By Tom Kidwell, Co-Founder, Ecliptic Dynamics and former British Army and UK Government intelligence specialist and internet infrastructure security professional for the public sector The cybercrime industry has been growing at a staggering rate in recent years, with organisations and individuals across every sector affected.
Many police forces and other security services have been using facial recognition technology for a while now. However, it is a hotly debated topic with privacy concerns and struggles to win over the public
Event organisers have a Corporate Social Responsibility to take immediate action to protect members of the public, leading hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) experts have warned
William Shawcross’s much anticipated and previously leaked Independent Review of Prevent was published in February. While the government has said it is committed to implementing the findings of the review, there have been widespread criticisms
Draft legislation for Martyn’s Law is set to be published in the spring. Figen Murray, campaigner and mother of Martyn Hett, whom the law is named after, explains what we can expect and what it has taken to get this far
Nick Aldworth of Risk2Resolution on volume 3 of the Manchester Arena Inquiry As I review the implications of Sir John Saunders’ third and final part of his inquiry into what happened on that awful night, I first want to pay tribute to all those affected by it. I’ve met several, and a few have become friends. Each has reacted to in their own way. Some have become ‘public property’ and others have grieved quietly in anonymity. There is no right or wrong way to deal with the events of that night, only the way that is right for them.
In a Q&A session with Counter Terror Business, David Owen, the recently appointed country manager for the UK at Heras, talks about a move to a standardised product portfolio, puts the spotlight on perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDSs) and explains how its Heras Security Model (HSM) is fundamental to securing the perimeters of UK sites of national or strategic importance Please can you give us a brief introduction to the company and what it does? Heras is Europe’s leading end-to-end suppli
Andrew Sieradzki, group director, Security, at Buro Happold on how to introduce a new access control system Undoubtedly many of the readers of this article have an association with electronic access control systems (EACS), whether through their day to day in gaining unfettered access into their offices, or through the specification, delivery or administration of access control systems into buildings.
Debbie Rafferty MSc(Debz) has more than thirty years’ experience in the security and counter terrorism industry, she is currently researching a PhD in Criminology and Sociology at The University of Abertay.
By Tony Porter, previous surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales and current chief privacy officer at Corsight AI