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Latest When Is a Security Camera Not a Security Camera? Rob Ratcliff, Content & Community Manager Comment now 19/06/2013 Panasonic opened their new business solutions centre at their European Headquarters in Bracknell today, the latest big-money investment by a tech company positioning themselves as a fully-integrated business solutions provider. Hackers Target WordPress Vulnerabilities Hailey Lynne McKeefry, US Correspondent Comment now 19/06/2013 WordPress offers small and midsized organizations an easy platform for website design. At the same time, this easy-to-use platform is providing a fruitful target for cybercriminals. Thousands of Surveillance Cameras Openly Accessible Joe Harris, Technical Manager, Abel Alarm Comment now2 19/06/2013 Thousands of cameras around the world are remotely connected and accessible to view today. I'm watching two men at computers in Hosei University in Tokyo. It's 6:15 p.m., and one of them is taking a lie-down across three of the office chairs around the table. Now I'm looking at a small airplane waiting by a runway at an airport in Sweden. Latest comment, James Willison, 6/19/2013 11:31:12 AM Thank you Joe for highlighting this. Some of you may have seen an article in Reuters... Video Surveillance & the Rise of Smartphones Atul Rajput, regional director, Northern Europe, Axis Communications Comment now3 18/06/2013 I've worked at Axis for more than 15 years. In that time, I've frequently been asked what the difference is between analogue and IP surveillance. Latest comment, James Willison, 6/19/2013 3:52:31 AM A great article Atul which raises some excellent points. A key issue with smartphone... Infographic: How to Cut False Alarms Rob Ratcliff, Content & Community Manager Comment now5 18/06/2013 False fire alarms cost the UK economy an estimated GB pound 1 billion (US$1.3 billion) a year, and have become a significant problem. In 2011/12, fire and rescue services responded to around 312,000 false alarms. Latest comment, Rob Ratcliff, 6/19/2013 11:55:40 AM I've said before (and will again...now) that we often hear that hospitals are among... More Latest 'Burden’ of Fire Risk Assessments Could Be Reduced 1 SMB IT Leadership Leads to Better Security 3 Live Coverage From IFSEC South Africa NSA Sparks Privacy Conversation in US 3 2 Huge Fires at Major Glasgow Construction Sites in 3 Days 1 Most commented RFID Tags: Securing the Internet of Things 64 The Blended Threat of Cyber & Physical Security 48 Customers Who Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent 46 Shocking Fire Standards in Bangladesh 45 Redefining Privacy in a Digital Generation 43 All Blogs Message Boards 6/19/2013 11:55:40 AM Infographic: How to Cut False Alarms Re: The 10/80 Rule: I've said before (and will again...now) that we often hear that hospitals are among the top offenders for false alarms. It feels like the fire service charging the NHS is just robbing Peter to pay Paul. 6/19/2013 11:38:13 AM Infographic: How to Cut False Alarms Re: The 10/80 Rule: Its always irritated me when these statistics paint all with the same brush. The simple fact is the majority of the Fire industry work hard on False Alarm Management the Fire Brigades are first to admit this, if they used the resources... 6/19/2013 11:31:12 AM Thousands of Surveillance Cameras Openly Accessible Let's hope companies take this seriously: Thank you Joe for highlighting this. Some of you may have seen an article in Reuters which looks at some of the other IT Security vulnerabilites in Video Surveillance. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-surveilance-hackers-idUSBRE95G10520130617... 6/19/2013 10:35:27 AM 'Burden’ of Fire Risk Assessments Could Be Reduced RED TAPE or RED HERRING?: Burden! What burden? It is a 'duty of care' and one that can not be ignored by any Responsible Person. If you as an RP have a premise; there are certain things you must do to make sure that people who are legitimately in the... 6/19/2013 8:52:55 AM Thousands of Surveillance Cameras Openly Accessible Scary what you can find on the Internet: I watched a interview with the creator of shodan and he talked about being able to find all kinds of things on the internet with default login info, which for some products is readily findable on the internet as well. This article just... 6/19/2013 8:35:27 AM NSA Sparks Privacy Conversation in US Re: Privacy: ITs_Hazel, I don't think there are too many people who are going to see it as a black and white issue like that. At what point does monitoring and intercepting go passed National Security and start following one groups agenda? In... 6/19/2013 7:25:01 AM SMB IT Leadership Leads to Better Security Re: Makes sense: While I have nothing against contractors and have done my fair share of contract work in the past I have to say that having someone who can head up the IT projects even if they are being done by contractors will almost always result in a better... 6/19/2013 7:16:01 AM Map of London Made From Fire Callouts Re: Fire Callouts Map of london: Agreed this isn't something you rush into after seeing one map of call outs. I do think that the map could be valuable in for laying out a new map of where stations should be located and how funds are allocated. 6/19/2013 5:41:22 AM EN security grades flawed EN security grades flawed: The issue regarding security grades being flawed is more fundamental than a designed attack on a system. Too many companies are failing to train their sales and engineering staff which results in the initial "design" being non compliant,... 6/19/2013 4:48:26 AM Infographic: How to Cut False Alarms Re: The 10/80 Rule: Right! So assuming they can pin point that troublesome 10%, the workshops and seminars can be directly aims at just that troublesome group. Would it be within the Fire Services remit to arrange such targeted training? 6/19/2013 3:52:31 AM Video Surveillance & the Rise of Smartphones Smartphones and video surveillance: A great article Atul which raises some excellent points. A key issue with smartphone surveillance is the security of the device and associated apps. These "security vulnerablities can mean the streaming and images are not secure. This is also... 6/19/2013 3:36:24 AM Video Surveillance & the Rise of Smartphones Re: CCTV Innovation : Joe agreed. But I always think that with the pace that continues in developing the tech and accessories we might see few things surfacing ahead of their time and then wasted as time was not right for that development. I cangive example of fighter... 6/18/2013 6:02:25 PM Video Surveillance & the Rise of Smartphones CCTV Innovation : An excellent article, thank you for taking the time. I love the smartphone analogy and I will promptly be making use of it myself :) I strongly agree with your opinion on the potential for further disruptive innovation in the CCTV sector.... 6/18/2013 3:55:32 PM Civil Rights Campaigners Slam Facewatch Re: Making us all safer: I like what Facewatch is doing here and I especially am glad that it is a system that's being offered for free. I agree that there is no way Facewatch--or any system, for that matter--can replace or take on the role of the police. However,... 6/18/2013 3:53:44 PM Infographic: Survey Reveals Support for Surveillance CCTV Advantages: I have nothing against CCTVs or surveillance, provided it's not in excess. Too much of a good thing will make it bad, right? I agree with that adage. I think CCTVs are a deterrent and the footage they capture really come in useful during investigations... Next 5 Message Boards + Message Boards Archives				Featured Advertorial Forget About Keys – Add More Doors to Your Access System Wirelessly Comment now1 News TDSi Hails IFSEC & 27% Increase in Leads Comment now Nominations for Security Excellence Awards Open Comment now New Pocket Guide for Alarm Install Standards Comment now Meet the Most Famous Security Engineer in the Country Comment now London Calls IFSEC International to the Capital! 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