The massive MegaFace dataset may have violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, a 2008 law that protects residents from using facial scans without their permission.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 14, 2019
For the third year in a row, SMBs are reporting big increases in the frequency of cybersecurity attacks.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 11, 2019
A man who targeted a synagogue during the Yom Kippur holiday killed two people outside but could not break through the door with gunfire or an explosive.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 11, 2019
The measure, which will last until at least 2023, does not ban police from using facial recognition in other types of cameras.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 10, 2019
Grand opening ceremony attended by local officials and industry icons
Partnership will enable law, police and EMS to quickly connect with the nearest public camera and respond smartly based on the specific situation, potentially preventing more than 2,000
homicides.
The Trump administration has added 28 more Chinese organizations to its entity list, which forbids American companies from selling their products to foreign companies without government permission.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 09, 2019
Large hotel chains adopted new measures to combat sexual harassment and increase safety for workers in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 09, 2019
Umbo will use the investment to help accelerate its global sales expansion and improve its portfolio of AI-powered security products.
Law enforcement are increasingly worried about the possibility of end-to-end encryption, which does not provide police with a way to access communications between potential suspects.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 08, 2019
At a legislative hearing Friday, court administrators answered questions about their decision to hire “penetration testers” who were arrested for burglary last month.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 08, 2019
Razberi will apply the funds to building out its market coverage and continuing to deliver products.
Over 200 accounts were targeted by the group of hackers, but only four were compromised, according to Microsoft.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 07, 2019
The Security Industry Association selected Steve Van Till as the 2019 recipient of the George R. Lippert Memorial Award.
Even if an organization decides to pay a ransom against the FBI’s advice, they should report the crime to law enforcement, according to the FBI alert.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 07, 2019
In the latest ransomware attack scourge, three hospitals in Alabama were able to continue serving existing patients but said they could not take new cases.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 04, 2019
The French government plans to introduce a program called Alicem that will require residents to take a selfie video to compare to their passport photo.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 04, 2019
Moviegoers and the families of victims of the Aurora theater shooting worry that someone could stage a copycat attack during opening weekend.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 03, 2019
Security researchers found 11 significant vulnerabilities in devices that use the IPnet software, though there are no confirmed incidents involving takeovers of the devices.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 03, 2019
A majority of Americans did not know about the changing ID requirements for boarding planes in a recent survey, and DHS said that only 27 percent of residents have been issued a Real ID.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 02, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security is refocusing its efforts on cyber threats to aircraft, and the Air Force is sponsoring “hacking villages” to discover hacking vulnerabilities.
- By Haley Samsel
- Oct 02, 2019
Price will continue to manage all internal and external corporate communications.
The vast majority of discussions involving security and parking areas focus on protecting people and property from vandalism, theft or violent crimes.
As city streets and sidewalks become progressively more congested, city planners are facing new safety challenges, including distracted pedestrians, a growing numbers of bicyclists on the road and an increase in public transportation.
- By Joel White
- Oct 01, 2019
Recent hacks into databases of some of the world’s biggest corporations and government organizations put the personal information of billions of people at risk.
- By Mohammed Murad
- Oct 01, 2019
The company now offers 11 SAFETY Act Certified products including the Impasse II high security fence and Stalwart anti-ram passive cable barrier systems that received certification in 2015.
Video analytics have been around almost as long as CCTV itself, rescuing security operators from the nearly impossible task of continuously and effectively monitoring video surveillance feeds.
- By Jennifer Hackenburg
- Oct 01, 2019
OSDP, or Open Supervised Device Protocol, is an access control communications standard designed to improve interoperability among access control and security products, and it’s becoming the new standard for access control technology.
- By Kaitlyn DeHaven
- Oct 01, 2019
Cloud storage is most used by small-and-medium businesses (SMBs). The reason is that it comes with many benefits for organizations in terms of flexibility and more importantly productivity.
- By François Amigorena
- Oct 01, 2019
Wyoming State Superintendent Jillian Balow is making an effort to better understand how the state’s 48 school districts’ are protecting their students.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Oct 01, 2019