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Just a little co-operation
Kodit Database, the auditing and asset tagging solutions provider, has completed a project for the Manchester-based Co-operative Retail Group which involved the auditing and 'mop up' tagging of over 5,000 IT hardware items situated at sites spanning the UK, and then 'databasing' the complete set of results.Commenting on the project, ...
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Archive TitlesCoastal domes
Dome cameras together with a 48-way matrix courtesy of Vicon Industries have recently been installed at Portman House, the purpose-built head office of the Portman Building Society, Bournemouth.The design of the Surveyor 2000 cameras features a drive mechanism that may be operated independently from the housing (allowing installers to test ...
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The mutually inclusive club
Digital surveillance systems and CCTV are of course predominantly used for security purposes but end users should begin to think about their capabilities as both general management and Health and Safety tools as well.
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Archive TitlesWalsall CCTV keeps on growing
The success of an earlier CCTV scheme installed by Photo-Scan has led Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council to extend its town centre monitoring still further with the addition of PTZs
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'Campus Card' for students at Warwick University
Bell group plc subsidiary Bell id has signed an agreement with the powers-that-be at Warwick University for the provision of a turnkey Campus Card solution to access control.
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Camberford Law supports Trafford Guardsafe
Trafford Guardsafe – the ground-breaking scheme aimed at licensing security officers working in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Manchester – has received a sponsorship donation from Camberford Law, the major insurance brokers to the private security industry.
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BSI publishes draft Code for consultancies
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published its Draft Code of Practice for Security Consultants, developed in close consultation with the Association of Security Consultants.
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Archive TitlesGalago B&Q's it in Hampshire
B&Q – the UK'S largest home improvement and garden centre retailer – has renewed its £300,000 contract with manned security contractor Galago for the provision of security services at its Hampshire headquarters.
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The many effects of bomb blast
“There’s no such thing as a bomb proof building,” suggested Ian Calder, a director at facilities management concern Scott Wilson.
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Lack of investment costs British businesses "billions" in breaches
The Department of Trade and Industry's Information Security Breaches Survey 2002 has shown that the average cost of each serious security breach weighs in at around £30,000
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Archive TitlesUK's biggest cash services deal hands Securicor market lead
A deal worth in excess of £200 million over ten years has been signed by Securicor, which becomes the outsourced service provider to Alliance & Leicester Cash Services
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The Big Issue
You will have read much about the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) of late, many of the comments being critical.
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Archive TitlesIP video: the challenge before us
A great deal has been written about the arrival of Internet Protocol (IP)-based surveillance technology. By comparison, little has been said concerning how the arrival of this new monitoring technology might affect the working lives of security managers. We offer our interpretation on the convergence of security's physical and networked ...
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NSI establishes new audit scheme for CCTV operators
Many owners, managers and operators of CCTV schemes remain unaware that it's a criminal offence to use an unregistered surveillance scheme in a public place.
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All together now
A single database for all information storage, one user interface for all operations and open architecture are the three major elements needed for a successful, integrated security system. We examine the path leading towards a Total Security Knowledge Management solution for the discerning end user.
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Archive TitlesRampton's safe and sound... all thanks to Siemens
Following on from Siemens Building Technologies Security Systems' appointment as a preferred supplier to Costain Construction, the company has won a major contract for the £2.5 million upgrade of security systems at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire.
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What lies ahead for guarding?
There are going to be some very significant changes in the world of contract manned guarding over the next few years. What are they likely to be, and what will those changes mean in real terms when it comes to affecting the roles of the various Associations, inspection and certification ...
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Looking after healthcare
Where public service functions were once protected from anti-social behaviour by a set of unwritten rules, the modern day combination of burgeoning drug-related crime and the withdrawal of police service response from designated areas has certainly increased the level of risk.
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Addressing the IT security risk
In reviewing the increasing threat that new types of IT system attack might have on your organisation, we suggest ways in which end users can assess their level of risk – and explains why a change in company mindset is probably the best way forward.
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Security's great balancing act
At a time when the industry continues to struggle in its quest for good quality employees, we suggest that security companies would do well to take heed of individuals' ever-changing work-life balance patterns – and adapt their thinking to attain the goal of being seen as the 'employer of first ...