The Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will employ facial recognition technology for the entry of athletes, officials and journalists into game venues.

With less than a week to go before the 2016 Rio Olympics begin, the Brazil Ministry of Justice terminated its contract with private security firm Artel, citing “incompetence and irresponsibility.” The Rio de Janeiro-based firm was meant to hire 3,400 security personnel, but admitted they had only hired 500.

Talk to anyone in the today's Sports & Entertainment Industry, about what fuels the market. Most will tell you that it's all about safety/security and the overall fan experience.

Brazil plans to deploy around 60,000 security forces for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

For the 2014 Winter Olympics, a 50-person contingent from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), including several members of the board of directors, spent 14 days attending various events and competitions in Sochi, Russia. For Tiger Shaw, two-time Olympian and now President and CEO of the USSA, this meant the need to call in some expert help.

Japan faced a full-on cyber attack across government departments Tuesday in a drill aimed at bolstering national security. Similar to the ethical-hacker testing for the London 2012 Olympics, 50 cyber defense specialists gathered at an emergency response center in Tokyo, with at least three times that many offsite, to defend against a simulated attack across 21 state ministries and agencies and 10 industry associations.

The United States is advising airlines with direct flights serving Russia to be aware of the possibility of explosive materials concealed in toothpaste or cosmetic tubes. Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin to airlines flying to Russia warning of the potential threat. The bulletin said that officials believed that the explosives might be used during flights or smuggled into the city of Sochi, where the Winter Olympics begins this week.

Two Austrian athletes have received kidnap threats if they should compete in the Sochi Winter Olympics, which heightens security concerns at the games and triggered an investigation by counter-terrorism experts.

With the 2014 Winter Olympics approaching, more say it was a bad decision (44%) than a good decision (32%) to hold the games in Russia.