Instalments

Quality assured
(Homebuyers are the beneficiaries in a new quality assurance standard that certifies security design within new homes…)
"Home Buyers in the South East will soon be able to tell at a glance whether the new house or flat they are viewing conforms to the basic criteria defined by police as being vital in helping to protect householders from burglary and criminal assault.

"A quality assurance logo, 'Secured by Design' is being introduced on the initiative of the ten South East police forces. This logo has been designed for display on housing sites, and for use in the promotional material of those builders whose homes conform to the recommended police standards of basic protection.

"The standards cover estate design such as defensible space, landscaping, natural surveillance; physical security such as the design of doors and windows; fire and intruder alarms, including the installation of core wiring; and security lighting."

Training for their SEE legs
"As part of what it says is a planned customer support programme, SEE Limited, Cleveleys-based CCTV distributor, has introduced a range of sales and technical training courses, run at its head office facility.

" 'Many of our staff come from the installation industry,' says MD Terry Pedersen. 'These new training courses are factual, hard-hitting and no-nonsense.'

"The courses are designed for a maximum of six people per session."

Espionage reaches a high on a low-tech wave
(An American expert claims the rise of industrial espionage is rather a low-tech affair…)
"High technology, sophisticated devices are out in the majority of industrial espionage cases, according to James A Ross, current President of the Communications Security Association, an organisation with worldwide membership.

"Professor Ross says that most bugging is done using cheap products readily available at stores specialising in radio equipment. One such device is a baby alarm, sold at a well-known high street outlet, where the microphone output frequency modulates an RF carrier fed into the mains power outlet. The eavesdropper plugs his receiving equipment into the mains elsewhere in the building and hears the conversation taking place in the room where the transmitter is located, probably removed from its container and inserted into a convenient table lamp needing a mains supply – all for less than £30."

LPC's list – a reliable endorsement
(Quality products require reliable approved status…)
"The Loss Prevention Council's new list of approved products and services, published annually, is claimed to be the UK's most authoritative endorsement of quality and reliability for fire protection products and services. Every product in the list has been tested to an appropriate standard, and the manufacturer audited on an annual basis to confirm the continuing quality of the product.

"The LPC says that its List of Approved Products and Services is an essential reference for everyone having responsibility for the design, specification and purchase of fire safety products and equipment."