Gabon and Ghana are two of the latest countries to sign up to the United Nations Security Council. The two nations joined alongside Israel, United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Albania, as the five countries took up the places won from an election in June 2021. The 15-member...
As the dust settles on insurrection, government must acknowledge the urgent need to repurpose a failing security system. The attempted insurrection of the past week affirms the extent to which South Africa suffers from debilitating political, social and economic pathologies. With high unemployment, inequality, poverty, xenophobia...
Security & Fire Africa's sister website - Security Middle East Magazine - is proud to present a series of exclusive Middle East events – SecurMiddleEast – themed around the best practices and innovation in enterprise security solutions. They will be hosting a trio of limited capacity events...
South Africa’s security response platform, AURA, has announced it will expand its footprint into the UK. AURA will offer its security response services to support and complement the UK’s security response network, where it aims to have 10,000 users receiving the company’s security service within...
A cargo ship has blocked the Suez Canal in Egypt, one of the most critical waterways in the world. Security and maritime experts warn that the vessels currently unable to pass through the canal may have to re-route through piracy zones off the coast of...
Facilities Management (FM) and IT professionals are working more closely than ever before to defend the built environment from cyberattack. In the worlds of OT (operational technology) and IT (information technology), the new buzzword is ‘electrification’ and that’s because power supply is critical to digitalisation....
Cyber criminals infiltrated a water treatment plant in Florida, United States, last month, trying to alter the chemical composition of the water supply. The real-world consequences of such a cyber attack are frightening. With increased digitisation of critical infrastructure and the ability for those with malicious intent...
Iceni Labs will market the DUELIST Situational Awareness for Small Units solution to police, counter-terror units and SWAT team users worldwide as it looks to provide law enforcement and first responder operators with sense-through-the-wall security technology. Based around Iceni Labs’ SafeScan ultra-wideband radar technology, the DUELIST...
African security company and risk management solutions provider Salama Fikira has signed a partnering agreement with FireWatch Solutions. The teaming arrangement expands the market reach of both companies and effectively establishes FireWatch Solutions as the US arm of Salama Fikira, supporting all security activities throughout...
Global MSC Security will debate the ability of artificial intelligence to help Security Managers and Surveillance Camera Operators improve how live incidents are handled. Experts is facial recognition, criminal behaviour will participate in the Developing Smart Surveillance Operators free-to-attend online broadcast on 16th March at...