All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1303
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Let there be light
Recent changes to the various regulations concerning emergency lighting will have wide-ranging implications, not least for any security managers whose responsibilities extend to ensuring the safe evacuation of a building.
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UK Steel opts for integration
CCTVUK Steel Enterprises' REDCAR Innovation Centre offers state-of-the-art business facilities for small and medium-sized companies – the impressive £2.4 million building featuring an advanced, integrated security system based around Sony CCTV equipment.The Innovation Centre uses a combination of Sony cameras, monitors and digital recorders to provide 24-hour surveillance. Designed ...
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White Group is on the lookout
CCTVWhen the time came for Christian Salvesen's Industrial Division to replace its ageing CCTV system at the company's Wakefield Depot, the White Group was called in to evaluate monitoring requirements for the vast logistics warehouse. The installed 14-camera, PC-based set-up includes a combination of static and fully-functional high-resolution colour DSP ...
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Green light for Vodafone's secure mobile trial
Vodafone (UK) has announced that the UK's first secure mobile electronic signature trial will begin later this month. The ground-breaking trial, conducted with the Radiocommunications Agency (RA) (an executive agency of the DTI), will establish the electronic signature technology to underpin mobile commerce.Mobile 'phones with in-built smartcards provide an ideal ...
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Free transmission at RemGuard
Remguard Visual Management, the event-driven CCTV monitoring specialist, is offering all existing and prospective customers – who sign up to a new monitoring contract – free use of its latest transmission equipment, including the PAS 38:2000-compliant RemVu Aquila system.This can be seen as a dramatic step forward on behalf of ...
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Exploding the myths
The March car bombing at BBC Television Centre served as a timely reminder that security managers must remain ever-vigilant to the constant threat posed by terrorist activity. What plans can they put in place to combat terrorism, and what are they required to do under current Health and Safety law?
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Just enough education to perform
Training is central to the betterment of security officers and managers alike, not to mention the contractor-client relationship. Here we examine the main ingredients of a successful education and development programme.
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Encryption decrypted
Using the Internet for high-value information exchange remains a foreign and dangerous concept for many security managers, particularly those working in the corporate finance sector – but should they really be fearful? Allay your fears with this step-by-step guide to key systems, PKI's and hybrid encryption techniques.
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Watchdog set to lead client consortium seminar
The Security Watchdog has announced details of a client consortium seminar aimed at end users of contract manned guarding services. To be held on Thursday 28 June at Farnham Castle in Surrey, 'Making a success of contract manned guarding' is expected to attract over 170 delegates who will listen to ...
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Essa CCTV takes a trip into town
CCTVFollowing a successful bid by the Caradon Community Safety Partnership to the Government's Crime Reduction Programme CCTV Initiative, the Cornish towns of Liskeard and Saltash have taken delivery of a CCTV network courtesy of systems integrator the Essa Security Group.Based around Essa's computer-controlled TouchView product, the system interfaces with eight ...
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Integration is the key at Boots
Tyco has supplied Boots The Chemists' head office with a complete security system, combining CCTV, door entry, barrierless access control and an intercom network
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Security's an open book
Although private security is now a multi-billion pound industry employing more personnel than the police, it is frequently misunderstood, criticised and insufficiently researched. In a bid to set the record straight, Bruce George MP and Mark Button have collaborated on a book entitled, simply, 'Private Security'.Topics covered in this excellent ...
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Police condemn Hendon bombers
Post Office depot bombing at The Hyde in north west London prompts further calls for security managers to draw up contingency plans aimed at combating the terrorist threat.
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Biting the bullet
A new EC standard on body armour for security personnel will be in force by the end of the year. How, though, can the security manager become an informed buyer? Here we unravel the myths and misunderstandings.
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A clean bill of health at Ninewells
CCTVThe A&E Department at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee – part of the Tayside University Hospitals NHS Trust – is now a safer place thanks to the installation of a Photo-Scan CCTV system. Following a series of attacks on doctors and nurses, the cameras have been strategically located within the A&E ...
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Hacking thefts endanger online banks' credibility
National hi-tech police unit takes the fight to UK cybercriminals
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EC takes Portugal to task over security firms 'ban'
Portugal faces legal action in the European Court of Justice after 'banning' a number of security firms from operating in the country.
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Centre of attention
With alarm monitoring functions frequently outsourced by in-house managers, what benefits can they reasonably expect? And what's the best way of running an Alarm Receiving Centre so that it saves end users both time and money?