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Frank DeFina, senior director, strategic sales, Hikvision USA Inc., died unexpectedly over the weekend.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced the appointment of Stephen Scharf to the newly-created position of CSO.

More than 1,000 security officers, baggage handlers and wheelchair attendants at New York’s LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International Airports voted unanimously to authorize a strike starting Wednesday night.

California Assemblyman Mike Gatto and Sen. Ted Gaines announced a bill that would allow first responders to jam, hack or otherwise take down drones "in the course of firefighting, air ambulance, or search-and-rescue operations."
 

An Ann Arbor resident is suing the University of Michigan after being denied a permit to open carry a gun on campus.
 

Travel groups are objecting to a House of Representatives plan to divert revenue from airline passenger fees paid to the TSA to pay for a highway trust fund.

The New York Police Department is testing software that uses neighborhood-specific data and past criminal activity to create statistical models that forecast where and when certain crimes are likely to occur.

A federal lawsuit said the TSA should develop formal regulations for its full-body scanners. 

The Postal Service is shipping all 230,000 carriers new mobile devices with a soon-to-be-activated "panic button."
 

According to a new survey, a majority (77 percent) are anxious about their financial information and social security numbers being stolen or compromised.