All Archive Titles articles – Page 1148
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Let the Institute be your guide
Contrary to received wisdom, today's security practitioners come from very diverse backgrounds.
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Logging on to the security grid
With the threat to corporate IT networks at an all-time high – no less than 75,000 security-related incidents have been reported in the past two years – end users have been looking for a means of combating the problem. We review the benefits of using web services architecture, whereby a ...
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Routes to governance
Risks of loss or damage are seldom confined to any one location or function within a corporation. It's imperative that incidents, vulnerabilities and suspected areas – or types – of risk are correctly evaluated by security professionals on a centralised basis, and that the information is then made available to ...
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Planning for an intelligent future
Most new buildings are being completed and handed over to their owners with no designed-in security telemetry or security systems. The expectation is that the building owner will retrofit security but such an approach ignores the huge strides being made with telemetry technology and its future impact on building security.
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Archive TitlesRetail security: current trends
Reliance Security Services has undertaken a comprehensive survey analysing the requirements and issues facing shopping centre managers – and those responsible for securing the assets of these centres as well as the safety of tenants, staff and members of the public alike.
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Managing the contract portfolio
Many security contractors take on ‘bad’ contracts purely because of pressures to grow their business, when in most cases time would be best spent on the better assignments. In order to navigate their way through this operational minefield, we suggest that contractors should adhere to the A-B-C edict.
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Archive TitlesSt James’ officers commended
Quick-thinking, well-trained security officers from Gateshead-based contractor St James Security have received commendations for saving the life of a woman at the Gateshead MetroCentre.
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Archive TitlesDMs' digital CCTV makes the Heartlands its home
Two of Birmingham's largest hospitals have invested in networked digital CCTV in the first phase of a £400,000 security upgrade
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Archive TitlesCaught – but not in Court...
According to the latest British Crime Survey, street robberies have soared by 28% in the UK – many of the incidents taking place in urban areas. Can CCTV play a part in halting the upward spiral?
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OECD urges network suppliers to build-in security
IT and telecommunications companies should build defences against hackers and cyberterrorists into the design of their networks at the earliest possible opportunity
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Bosch set to snare Philips' CSI business
Royal Philips Electronics and Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) have announced a preliminary agreement regarding the sale of Eindhoven-based Philips' Communication, Security and Imaging (CSI) business.
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Archive TitlesBlueprints for reform
In the second of a two-part special report from Westminster's QEII Conference Centre, reviews the main debating points raised by the workshops at this year's Joint Security Industry Council Security Forum.
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Crime bill is falling for Britain's service stations
New figures just released by the British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS) reveal a substantial reduction in the cost of forecourt crime in UK plc
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Archive TitlesDatatag targets bike security
Datatag recently joined forces with the Leicestershire Constabulary in a bid to thwart potential bike thieves attending the famed British Motorcycle Grand Prix at Donington Park.The Weybridge-based manufacturer's electronic property marking system relies on a secure database that allows police to check the registered owner of any type of property ...
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The Big Issue
In recent times we have seen the restructuring of the Association of Chief Police Officers' Security Systems Policy and the National Security Inspectorate committees.
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Archive TitlesA different beat
A few years back, the Carlton district of Selby in Yorkshire was chosen to act as the blueprint for a unique experiment in community policing. Now it is one of 19 neighbourhoods taking part in the scheme, which has proven so popular that guarding contractor Mayfair Security is ...
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Banishing the unwanted minority
‘Cowboy’ – and in some cases unscrupulous – security companies have given the industry a bad name for too long. With regulation and licensing on the political agenda there’s never been a better time for all those in the industry who care about its future to do something ...
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Archive TitlesWembley team scoops award
Wembley’s Safety and Security team has won the ‘MAKE A Difference’ Award from Security Officer and Team – the industry’s only magazine totally dedicated to manned security.
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Information governance: protecting your key asset
According to the 1991 Cadbury Report, corporate governance is "the system by which companies are directed and controlled. Boards of Directors are responsible for the governance of their companies"
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Archive TitlesBSIA appoints Council members
The industry's premier trade association has selected its Council members for 2002-2003