Security

A team of researchers has launched a tracking-free website to protect the privacy of its visitors and help citizen scientists investigate digital cookies.

What do COVID-19 and cybersecurity have in common? In a series of podcasts, security experts discuss how the two sectors affect one another and what can be done to ensure the safety and security of individuals or groups in Europe.

The IN-PREP project has designed new technologies to enhance preparedness and support effective command and control and efficient incident management during emergencies, disasters and crisis events, now especially important following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

British researchers funded through the European Research Council H-Unique project are developing a truly pioneering programme to help identify child abusers just from images of their hands. The research focuses on whether our hands are completely unique by looking at anatomical variation.

An EU initiative is laying the groundwork for safe, secure and efficient handling of drone traffic.

How can citizens control their online privacy? How can companies comply with European data protection laws? Six helpful tools developed by an EU-funded project provide the answers.

State-of-the-art technologies are soon to be tested at four EU land border crossings. The aim is to speed up border clearance processes for law-abiding travellers and catch potential criminals with lie detection tests.

In February 2018, we covered the VALCRI project in our special section on ‘New technologies for fighting crime’. We talked to project coordinator, Prof. William Wong, on how VALCRI was developing a highly promising criminal intelligence analysis system based on visual analytics and cognitive engineering. VALCRI ended in June 2018. Prof. Wong has been telling us how the development of their system has progressed.