Articles Tagged with ''port security''

The UK Government will now check passports on all passengers leaving the UK. 

In order to achieve more while reducing costs, many enterprises’ security leaders have turned to automation. By adding thermal cameras as part of a larger intrusion detection system, security departments can reduce false alarm rates and even bring operational value back to the enterprise. Off the coast of Venezuela, there is a cluster of oil platforms.

The NJ/NY Port Authority's executive who oversees all security operations will retire in January.

 Late September, MIT researchers unveiled an oval-shaped submersible robot at the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. The football-sized machine can perform ultrasound scans underwater, looking for cracks in nuclear reactors’ water tanks. The robot could also inspect ships for false hulls and propeller shafts that smugglers use to hide contraband.  

According to Greg DeCanio, the Chief of Law Enforcement at LIMA, the new video management system provides airport security personnel with “the ability to access video at our computers, making us more efficient and letting us monitor activity for security and law enforcement purposes at the touch of a button.”

The University of Hawaii has partnered with Ohio company Battelle to market an unmanned robotic vessel capable of exploring disaster zones in harbor ports before first-responder personnel, according to Pacific Business News.

Fifty-four NY/NJ Port Authority Police officers were promoted in a department reorganization that is expected to help reduce overtime and better meet security demands.

Imagine invisible perimeter security – a microwave detection system so sensitive it can distinguish between people and animals alongside a fence.