During the recent holidays, we traveled to visit my wife’s family in Romania, with a layover at Frankfurt Airport. While a transatlantic flight with a…
By Freddie Bolton · Airport & Border Control · Aug 26, 2026 · 4 min readSecurity directors are under more pressure than at any point in recent memory. Violence in healthcare settings is accelerating. Schools are operating…
By Peter Evans, CEO of Xtract One Technologies · Weapons Detection · Aug 24, 2026
The appointment of Dadi Barnea, former director of the Mossad, as Global President and Chairman of Ondas Defense marks the peak of the U.S. company’s…
By Paul Epstein · HLS · Aug 10, 2026
The Minneapolis tragedy has once again pushed parents and educators to confront the ongoing crisis of school safety in America. During morning Mass, a…
By Sarah o'Neill · Emergency & Disaster Response · Aug 9, 2026
We've all seen the slick demos—hovering drones, predictive analytics, AI dashboards. But until you've watched one of those drones skip traffic jams and…
By Freddie Bolton · Policing Tech · Aug 6, 2026
Rising geopolitical fragmentation, persistent inflationary pressure, and continued volatility in global trade lanes are reshaping risk exposure across…
By Paula Vettori · HLS · Aug 3, 2026
Violence in healthcare facilities is on the rise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics identifies hospitals as having the highest rate of workplace violence,…
By Paula Vettori · Weapons Detection · Aug 3, 2026
For years, hospitals talked about workplace violence in the abstract. Incident reports went up the chain, staff trainings were refreshed and signage was…
By Marilyn Thaxton, North America Marketing Manager at CEIA USA · Weapons Detection · Aug 3, 2026
Governments in the United States and Europe continue to push forward large procurement programs aimed at modernizing physical security infrastructure -…
By Paula Vettori · Surveillance & CCTV · Aug 2, 2026
As critical infrastructure operators reassess perimeter defenses amid evolving threat models, long-range detection accuracy and false alarm reduction…
By Paul Epstein · HLS · Aug 1, 2026
Global air travel is pushing past pre-pandemic highs, and airports are racing to upgrade checkpoint technology to keep pace. The latest deployments focus…
By Sarah o'Neill · Airport & Border Control · Aug 1, 2026
Schools in the United States face the same challenge year after year: how to keep campuses safe without turning them into fortresses. From physical access…
By Paula Vettori · Emergency & Disaster Response · Aug 1, 2026
On July 7, 2025, a gunman opened fire near McAllen International Airport in Texas, ambushing Border Patrol agents and injuring several officers before…
By Paula Vettori · Airport & Border Control · Jul 31, 2026
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 every so often, you…
By Freddie Bolton · Policing Tech · Jul 31, 2026
Juvare has put forward BedSync, a new tool meant to streamline hospital bed-capacity reporting to the CDC, framed as a timely aid for disaster…
By Sarah o'Neill · Emergency & Disaster Response · Jul 31, 2026
When extreme weather, wildfires, or infrastructure failures hit, the reliability of emergency communications is tested first. Local 9-1-1 centers often…
By Freddie Bolton · Emergency & Disaster Response · Jul 31, 2026
The push toward proactive, perimeter-focused security is gaining real traction going into 2026, especially across retail and multi-site environments.…
By Sarah o'Neill · Surveillance & CCTV · Jul 30, 2026
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