Olympics, festivals, and a tool

Today we bring you the news of the Olympic security guarding contractor – G4S Security Services UK – which will look to train up local residents to protect the Olympic Park construction. Laudable? Or not laudable? Your call.
And in the current climate of financial meltdown and impending economical apocalypse, one lone voice can be heard, [...]

Bench tests and biometrics

Today we’ve got a couple of Bench Tests for you to peruse – the Panasonic WV-NF302 network dome and the PDR 6160A DVR from LiLin. They may well be of interest!
We’ve also got the lowdown on a biometric time and attendance system installed at some care homes, as well as details of the first designs [...]

The security week: Cybercrime and stadiums

This week on I4S we took time out to consider the motivation behind cybercriminals. These nasty types are absolute rotters, I am reliably informed.
We also pondered stadium security, particularly in the wake of the Beijing Olympics and some event that those in the know are calling ‘London 2012′. And as the article in question deals [...]

Camera tossing, and an Editor’s View

Today Brian Sims looks back at a hero of 9/11, and is somewhat surprised by an MI6 job ad. Read all about it in his SMT Editor’s View.
Ah, London. Where the streets are literally paved. And now covered in the remains of dome cameras that have been flung willy nilly over buses and other obstacles [...]

CCTV on TV and access at Burnley FC

You might remember that a while back we ran a couple of articles on Channel Five TV show CCTV Cities, fronted by investigative reporter/self-regarding smug fella (delete according to your perspective) Donal MacIntyre. Some people liked it, and some people, including Brian Sims, felt otherwise. Well, there’s a new series on the way, and today [...]

Foggy incidents and installer training

Honeywell has opened a new Training Centre of Excellence, which, despite the name, is not a facility for teaching ‘dudes’ to be ‘excellent’ in the Bill and Ted sense, but rather a cutting edge training centre for security installers. Party on!
A bumbling Danish employee has managed to test one company’s new fog protection system by [...]

A full hand – and Green Skills

Talk to the hand. That’s the message from Lumidigm and UKB International, who have launched a full hand print scanner for high security verification and access control. Futuristic!
Brian Sims profiles David Greer, CEO of Skills for Security, who looks at the future of education and training in the security sector. Insightful.
And Eugene Kaspersky takes us [...]

The security week: Officer shot, and theft foiled

This week’s top story is the shocking shooting incident that saw a security officer badly injured at Tesco in Tring. Brian Sims covered the incident.
In addition to his Editor’s View, Alan Hyder brought us the heartwarming story of the metal thieves foiled in their attempt to steal some scaffolding; and the out of this world [...]

Positive forecast, and Brigstocke as host

Today Brian Sims brings us details of the latest market reports from MBD, which suggests there could be good times ahead for CCTV and access systems over the next five years.
And we’ve got exclusive details of the host for this year’s glamorous and important Security Excellence Awards – it’s tousle-haired satirist and Radio 4 darling [...]

Officer shot – and meteors detected

Today we lead with the news of the security officer shot at Tesco in Tring. Brian Sims brings us the latest details on the incident.
And Alan Hyder reports on the latest ingenious use of intelligent video – this time it’s being employed to detect and record images of meteors that disintegrate in the Earth’s atmosphere. [...]