RISC
- a National Network of Franchised Offices Across the UK
Have
you thought about running your own business within the security industry
but don't know how to start and where to get support? The Recruitment
Investment Group (RIG) has announced its latest investment to develop
its existing security recruitment agency RISC into a national network
of franchised offices across the UK.
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IndigoVision
Mega Video Solutions
IP-CCTV
systems are opening up new opportunities for security that are simply
not possible with old analogue technology. This is changing the way
the security industry implements CCTV surveillance and has spawned a
new concept - Mega Video Solutions.
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the Rest Here]
Using
Wireless Systems to Support Surveillance Applications
By Anthony Fulgoni, VP International
Strategic Sales, Proxim Wireless
The threat of terrorism and an increase in crime have made
security a major priority on everyone's agenda and in many cases, rapid
deployment of security and surveillance systems has become essential.
Institutions of all kinds are being challenged to install video surveillance
in areas that are too remote, too costly or physically impossible to
reach with additional cabling.
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the Rest Here]
Alarm
Installers Guide to IP Signalling - Part 2
We often hear that one of the great advantages of IP over PSTN is the
increased speed of alarm signal transmission. Whilst this is partly
true, alarm installers need to understand the different stages of an
alarm signal transaction in order to take full advantage of this available
speed.
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the Rest Here]
IP
Video Security Surveillance - Understanding the Storage Issues
With many users now requiring CCTV recordings for 90+ days the focus
has been placed on the storage costs of IP Video systems. Barry Keepence,
IndigoVision CTO, explains that with the very best compression technology
and the right storage architecture IP-CCTV systems can easily accommodate
this requirement.
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the Rest Here]
Access Control for SME's Made Easier
Historically; security has always been a compromise between potential
risk and the justification of cost. However the emphasis is starting
to change from viewing what happened - CCTV - to preventing it happening
– Access Control.
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the Rest Here]
India
Surveille'd
The Indian market for Security & Surveillance is one of the fastest
growing in the world and as a further testament to this, the worlds
leading security exhibition IFSEC took place at Pragati Maidan in New
Delhi from 25-27 October 2007.
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the Rest Here]
IP
Video - CCTV Solutions for the Transport Industry
Oliver
Vellacott, CEO of IndigoVision, describes how IP Video is offering
the transport sector unique solutions to its surveillance needs.
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the Rest Here]
Vehicle
& Equipment Tracking - Making it Work
Tom
O'Connor, Managing Director, DigiCore Ltd writes: A major challenge
for all fleet operators, whatever industry sector they operate in, is
how to manage drivers, vehicles and other mobile assets when they are
‘out on the road’ and effectively out of sight.
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the Rest Here]
Covert
CCTV Equipment Gathers Evidence of Antisocial Behaviour
There
is a proliferation of CCTV cameras through the country which recently
earned the UK the title of 'surveillance society'. In fact, most people
are aware they are being filmed as they go about their daily business.
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the Rest Here]
The
Fight against Poor CCTV Images - 'Take 2!'
Dr Alan Hayes, MD of AMG Systems writes: The last issue of ProSecurizine
carried an article by CCTV IN FOCUS which pointed out that a recent
Home Office study revealed that more than eight out of ten of Britain's
4.2million CCTV cameras do not provide satisfactory images.
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Here]
Corporate
Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act - If You Employ Lone Workers,
it Affects You. By
Craig Swallow, Managing Director, Connexion2
After ten years in the making, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate
Homicide Act has added another layer of liability for organisations
and, importantly, those who run them. An employer's duty of care is
not only a legal requirement but now it must be seen to be demonstrated
that a company or organisation is doing everything practicable to protect
the health and safety of employees.
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the Rest Here]
Integrated
Security
by
Barry Keepence, IndigoVision's CTO.
Integrating
security systems such as CCTV and access control over IP networks provides
the end user with major benefits. Barry Keepence, IndigoVision's CTO,
discusses how these systems can be integrated and the powerful features
they offer.
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it Here]
Europe
Fights a Rearguard Action Combating Terrorism
When terrorists killed 191 and wounded a further 2,050 people in the
coordinated attacks on the Madrid commuter rail network in March 2004,
the attacks presented European lawmakers with a moment of pause and
sent shockwaves through the European transport industry.. [Read
it Here]
Weapons Detectors: What's Available on the Market? Securizine takes a look at what's currently available. [Read it Here]
Alarm
Installers Guide to IP Signalling
by Steve Nutt of IP Alarms (UK) Ltd
This article does not aim to teach you how to become an internet expert
- only to give you an insight into what you are likely to experience
if you decide to embrace the technology of signalling alarms over the
internet. [Read
it Here]
IT-centric
Solutions for the Security Arena by John Kirtland
of Quadrant Security
The introduction of IT-centric solutions for the security arena has
sparked great interest among IT and security professionals alike [Read
it Here]
Securing
Against Data Loss and Theft by Adrian Gregory, MD of the
DQM Group.
Data security breaches have littered the news over recent years, writes
Adrian Gregory, MD of the DQM Group. All kinds of organisation
have been affected from government departments to well-know financial
institutions. And there is no indication that the problem is subsiding.
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it Here]
Stores
'Make it Easy' for Shoplifters by
Martin Gill, former Professor of Criminology at the University
of Leicester.
A new report revealing the habits of shoplifters has found that stores
actually make it easier for them to steal, according to Martin Gill.
Shoplifters across three continents have been filmed by academic researchers
for the first time as they recreated their crimes. [Read
it Here]
BS
25999 may have Little Impact on Business
The case for a standard for Business Continuity Management (BCM). The
recent announcement of the BS 25999-1 (code of practice) comes after
a number of high profile incidents around the world have raised awareness
of what can go wrong. [Read
it Here]
Researching the Corporate Counter Terrorism Market
Whilst there is an increasing awareness in the corporate world of the
need to manage global risk and security, the fact that limited budgets
are allocated to security consultancy & advice means that interest
in counter terrorism is very much event driven. [Read
it Here]