Media Solutions Manager, UBM

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Brian was appointed Editor of Security Management Today (SMT) in November 2000. In 2005, he received the BSIA Chairman's Award for Promoting The Industry and, a year later, the Skills for Security Special Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Security Business Sector. In 2008, Brian was nominated for the ASC's Imbert Prize and was a finalist in the 2012 George van Schalkwyk Award. An Honorary Fellow of The Security Institute and a judge for numerous industry awards, Brian became the Editor of SMT Online in late 2008 and was also promoted to Group Content Editor for UBM Live's Security Portfolio (focusing on the IFSEC SELECT end user programme, the Security Excellence Awards, conferences and webinars). Now the Media Solutions Manager for UBM Live's Security and Fire Portfolio, Brian is actively pioneering developments in live events and digital media.
January 28, 2014

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James Willison
James Willison
January 28, 2014 5:02 pm

A really insightful article as always Brian. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on the future of our Cities and demonstrating some of the key issues so clealy. For me, I would add that if we are to manage the risks and benefit from the many opportunities technologies bring to us it is vital that we do more to develop cross functional teams from all areas of the community and the business. As we know, in times past, people like to defend their own territory and resist the chance to work with other people and areas of the… Read more »

SunitaT
SunitaT
February 21, 2014 10:51 am

It is very useful article in defining different fronts where we have to implement security mechanisms for making our cities smarter. Urban areas are drastically different from what we used to see probably more than a few decades ago. Technological and life style changes especially increased mobility pose certain challenges which should be met with diligence to keep our cities safe.

SunitaT
SunitaT
February 21, 2014 10:51 am

@ James Willison, certainly it comes down to forming skilled teams for identifying key risk areas and effective measures. You are right in saying that we need to have a pro-active approach and our security mechanisms should be preemptive in nature. Only then we can be able to outsmart the increasingly sophisticated disruptive activities of the criminals.