Visa’s Biometric Paymentsstudy, which surveyed 14,000 people across Europe, revealed that 73 percent of people think biometric security checks on a payments device is a secure authentication, with fingerprint the preference for 81% of consumers, followed by iris scanning.
Malaysia’s government has proposed to increase security at the country’s international airports in the wake of terrorist attacks at similar facilities overseas, such as Brussels, Belgium; and Ataturk, Turkey.
Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism will contribute a further 1 billion Jamaican dollars to the Ministry of National Security to assist with security and law enforcement across the island.
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is asking shipping and maritime companies to be vigilant to the potential commercial impact that cyber attacks can cause.
Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Deputy Director-General of the UK’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has argued that the British public’s decision to leave the European Union would necessitate a significant a shift in UK national strategy and has called for a new Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR).
Firms supplying essential services – such as energy, transport, banking and health, or digital services – such as search engines and cloud services, will have to improve their ability to withstand cyber attacks under the first EU-wide rules on cybersecurity, approved by the European Parliament in July.
Eighty-six percent of Americans are concerned about terrorist attacks occurring while on vacation in various regions of the world, prompting many to make major changes to their travel plans.
