The security week: An arrested Tory, retail challenges, and Johnny Cash

News excitement galore on info4security this week. Brian Sims, editor of SMT Online, gets totally topical with his take on the Tories’ Damian Green being arrested by counter-terrorism officers. Forthright!
And in the week when Woolworths and MFI went to the wall, we’ve got an in-depth piece about the challenges ahead for retail security in a [...]

Layoffs, contrasts, and a goat (for some reason)

A couple of different responses to the economic maelstrom we find ourselves in today. At DVR pioneer Dedicated Micros, they’ve decided to cut employee numbers across EMEA operations. Chairman Nigel Petrie says it’s to do with revised growth expectations and “a particular reticence in the UK security sector’s supply chain”.
Meanwhile, over at Kings Security in [...]

Retail challenges and a new distributor

Apparently Christmas is happening soon, much to my surprise. This type of celebration seems kinda tasteless at such a time of serious global economic crisis.
But even though we can’t stop Christmas this year, retailers are still likely to feel a lot of pain thanks not only to a lack of spending, but also to enthusiastic [...]

Protecting Christmas and weathering the storm

Identity thieves are a despicable bunch at the best of times – even at the annual Identity Thieves Ball and Charity Casino In Aid of Sick or Starving Children – but at Christmas time, well, they are absolutely reprehensible. Imagine waking up on Christmas morning to find your identity has been stolen. You don’t know [...]

Siemens wind power and a training partnership

Today we celebrate the power of wind, with the news that Siemens has provided a wind turbine firm with a comprehensive integrated security system. That’s one way to secure the future of the environment! Seriously, it will help.
Partnerships are wonderful, life enriching experiences, particularly if they do not end in a long, messy, bitter, drawn [...]

The security week: Woolworths, The Smiths, answers and retirement

In the security headlines this week was a thieving so-and-so convicted for one of the worst offences imaginable – crimes against Woolworths – with evidence from SmartWater. The only positive for the crim was the ravetastic nature of his trainers, as seen in the pictures accompanying the story. Techno!
As a direct consequence, this week’s Song [...]

A show of strength and a fraud award

Sheer unadulterated security excitement today, with Professor Howard “About” Schmidt of the ISF urging companies and organisations to strengthen their security during this time of “economic uncertainty”. Good going, Prof!
Also appearing in the headlines today is the heartwarming and enriching tale of the little bank-funded police unit that could – if only they truly believed [...]

Police nightclubs and rogue companies

Well well well. Today’s exciting story with a picture featuring a luminescent shoe is about a man who stole from a Woolworths store and was convicted using SmartWater forensic DNA evidence. It’s very interesting. But the accompanying imagery also leads me to think that police may be able to catch criminals by inviting suspects to [...]

High def and access questions and answers

First of all, apologies for the lack of missive yesterday. That was entirely my fault, having succumbed like a small, weak child to some powerful, all-conquering early winter virus.
But we’re back, baby, and today we feature not only questions, but some answers to those questions also. We’ve got it all! First up is David Markland [...]

The security week: Securiplan fined, future CCTV, and Weird Work

A big ol’ week of news on info4security, kicked off with the announcement of Securiplan being fined for 19 counts of employing unlicensed officers, and ordered to pay the SIA’s legal costs. Dr Bernard Herdan has also been named interim SIA chief, following Mike Wilson’s sudden departure.
We also featured reports from the Next Generation CCTV [...]