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Borders Under Pressure: How AI Firms Are Now Redefining Screening
Travelers in the U.S. just got some relief: shoes no longer have to come off at airport security checkpoints, following a successful...
Paul Epstein
Sep 252 min read
Amnesty Gets It Wrong: Why NYPD’s Facial Recognition Network Is a Lifeline, Not a Threat
Amnesty International’s latest campaign against the NYPD claims that 15,280 facial-recognition cameras have turned New York into an...
Paul Epstein
Sep 251 min read
CEIA and Gallagher to Unveil Cloud and Detection Innovations at GSX 2025
Security professionals arriving at GSX 2025 will find the agenda shaped by pressing questions of resilience, usability, and cost—factors...
Freddie Bolton
Sep 252 min read
Surveillance & CCTV
Facial Recognition in Suffolk Raises Arrests, and Questions
Suffolk Constabulary has doubled down on live facial recognition (LFR) deployments, testing the surveillance technology in both Ipswich...
Sarah o'Neill
Sep 172 min read
Axon Expands Into ALPR and AI, But Questions Remain
Axon, once best known for introducing the Taser to police forces in the 1990s, has steadily rebranded itself as a broader public-safety...
Ellie Goldman
Sep 82 min read
UK Supermarket Iceland Trials Facial Recognition to Combat Retail Crime
UK supermarket chain Iceland has begun piloting facial-recognition technology in two stores as part of a wider crackdown on theft and...
Ellie Goldman
Sep 82 min read
Airport & Border Control
Paul Epstein
Sep 25
Paula Vettori
Sep 23
Sarah o'Neill
Sep 1
Emergency & Disaster Response
From School Shootings to Stadium Safety: AI-Driven Screening Is the Next Layer of Physical Security
The new school year in the United States has opened with grim numbers: 47 shootings on K–12 grounds so far in 2025. That reality is...
Freddie Bolton
Sep 242 min read
K-12 Security Still Struggles With Fragmentation Despite New ANSI Standard
Schools in the United States face the same challenge year after year: how to keep campuses safe without turning them into fortresses....
Paula Vettori
Sep 82 min read
Minneapolis School Shooting Highlights Critical Role of Tactical Maps for First Responders
The Minneapolis tragedy has once again pushed parents and educators to confront the ongoing crisis of school safety in America. During...
Sarah o'Neill
Sep 72 min read
Policing Tech
Amnesty Gets It Wrong: Why NYPD’s Facial Recognition Network Is a Lifeline, Not a Threat
Amnesty International’s latest campaign against the NYPD claims that 15,280 facial-recognition cameras have turned New York into an...
Paul Epstein
Sep 251 min read
Police Scotland Charts Careful Path on Facial Recognition
Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) are taking a deliberate, consultative approach to the possible use of live facial...
Paul Epstein
Sep 242 min read
In the Field With Policing Tech: Two Systems That Actually Changed the Job
I’ve seen plenty of flashy demos in my career—slick PowerPoints about “next-gen policing” that never make it past the pilot phase. But...
Freddie Bolton
Sep 82 min read
HLS
CEIA and Gallagher to Unveil Cloud and Detection Innovations at GSX 2025
Security professionals arriving at GSX 2025 will find the agenda shaped by pressing questions of resilience, usability, and cost—factors...
Freddie Bolton
Sep 252 min read
Homeland Tech in Focus: Cell Towers, AI and Smart 911 Response
A fresh alarm has rung through U.S. government ranks: nearly two dozen FEMA IT personnel—including top CISOs—have been fired following a...
Ellie Goldman
Sep 162 min read
Who’s Hired and Who’s Fired: Key Global Moves in Security Leadership
From state governments to enterprise SaaS, the past two weeks brought notable security leadership changes. Organizations under pressure...
Sarah o'Neill
Sep 91 min read
Portable Screening Gains Momentum as Fixed Checkpoints Show Their Limits
Security managers are increasingly questioning the limits of traditional fixed checkpoints. Recent incidents at schools, stadiums, and...
Ellie Goldman
Sep 172 min read
Hospitals, Liability and AI: Athena Security Bets on Integrated Screening
Violence in healthcare facilities is on the rise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies hospitals as having the highest rate of...
Paula Vettori
Sep 172 min read
Minneapolis School Mass Shooting Renews Urgency for Smarter Safety Tech
The mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on August 27 has once again forced educators and parents to confront...
Ellie Goldman
Sep 22 min read
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