Call for strengthened security during economic crunch
20 Nov 08
Professor Howard A Schmidt, president of the Information Security Forum, has urged organisations to strengthen security rather than reduce it in today's uncertain financial environment.
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Banking fraud unit wins major prize
20 Nov 08
The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit – the banking industry-sponsored special police unit that tackles cheque and card fraud crime in the UK – has won the 2008 European Investigation Unit of the Year award.
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On security consultants...
01 May 08
Despite their demonstrable experience and expertise, the advice of consultants is often bypassed at a time when businesses may be making major decisions about security.
SIA Industry Regulation News and Analysis
Operation Falcon targets Wales
20 Nov 08
Teams of Security Industry Authority investigators have carried out random checks on security sites in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport to test for compliance with the Private Security Industry Act 2001.
Security firms linked to organised crime targeted
19 Nov 08
Investigators from the Security Industry Authority have joined forces with officers from Strathclyde Police, the UK Border Agency and Department for Work & Pensions to target rogue security companies working at construction sites across...
Opinion
SMT Editor's View: The Teflon Don unglued at last
08 Oct 08
In September, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair borrowed from Mark Twain in saying: “The reports of my death are an exaggeration”. Brian Sims argues why Sir Ian should have fallen on his sword much sooner than last Thursday.
SMT Editor's View: The Man Who...
25 Sep 08
Business continuity, terror suspects, PCSOs and MI6... Brian Sims tackles the hot topics of the day.
Editorial Campaigns
Skills for Security National Conference 2008: Security training and process – have we really improved?
06 Nov 08
Are the so-called 'dinosaur days' of poor training practices now long gone? Although progress has been made, it's evident there's still some important work to be done, as Guy Mathias explains.
Comparing like with like
25 Oct 08
Just how effective are today’s corporate security functions? It’s an important question, but not one that has been easy to answer. Hopefully, the PRCI-devised Security Benchmarking Tool will help to rectify that situation, as Professor Martin...
Profiles & Case Studies
Green is good
21 Sep 08
Since taking up the post of chief executive at Skills for Security a little over 12 months ago, David Greer has been busy eliciting the views of the industry’s most senior practitioners and examining the blend between ‘man and machine’ in...
IMC concept embraced by Chester City Council
13 Aug 08
Chester City Council has participated in a trial of Intelligent Moving Cameras (IMCs), the results of which have shown that a new relationship between human vigilance and machine-to-machine intelligence could well put an end to much of the...
Management Skills
That's mighty green of you
25 Oct 08
Although sticking a ‘socially responsible’ label on most security products and services would send sales sky-rocketing given the rise of the eco-consumer, many businesses – both suppliers and clients – have yet to be convinced about sustainable...
Too close to home
25 Oct 08
Who’d have thought this time last year that recycling used beer cans for 12 months might yield better returns than investing in a High Street bank? As David Chernick explains, attempting to forecast any corporate trend in today’s economic...
Security Organisations
Regulation ‘primer’ in the Province
17 Nov 08
Skills for Security’s second National Training Conference for Northern Ireland retained the ‘Time To Change Gear’ theme adopted for the England and Wales event held at the Williams F1 Conference Centre in Oxford on 4 November.
ASIS and BSI in joint development of business continuity management standard
14 Nov 08
ASIS International (ASIS) and BSI British Standards are to collaborate on a new business continuity management standard based on the recently-published British Standard BS 25999 (Part 1: Code of Practice; Part 2: Specification).
Products
'Space age' TurtleSkin products for guarding brought to UK
04 Nov 08
Security product specialist Interconnective Ltd has announced a distribution deal for TurtleSkin gloves and armguards to serve the UK market.
Security upgrade in Runnymede
26 Oct 08
For the safer Runnymede project, Intech Furniture was commissioned by Runnymede Borough Council to design and build an Alarm Receiving Centre to BS 5979 while also embracing the ISO 11064 ergonomic standard for Control Rooms.
