Airbus: Günter Butschek nominated as new Head of Operations
Günter Butschek has been appointed as Executive Vice President (EVP) Operations and will take up this position on 1st March 2011. He will become a member of the Airbus Executive Co...
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Changing of the guard at Kaba in summer
Rudolf Weber has decided to step down as CEO of the Kaba Group after five business years in the post. The Board of Directors has appointed Riet Cadonau – currently CEO of Ascom – a...
Identive Group: Rob Zivney is the the new VP Government & Standards
Identive Group,a provider of products, services and solutions for the security, identification and RFID industries,announced the appointment of RobertZivney to the newly created ro...
UBM launches security show for the Middle East: IFSEC Arabia
UBM, the organiser of IFSEC in the UK and a series of IFSEC branded security shows around the world, is launching a security show targeting the Middle East security market in Novem...
Cassidian protects German Navy ships with the latest identification systems
Cassidian, the recently re-named defence and security pillar of EADS, protects German Navy ships with identification systems to avoid confrontations with unknown aircraft. With the...
UTC Fire & Security Breaks Ground on Fire Innovation & Test Center
UTC Fire Security broke ground in West Palm Beachon aFire Innovation Test (FIT) Center that will integrate testing, engineering and customer demonstration capabilities into one s...
Optelecom will present first ever AID video server at Intersec 2011
Optelecom-NKF, global supplier of advanced video surveillance equipmentannounced its intention to participate in the Intersec 2011 trade show in Dubai. Amongst other innovations Op...
Infinova Places IPO of USD 300 Million
Infinova today announced that shares of Infinova were successfully listed on the Chinese Stock Exchange on December 24, 2010. Infinova will use the USD 300 million to grow both org...
Security: DHS of Secretary Napolitano Meets with Top European Officials
US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano traveled to Brussels and met with European Commission (EC) Vice President and Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie...
Flir to Deliver Thermal Imaging Cameras for Mobile Surveillance Capabilities
Flir Systems announcedthat its ICx Technologies subsidiary has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) valued at ...
Obama Signs Security Industry Priority into Law
US President Obamasigned into law legislationthat will provide electronic security companies relief from an onerous and misguided energy efficiency requirement. The Energy Independ...
Yemen Customs Orders Vans for Cargo and Vehicle Screening
American Science and Engineering ("ASE")announced today the receipt of an additional order from Yemen Customs for two of the Company's top selling Z Backscatter Vans (ZBV) to scree...
HID Launches Product Security Reporting Center
HID Global announced a new HID Global Product Security Reporting Center, a secure and structured mechanism for reporting potential security vulnerabilities in HID Global products, ...
David Beech is Pixim's new channel development director EMEA
Pixim, a leading provider of imaging chips for enterprise security cameras, announced the appointment of David Beech, a surveillance security professional with over 28 years indust...
USA and Quatar sign Letter of Intent on Bilateral Security Initiatives
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Qatari Minister of State for Interior Affairs HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thanisigned a letter of intent to exp...
Milestone Introduces XProtect Corporate 4.0
High performance functionality benefits large-scale video surveillance projectsMilestone Systems, the open platform company in IP video management software, today has released vers...
Beograde Airport integrates first biometric eGate solution
Since 22nd December 2009 Serbia is officially a pre-accession country for the European Union (EU). An important step to reach is aim is the setup of a state-of-the-art ID infrastru...
Cassidian expands the TETRA Academy in Doha
Cassidian and the Ministry of Interior (Mol) of the State of Qatar have opened a jointly operated and expanded TETRA Academy in Doha. Established under the aegis of the Minister of...
AS&E Receives Multimillion Dollar Order for Screening System
American Science and Engineering, Inc. ("ASE")announced that the Company has been awarded a multimillion dollar order from a Latin American country for a Z Portal vehicle screening...
Raytheon Commences Tender Offer for All Shares of Applied Signal Technology
Raytheon Companyis commencing, through its wholly-owned subsidiary RN Acquisition Company, a cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Applied ...
Funkwerk equips Finnish railway stations with information systems
Finland is now also ahead of the rest of the world by a length in terms of passenger information in rail transport. This is made possible by innovative technology from Funkwerk.The...
Sweden: Shopkeeper pays price for bomber CCTV footage
According to the Scottish newspaper "The Scotsman",a shopkeeper who handed police video footage of the Stockholm suicide bombing says he will think twice before helping authorities...
Bruker Acquires Sigma ElectroOptics to expand Gas Detection Business
Brukerannounced the signing of an agreement with simultaneous closing of the acquisition of Sigma ElectroOptics GmbH ('Sigma'), based in Hamburg, Germany. Sigma's 2010 revenue is e...
Yemen Customs to Deploy AS&E Detection Technology
American Science and Engineering ("ASE") announcedthe receipt of an order for Yemen Customs for two of the Company's top selling Z Backscatter Vans (ZBV) with an exercisable option...
Anixter International Announces the Acquisition of Clark Security Products
Anixter International,global distributor of communication and security products,announced that it has acquired all the outstanding shares of Clark Security Products and the assets ...
ISAF 2010 Report
ISAF 2010, which is the only international security and fire exhibition in Turkiye, was held in Istanbul Expo Center between 23-26 September, 2010. 139 participator companies from ...
Raytheon to Acquire Applied Signal Technology
Raytheon Companyannounced that it has signed a definitive acquisition agreement with Applied Signal Technology, a leader in the collection and processing of communications signals ...
Marc Freundlich appointed President of Identive's Multicard division and VP of Identive Group
Identive Groupannounced that security industry veteran Marc Freundlich has been appointed President of Identive's Multicard division and a Vice President of Identive Group. In this...
ANPR cooperation: Sony and ARH
ARH business partner ELVIAhas launched a ready to use automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera based on the XCI smart camera from Sony Europe's Image Sensing Solutions divi...
Saudi Arabia to be world’s second largest market for Homeland Security
The rapidly evolving security scenario in the region has placed the onus for increased preparedness on local authorities and institutions to be able to meet the multi-faceted chall...
Sweden terror alert level unchanged
Swedish policesaid they have not been able to establish if a man who died in a weekend suicide bombing in Stockholm had accomplices, but have not ruled out that possibility. The on...
ActivIdentity Joins HID Global
HID Global announced the completion of its parent company ASSA ABLOYs acquisition of ActivIdentity. The acquisition will expand HID Globals logical access offering and create a uni...
Study links shift work to higher risk of work injury
A recent study by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) concluded that Canadians who work night and rotating shifts are almost twice as likely to be injured on ...
Identive Group: Brent Archer new VP Group Operations & Supply Chain
Identive Group announced that Brent Archer has joined the Company as Vice President Group Operations Supply Chain. In this newly created role, Archer will oversee global operation...
MS&D 2011: Focus on security of ports and international shipping
"The main focus of work for the navies has changed in the past years, and that is also reflected in the conference themes of MSD 2011," explains Ulrich Otto, Rear-Admiral (ret.) an...
