areas. Often seen as a security threat, drones were...

NEC launches dual face biometric and fever detection system for access control

In a heavyweight addition to the increasingly-crowded market for fever detection and biometric facial recognition technology, NEC has launched NeoFace Thermal Express to provide...