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Above it all
It could be time to swap the thankless grind of your hands-on management role for a non-executive directorship in the rarefied air of the boardroom. Kristina Smith explores the route skywards
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Archive TitlesWhere offsite works: Laing's £12m trial and errors
The best way to test if your blinding new ideas actually work is on-the-job experimentation. Sounds Risky? Laing thinks not
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Security Viewpoint
Publication of Rowntree Report welcomed by BSIA The BSIA has welcomed publication of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation Report on visible security patrols in residential areas.Speaking exclusively to SMT about the report, BSIA chief executive David Dickinson commented: "Private security officers can play an important role in reducing low-level anti-social behaviour. ...
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Tighter security on the network
IT security HiSec International – PROVIDER of 'smart' products that integrate data networks with intelligent access, intrusion and video modules – has developed ThorGuard IP, a suite of interface products designed for security applications on the network.Manufactured to satisfy the high security demands of major European banks, the ThorGuard IP ...
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Archive TitlesMitigating the migration?
Poor rates of pay, long hours and lack of benefits – often combined with less-than-rigorous vetting procedures – have seen immigrant workers gravitate towards the private security sector. With new legislation now in force, employers who openly flout the rules are in for some heavy penalties, as we explain.
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Keep track of those visitors
Access controlPhoto IDVisitor management systems Security managers can BOOST workplace security, create a visitor database and project a more professional image to the public with the latest photo ID visitor management system developed by Avery Dennison.The system is specially designed to photograph, log and track visitors as they register ...
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Scotland Yard makes its mark
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens has officially launched the Scotland Yard Property Marking and Registration Scheme – a pack which offers protection for users’ TVs, computers, stereo systems, mobile phones and keys.
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Injurious to your health?
The Department of Trade and Industry has joined forces with the Recruitment and Employment Confederation in issuing new regulations governing the conduct of employment agencies. We cover the main points pertaining to security managers and members of their teams, who can expect to be informed about the serious pitfalls of ...
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Archive TitlesSony: turning full-circle
Sony has devised a 360 degree solid-state single CCTV camera module
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Executive protection... revisited
The nature of today's threats to security – many of them affecting managers across the globe – means that the use of executive protection is becoming ever more common. That being the case, we discuss recent research examining the factors involved in selecting the right kind of protective officer for ...
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Phishing for the real e-mailers
Sender authentication techniques allow security and IT managers to spot spoof e-mails. Indeed, they should have a wide-ranging effect on Data Protection, helping to block viruses and online phishing scams. Alex Shipp reviews the convergence of e-mail security threats, and asks whether or not computer viruses can ever be viewed ...
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Archive TitlesEuro Services Directive poses “major threat”
David Dickinson – chief executive of the BSIA – has expressed deep concern over the proposed European Directive on Services
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Archive TitlesDigital video on trial
The proliferation of digital CCTV systems on both sides of the Atlantic – and an increasing reliance on digital video evidence to support criminal prosecutions – makes it imperative that the worrying gap which currently exists in terms of the handling and admissibility of this evidence is bridged by the ...
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Archive TitlesTechnology holds the cure
Security officers tasked with surveillance duties often fall foul of 'CCTV Monitoring Syndrome', whereupon their powers of concentration dip below the required level. We reveal how content analytics on digital systems could well be the answer.
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The true cost of SIA licensing
With Security Industry Authority licensing of officers on the horizon, and the smoke beginning to clear regarding the fine detail, what will be the true cost of regulation? We offer a personal guide to the commercial issues involved in the process for both end users and contractors alike.
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Managing the corporate risk
Terrorist activity is now an ever-present threat across the globe, with committed organisations looking for the maximum impact and exposure to highlight – and justify – their cause. As Jim Batty suggests, it's vital for security managers to address the issues surrounding corporate risk management before it's too late to ...
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Electric fencing Code of Practice for end users
A new Code of Practice concentrating on electric security fences is the direct result of a collaboration between the Fencing Contractors' Association (FCA), the Electric Security Fencing Federation and the British Security Industry Association (BSIA).The 'Electric Security Fences: Design, Installation and Maintenance' Code of Practice (PAS 47) was produced over ...
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CCTV Solutions: Editorial
Visitors to this year’s IFSEC Exhibition at the NEC will have taken away many ideas for their own systems installations.
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Archive TitlesTrans-Atlantic security group given EC blessing
A high-level group tasked with reviewing security issues at a national level has been set up by officials from the EU and the United States