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Julian Hall

Freelance journalist and copywriter, Textual Healing

Articles by this author

“I’ve spent three years fighting for the right to escape from a burning building” – What’s next for PEEPs?

Prevent, enhance, expand – What place does IoT have in the fire industry in 2022 and beyond?

Testing in action – The critical importance of effective passive fire protection

The next evolution of smart buildings – “Security will have a central role to play”

The digitisation of building information and its relationship with the ‘Golden Thread’

Rebuilding public trust and influencing cultural change within the fire sector with Fire Aware

A beginner’s guide to video surveillance in the cloud and Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS)

Security and COVID: Resilience, expansion and upskilling – yet challenges remain, explains Professor Martin Gill

Elizabeth Kolade on how AI is ‘a double-edged sword’ and the challenge of harmonising physical and cyber security

“Smart video analytics are essential to banks” – Improving security and customer experience with surveillance tech

Charles ‘Chuck’ Andrews on the cyber issue, growth of AI and collaboration in security

Global COVID vaccination programme fraught with security challenges

A guide to the NIST Cyber Security Framework

Can thermal imaging take the heat out of the coronavirus crisis?

Quantum Computing: Why the technology poses a security threat

A beginner’s guide to passive fire protection

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State of Physical Access Trend Report 2024

Lithium-Ion batteries. A guide to the fire risk that isn’t going away but can be managed

Whitepaper: Enhancing security, resilience and efficiency across a range of industries

Whitepaper: Multi-residential access management – The move to digital

2024 trends in physical security and critical communications

The Video Surveillance Report 2023

How cloud-based video surveillance can enable improved security for housing associations

EBOOK: Lessons from FIREX 2023 – Emerging challenges in fire safety