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Archive TitlesTraffic watch
Intelligent Control Centres are becoming far more widespread in the transport sector, both in the UK and abroad. Here, Peter Gumm outlines the key areas where technology is making a tangible difference to the safety and security of our major road networks. Photographs courtesy of Electrosonic
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Archive TitlesSecure IT
British businesses must refuse to be left behind by the Government’s complacency regarding information security compliance. With no set date as yet for any UK equivalent to Sarbanes-Oxley, compliance seems to be slipping down the agenda for IT and security directors attempting to juggle multiple – and often conflicting – ...
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Archive TitlesProtection racket
Protecting their company’s brand and reputation is everything for security managers working in the commercial arena. Here, Vincent Volpi and Graham Pollock provide practical advice for developing a company programme that will protect intellectual property – starting with the internal audit and moving through to the creation of tracking systems.
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Archive TitlesReading of palms
Secom plc has teamed up with Fujitsu Europe and TDSi to offer a cutting-edge ‘palm reading’ secure access solution
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Rampto. Now a safer place for patients and staff
Honeywell’s Building Solutions Division is installing a security system that will better protect patients and staff at the high security Rampton Hospital. The system – part of a refurbishment project managed by the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – offers precise CCTV coverage of selected areas.
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Archive TitlesPiece of mind
The BT redcare Group’s four business units – BT redcare Fire and Security, redcare Vision, BT Auto-ID and Transcomm – employ over 300 people dedicated to providing monitoring, tracking and wireless data solutions for clients in the corporate arena. Responsibility for costs and revenues across the Group is the sole ...
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On Property... On message
For many practising professionals – most notably those in the commercial and retail arenas – IP is all about ‘Intellectual Property’. A concept that allows individuals to own their creativity and innovation in the same way that any of us can own physical property like laptops, cars and houses. In ...
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Archive TitlesMovement for the masses
Mass transportation creates two major video surveillance ‘challenges’ for the security manager – in the shape of real-time monitoring and event detection. As Tim Giles explains, next generation ‘smart’ security technology solutions are gradually beginning to lessen the myriad headaches involved.
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Archive TitlesLobbying for security
Theft of goods. Violence against members of staff. Reputational damage. Empty rooms, and subsequent loss of profits… All of these problems plague UK hotel owners, but one of the major chains – Travelodge – has fought back by rolling-out a security partnership programme involving its chosen installer, OCS, and leading ...
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Archive TitlesNothing but a liability
Regulation 9 of the TUPE Regulations allows the transferor or transferee (or an insolvency practitioner) to agree certain permitted variations to employment contracts via ‘appropriate employee representatives’.
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Archive TitlesIndigoVisions suite solution
IndigoVision has released a suite of advanced analytics integrated within its complete IP video solution. These algorithms run in real-time on live video and also on recorded video using Control Centre – the company’s enterprise video and alarm management software.
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Archive TitlesThe Roll of Honour
Members of the 2006 Security Excellence Awards Judging Panel have drawn up their shortlist of finalists for the event, which takes place at London’s Hilton Hotel, Park Lane on Wednesday 11 October. Brian Sims highlights the candidates jostling for overall supremacy.
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Archive TitlesGuarding Watch
In last month’s Guarding Watch, Paul Cassie of ISS challenged the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to start making enforcement of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 its Number One priority. Here, Andy Drane outlines the SIA’s current position on what is arguably the most important element of regulation.
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Archive TitlesThe Fox lies in wait!
The contractors shortlisted in the Best Guarding Company category at the 2006 Security Excellence Awards have one final hurdle to negotiate in their bid to be the best – Silver Fox penetration audits carried out by inspectors from The Security Watchdog. Terry O’Neil explains The Rules of Engagement. ...
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Archive TitlesSSR Personnel and SMT fight for officers status
Recruitment consultancy SSR Personnel is campaigning for the Government to award security officers Key Worker status in line with police officers and nurses. SMT is a committed supporter
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Operating within the law? Not everyone...
Many left it late in applying for their licence and, for this reason – among others – it’s possible that some security contractors might deploy unlicensed private security personnel on their customers’ premises to meet contractual obligations.The purpose of this communication is to ensure that you, the client, are fully ...
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End users: have your say on red tape
The Better Regulation Executive is working to support such efforts across Government but, to make sure that regulation works for everyone, we want to hear from your readers!This coming autumn, for the first time ever Government Departments will publish plans setting out a list of regulations that will be removed ...
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Editorial
Home Secretary John Reid recently told us what we already know to be true... “Europe,” opined Reid, “is now facing a persistent and very real threat from terrorism.” The 7/7 suicide bombings in London really pushed counter-terrorism up the European Union agenda post-9/11, helping Reid’s predecessor Charles Clarke to ...
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Good Doctors, Safer Patients
SIR – Following on from Nick Van Der Bijl’s excellent feature on security across the National Health Service in last month’s edition (‘Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’, SMT, August 2006,), it’s interesting to note that the consultation period on the Chief Medical Officer’s proposals for improving ...
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Archive TitlesDigital dilemmas
In the penultimate instalment of Security Management Today’s review of The Security Institute’s ‘Client Guide to the Acquisition, Deployment and Use of CCTV’, Brian Sims concentrates on digital imaging procedures, the value of video evidence, scaleability and networked surveillance solutions.