Electronic locks in over 40,000 hotels worldwide compromised, says security firm

Security research firm F-Secure has discovered a critical vulnerability in electronic locks made by the worlds largest lock…

ASIS Bengaluru Chapter #295 Meet: 23rd March 2018

The Bengaluru Chapter of ASIS organized a meeting for all security professionals in the city and affiliated areas. The meet was…

Nine out of ten Swedes back CCTV in public places

Nine out of ten Swedes are positive about having CCTV cameras in public places, a new survey by Lund University shows. Sweden has…

EU Commission proposes mandatory biometrics in ID cards

ID cards issued to EU citizens will need to include digital images of the holders fingerprints, the European Commission has…

Vehicles made on or after Jan. 1, 2019 to have High Security Registration Plates

From January 1, 2019, all classes of motor vehicles will come fitted with tamper-proof High Security Registration Plates (HSRP)…

Cities worldwide spent over $3 billion last year on surveillance

The world market for security equipment in city surveillance surged past $3 billion last year and won't be slowing down anytime…

3.24M records were stolen, lost or exposed in India in 2017

Gemalto has released the latest findings of the Breach Level Index, revealing that 3.24 million records were stolen, lost or…

Madurai police launch locked house monitoring system

Madurai City Police have launched a 'Locked House Monitoring System' (LHMS), under which the city police will install temporary…

Centre, DIAL differ over security at IGI

Indira Gandhi International Airport is withinhyper-sensitive category and is subjected to rigorous security audits, the Centre…

Amazon completes Ring acquisition to accelerate into security market

Amazon and Ring have confirmed that Amazons acquisition of Ring is now complete. The two companies will work together to…

RBI sends guidelines on cash management to banks

The Reserve Bank of India has sent a notification to all Public Sector Banks / Private Sector Banks / Foreign Banks / Regional…

Dedicated cells be set up in HCs for viewing CCTV footage, says SC

The Supreme Court has said that dedicated cells should be constituted in high courts where footage of CCTV cameras installed in…