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Archive TitlesFor Your Eyes Only
The fourth annual Security Excellence Awards ceremony at London's lavish Grosvenor House Hotel proved a glittering affair. We review the year 2002 winners – all of whom have demonstrated that detailed planning and consistently high levels of professionalism are the essential drivers for sustained business development.
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Questioning the employment process...in full
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognise that the whole process of employing security supervisors and officers is a process fraught with difficulties. It's hard for security managers to find good employees in the first place, but even harder to keep them. What, though, are the major legal pitfalls ...
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SkillSoft survey highlights the status of e-learning in security
Exactly one year ago, SkillSoft commissioned the first major benchmarking study on the status of e-learning in major UK organisations.
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Archive TitlesDyfed-Powys Police use Getmapping for surveillance operations
The Dyfed-Powys Police force is taking advantage of getmapping's aerial photography techniques to improve operations planning and incident analysis.
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Archive TitlesHSE reports "disturbing" rise in workplace-related violence
Health and Safety Executive supremo Bill Callaghan has unveiled details of a three-year Home Office programme aimed at tackling the problem of workplace-related violence
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Health and Safety (Part Four): The devil's in the detail
It almost goes without saying that crucial workplace appliances and systems (particularly those of an electrical nature) must always be in efficient working order, and maintained to the highest standards. Have you the right protocols in place at your organisation to make sure that is the case? We examine why ...
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Dedicated... over two decades
CCTV specialist Dedicated Micros has celebrated its 20-year anniversary with a major party for employees and customers alike (many of whom are pictured).
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Plotting a course
In the race to make security a profession, it's perhaps more important now than at any time in the past to build-in plans for effective training. Although the Security Industry Authority is in the throes of new research to define industry needs, that shouldn't prevent managers from proceeding with their ...
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Making those interviews count
The ability to conduct successful interviews is a key skill for security managers. It's a key skill which many think they have perfected beyond the point of perfection, but in reality there are swathes of managers out there who are actually not very good at the procedure. We advise security ...
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Is data complacency creeping in at your company?
Could it be that the proliferation of e-mail is fostering a dangerous shift in corporate mentality? We look at how new technologies are inadvertently beginning to undermine the true value of corporate information.
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Up close and personal
If you're looking to employ some close protection professionals to guard members of your Board of Directors, what are the basic attributes you should be looking for? As Colin Tebbutt rightly suggests, communication skills and an ability to maintain discretion are central to the task.
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ICON reaches the half century
The National Security Inspectorate (NSI) has announced that 50 companies have attained approval to its ICON scheme, designed for smaller and newer installers of electronic systems.
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On the CCTV network
Right now, everyone is talking about IP this and IP that, but not many security professionals appear to truly understand what Internet Protocols are – or indeed whether they're worth knowing about – in relation to CCTV system operation. Are they just a gimmick?
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Staff shortages: a root cause of contract failure
Clients are often the suffering party when contractors fall foul of staff shortages. So what's the answer to the problem of contract failure on site? Clients must insist that contractors – at the tendering stage – name the sub-contractors which they may be compelled to use during the course of ...
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The Big Issue
These are exciting times for cctv as we go through a period of rapid change, with integration into IT networks and digital recording systems very much a reality.
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Archive TitlesBush signs Congress Bill to shield insurers from terrorist attacks
President George W Bush has signed a comprehensive Congressional Bill to protect insurance companies from having to foot the entire cost of large-scale terrorism in the US
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Top MoD expert joins Arup
Arup Security Consulting – recently voted Best Security Consultant at the 2002 Security Excellence Awards (see 'For Your Eyes Only', pp24-28) – has further expanded its already diverse team of experts with the appointment of Major General Christopher Elliott as a security strategist.Formerly a director general at the Ministry of ...
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Analogue versus digital CCTV: should end users have a choice?
In the majority of CCTV installations where digital technology can take over from analogue, the process is well under way. Indeed, in most cases it's almost complete. However the only route to a truly integrated security and building management system set-up is through the adoption of a common operating protocol.
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Archive TitlesSafeway all set to crack down on card fraudsters
Safeway is breaking new ground by becoming the first major retailer in the UK to introduce chip technology in a bid to wipe out card fraud
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75% of organisations seek to justify their IT security spend
The results of information security and data management services provider HarrierZeuros' latest survey suggest that 75% of major organisations are now having to look for a means of justifying the cost of their security spend against a reduction in risk."Companies can no longer afford to pour money into the bottomless ...