1. Security Excellence Awards 2013: The Winners
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The fifteenth annual Security Excellence Awards Ceremony was held on Wednesday night at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane. Winners of 18 individual categories were honoured, so too the victors in the Engineers of Tomorrow competition, the Security Institute’s Wilf Knight Award, and the Inspiration in HR Award.
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2. “Record Number of Security Apprentices Recruited Through 100 in 100, 2013“
Sponsored by CSL DualCom and supported by Skills for Security, the National Security Inspectorate and the Security Systems and Alarms Inspection Board, the 100 in 100 initiative has attracted record interest in 2013. This year’s campaign to recruit 100 brand new apprentices across the UK security sector has witnessed the recruitment of 1,316 young apprentices. The results were announced at the Security Excellence Awards by CSL DualCom’s Simon Banks, a co-founder of 100 in 100.
3. Major Industry Players Pledge Exclusive Support for IFSEC International 2014
Leading industry solutions developers have pledged their exclusive support for IFSEC International 2014, which takes place from June 17-19 at ExCeL, London. A staggering 92 percent of exhibitors have said that IFSEC International is their preferred event. Key association players offering exclusive backing or the show include the BSIA and the FIA, with exclusive support also received from companies such as Everfocus, Risco, Anixter, Pyronix, IDIS, Paxton, and TDSi.
4. “National Crime Agency: ‘Recruiting the Crime-Fighters of Tomorrow‘”
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has launched the first phase of its campaign to recruit up to 400 trainee cyber and intelligence officers over the next 12 months. From day one, the new recruits will undergo a two-year training programme to become fully-fledged NCA officers and help the agency lead the UK’s fight to combat serious and organised crime.
5. “Has the UK Government Let the Security Industry Down?“
According to Infologue.com’s Bobby Logue, “time is running out” for the Home Office to introduce the primary legislation required for business licensing in terms of the Private Security Industry Act of 2001.
Logue also stresses there’s growing concern that the Security Industry Authority has not yet revealed what the overall cost of licensing will be under the new regulatory regime: a factor which is “crucial” in an industry that enters into two-to-three year contracts.
6. “PwC on ‘New Fines and Severe Penalties’ in European Data Protection Directive“
European MEPs have voted in favour of a series of changes to the European Data Protection regulations that will have a significant impact on how companies manage their data… and could see them face fines of up to euro 100 million for data breaches.
PwC’s legal partner Latika Sharma comments: “This clearly marks a shift in the regulation of data security and privacy. The new regulation will leave organisations with numerous challenges, not least around understanding that they have a responsibility to report breaches.” If adopted in the UK, the regulation could be in place by 2016.
7. “CIFAS and Ordnance Survey Report Improves Understanding of Identity Crime“
CIFAS has issued “Identity Crime: On Your Doorstep”, a 24-page report that analyses (on a geographic basis) identity crimes recorded during 2012. The report challenges and clarifies understandings around crimes such as identity fraud and account takeover. The document also provides a greater understanding of the factors that influence such frauds, while in turn highlighting some of the measures that can be taken to counteract them.
8. “Eddie Aston Appointed UK and Ireland CEO at G4S“
On 23 October, Eddie Aston became the new CEO for G4S in the UK and Ireland. Aston joined the G4S Group from DHL in July this year, taking on the role of COO with responsibility for service excellence, risk management and controls, group procurement and group IT.
9. Your CCTV System Might Be Illegal This Morning
Did you remember to put your clocks back this weekend? Good. Well done. You changed the timepieces at home and the ones on the wall at work… but what about the time on your surveillance system?
Paul Mackie from Camerawatch asks, “Did you allocate a specific resource responsible for ensuring your CCTV’s time is correct, and therefore compliant with data protection legislation?”
10. “Polish and Romanian Officers Join Met in Fight Against London Crime“
The Metropolitan Police Service has unveiled its latest weapon in the fight against offenders from abroad. Over the next two years, eight Romanian and three Polish police officers are to work in London alongside Operation Nexus colleagues. Experienced specialist officers from Poland will be on six-month rotations while Romanian officers serve three-month rotations.
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I did miss this the first time around but this seems like a great opportunity for some apprentices out there. I wish them luck and happy learning!
Almost makes me want to go back and start again as an apprentice. But I’m not sure I could afford to now!
That is good information for people to be reminded of. I bet there are a lot of people who don’t even realize they are breaking the law by not having the correct time and date in their CCTV system.
@ JohnathonL
100 in 100 sounds like a great opportunity for someone looking to gain experience in the field.
yes, interesting point… as correct date and time stamp must be on the tape… other way evidence of the video will not be accepted in the court….
Very true, Stacey. It’s something that people should be aware of. The date/time setting might seem like a trivial matter for some, but it could mean the difference between providing evidence and being just a recording with no basis.
I agree with both of you. The 100 in 100 programme seems like a great initiative and I hope more competent people sign up. Having more capable people in security is never a bad thing.
Systems should automatically add or remove an hour at the appropriate time in my view, this is always part of my Operational requirement for CCTV systems I specify.
@ Tony .. Yes agreed with you totally. As people dont bother what is required from them by the law , systems should do time change automatically.
I do agree that time should be properly updated on the CCTV systems. But just beacuse of the wrong time on the CCTV footage,Court reject to accpet it as an evidence , that i think is a bit unfair. Beacuse the main purpose of CCTV footage is to identify the criminal. If Courts start doing like that then time would be easily changed through curroption and the victim can not get justice.
I suspect so, really useful tip with that in mind. Did you know?
This will be interesting, it’s my experience that the majority of EMEA security operations are managed from the UK and knowledge of individual laws are generally limited
That is really nice. So from this collaboration it would be very easy for the Met Police to capture criminals. The Polish and Romanian officers can help alot in identifying real criminals as a lot of criminals are wandering on the streets of London now adays.
The police force should reflect the communities that it is policing and therefore having minorities employed as officers should reflect this not because it ticks a diversity box, but because its the best way to offer the necessary support to the communities that they are working with/ protecting. I think this is a great thing.
Completely agree. Sure the usual anti-immigration brigade will see this as a bad thing, but policing is about identifying with and supporting the community they serve, whatever etnicity or diversity is represented.
You will never make that lot happy. They complained when people came here and “stole our jobs” then we’re equally annoyed when they went home and “stopped doing our jobs”!
That is the human nature we never get satisfied of anything. We like to have more and more. When we get what we dreamed all our life we soon get fed up of it beacuse we lost its charm after having it for some time and then start dreaming again for something more good.
@ batye
It is also important to make sure your date and time stamp is correct if you are taking pictures of something you may want to use as evidence.
@ ITs_Hazel
It could be devastating to someones case for the time stamps to be incorrect. The accused party could simply say they were not there at that date and time, and have an allibi to prove they were not.
@ ITs_Hazel
I agree, incompetence and security do NOT go well together.
@ Rob,
Good question, and no I did not know. I knew that the time/date stamp could effect a recording being used in evidence if it were incorrect but I had no idea there were laws involved.
@STACEY ESTEY yes, you are right as sometimes criminals get away on technicality…
@ batye
I think it happens more often than we even realize. I think it would be scary to find out how many criminals are really guilty but are not brought to justice because of technicalities.
@STACEY ESTEY like my boss use to say Evil is in details… in Canada our liberal gov… gives more power to criminals (free paper)… and at the end it affects all Canadians and other countries… like case few months ago of Canadian criminals seting up boiler room operation to steal money from older Americans… Canadian legal system could not do anything until USPS got involved…