The Venue Security Director Survey found safety challenges at stadiums across the MLB, NFL and more, prioritizing crowd management and security technologies.

Nine contracts of around $1 million were awarded to small businesses by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to build security technology prototypes.

The State of Arizona has introduced a mobile driver's license and state ID system at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) for approved passengers to progress through airport security.

As security professionals around the globe are involved in their organization’s COVID-19 response, many security staff are contemplating how to assess their protocols and procedures, as well as what new protocols and procedures to put in place. How can security technologies be a part of the overall COVID-19 response for an enterprise and how can security professionals use technology now that will serve them well in the future with continued enterprise risk mitigation?

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and ASIS International (ASIS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the ASIS headquarters in Alexandria, Va., on Thursday, March 6, 2014. The agreement stipulates how DHS will work in partnership with ASIS to communicate the agency’s capability gaps, technology requirements, and outreach opportunities to its vendor and member communities in an effort to provide state of the art technological capabilities to its operating components and the nation’s first responders.

The New York City Police Department’s intelligence and analytics unit is evaluating whether Google Glass is a decent fit for investigating terrorists and helping police catch criminals. The department recently received several pairs of the high-tech spectacles for testing.