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DALLAS, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fewer than 18 months after its announcement, the INTERPOL Global Smart eID & eVisa, secured by public key infrastructure (PKI) technology from Entrust Inc., is already recognized by 31 countries on five continents. There are more than 60 additional countries currently undergoing the process to accept the multipurpose, smartcard-based credential. "Our agency understood the importance of this multipurpose credential, but it's strong validation that 31...

INTERPOL to Send Delegation to ICANN Singapore Meeting Lyon, France (PRWEB) May 23, 2011 A landmark visit today to INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters by top officials from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has provided both international bodies with an opportunity to explore avenues for closer collaboration on Internet security. With cyber-security, financial & high tech crime high on the agenda, talks between ICANN President and CEO Rod...

DENVER, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Following three sold-out shows at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium, U2 360 will make its much anticipated return to North America this summer for 22 shows across 20 cities, kicking off tomorrow - May 21 at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado. Ahead of tomorrow night's show in Denver, the Edge discusses what U2 fans can expect from the band's return in the attached video link which also includes highlights from the tour. For low resolution viewing and...

On Friday, 300 of the world's top law enforcement officials concluded the first ever international police anti-cybercrime conference in Hong Kong. The security general of the international police agency Interpol, Robert K. Noble, told the law enforcement officials from 56 countries that terrorists could inflict a significant blow with a cyberattack on a nation's infrastructure. "Just imagine the dramatic consequences of an attack, let's say, on a country's electricity grid or banking system,"...

Interpol head Ronald K. Noble said that criminals stole his Facebook identity and used it to obtain information on an operation by the international police agency. "Just recently Interpol's Information Security Incident Response Team discovered two Facebook profiles attempting to assume my identity as Interpol's secretary general," Noble told the first Interpol Information Security Conference in Hong Kong."One of the impersonators was using this profile to obtain information on...

DALLAS, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first global conference co-hosted by INTERPOL and the Hong Kong Police, Entrust, Inc. today will address the importance of emerging solutions that help address critical border security challenges and defend against advanced malware attacks. The inaugural event, to be held in Hong Kong today through Sept. 17, will outline the proven solutions required to properly secure border checkpoints, as well as what changes need to be made to protect financial...

DALLAS, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Entrust, Inc. and INTERPOL have announced the delivery of secure, multipurpose global identification cards and service for INTERPOL officers to expedite uninterrupted travel on missions in the pursuit of transnational criminals. This public-private partnership will provide law enforcement with the right combination of state-of-the-art eID documents, systems, and services to move the world from a one size fits all approach to a targeted approach for...

African gorillas and great apes are facing a number of issues that threaten their existence, and could reduce their numbers substantially by 2030, according to a March 24 report.The study, entitled "The Last Stand of the Gorilla - Environmental Crime and Conflict" and presented at the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Qatar, has concluded that illegal logging, mining, poaching, and illness are forcing gorillas closer to extinction while...

LYON, France, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the decision by a Swiss federal court to release Roman Polanski on bail, INTERPOL has issued an alert reminding all 188 member countries that he remains the subject of a valid Red Notice, an international wanted persons notice, issued at the request of US authorities. The message, sent by INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France, also requests each of its National Central Bureaus (NCBs) to ensure that border control...

LYON, France, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to an ever-increasing number of websites supplying dangerous and illegal medicines, Operation Pangea II, involving 24 countries, was coordinated by INTERPOL and the World Health Organization's International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) to highlight the dangers of buying medicines online. The week long global initiative resulted in a series of arrests and the seizure of thousands of potentially harmful medical...