All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 247
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Everythings not lost...
Major disasters like Hurricane Katrina, the threat of terrorism and new laws specifying strict data retention and retrieval policies for litigation purposes are forcing CEOs to reconsider company policy on disaster recovery. With this in mind, Brian Biles outlines the concept behind Capacity Optimised Storage – an emerging category of ...
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Archive TitlesOn time, every time: the Rimax
The Rimax Staff-On-Time palm scanner, designed by the Databac Group, is said to mark an ‘industry first’ in biometric security technology – offering a state-of-the-art contactless solution for both access control and time and attendance applications accommodating anything up to 2,100 end users.
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Eileen Simpson: an obituary
Eileen simpson – head of rec Industry Sector Groups – died on Tuesday 6 February.
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Pro-security culture desperate
Sir – The edition of BBC Television’s popular Panorama current affairs strand that aired on Monday 26 February on BBC One offered a much-needed insight regarding the effervescent occurrence of violence and aggression towards National Health Service (NHS) staff.
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Identity crisis: an easy crime
Gemma Keats and Professor Martin Gill examine the increasing problem of identity fraud, pointing out some of the most common ways in which criminals are committing such theft and, thereafter, outlining what measures security professionals can take to prevent this problem from escalating to an extent whereby it's spread is ...
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Archive TitlesTerror threat and Internet scams show need for continuity planning
New and growing threats to corporate security – epitomised by international terrorism and Internet-based crime – are underlining the need for organisations to develop and instigate detailed business continuity plans.
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Compensation no longer a ‘given’
Sir – impartial financial information provider Which? has announced that, despite a dramatic increase in online security breaches, victims of Internet crime are no longer guaranteed to have any such losses refunded by their bank.
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Archive TitlesAt close quarters
Following on from our January edition (‘Carriage under fire’, pp30-31), Terry Clayton examines the importance of driver training in executive protection, while Tim Whitfield highlights the security problems facing logistics organisations– and the ways in which hauliers are fighting organised criminals targeting high value goods.
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Archive TitlesCCTV in the Park
‘Welcome to the World of Guilt-Free Shopping’ is the slogan used to promote The Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet, which sits neatly inside The Coliseum Leisure and Retail Park at Ellesmere Port. Unfortunately, not all visitors to the Park – nor members of staff – are guilt-free by dint of their ...
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High capacity fingerprinters..
MultiLink Access Control Systems and its systems manufacturer DDS have jointly introduced a new high capacity biometric fingerprint reader.
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Archive TitlesDemos calls for strategic vision on UK plc security
Demos – the ‘Think Tank’ for everyday democracy – claims that plans aimed at dividing the Home Office will distract from the dire need for better cross-Government co-ordination on issues of national security. Security Management Today investigates
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Archive TitlesUnions should “mind their own business” on non-standard labour
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has warned of the dangers arising from potential new European Union ‘red tape’ governing the hiring and deployment of non-standard workers. Brian Sims talks to FPB chief executive Nick Goulding, whose organisation represents 25,000 small and medium-sized UK businesses
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Minister praises BSIA for CIT role
Vernon Coaker (Parlimentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office) has praised the BSIA and its members for the organisation’s ongoing campaign to quash Cash-in-Transit attacks.
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Archive TitlesBRC slams Home Office: “Sorry” is not enough!
Home Office proposals to let first-time shop theft offenders off if they simply say “Sorry” are being slammed by the British Retail Consortium’s director general Kevin Hawkins, who feels the Government is willing to further soften its stance on criminals
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Archive TitlesBosch Security Systems is sent to Coventry!
As part of a £10 million refurbishment project, developer Oakmoor-Deeley and business partner CVOne enlisted the help of Bosch Security Systems to secure Belgrade Plaza’s newly-renovated car park using various technologies germane to its Autodome surveillance cameras.
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Archive TitlesBy the book
Security is now part of the mainstream for most further education facilities, with access control rapidly becoming the centre of attention as far as security managers are concerned. Marc Handels examines the changing face of security on campus, and explains how access solutions providers are beginning to respond to demands ...
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Young blood “changing the face of the security guarding sector”
A wave of new appointments at the top of the UK’s largest 285 security guarding companies is set to prompt a radical change in their behaviour and place even greater stresses on those contractors with an ageing Boardroom.
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Archive TitlesIT sector really has only itself to blame
Sir – Despite an escalating year-on-year spend on security products, breaches and incidents continue to increase.
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Archive TitlesSecom ensures clean bill of health for JT Clinic
Remote video surveillance has greatly improved after-hours security at the John Telford Clinic in Ilford, Essex.
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The Big Issue
Environmental issues are not only the political ‘flavour of the day’. They are also starting to infiltrate the general public’s conscience