The security week: Conference frenzy, and BBC opinion

It’s been an absolute cracker of a week here at info4security. There’s been more security news and opinion excitement than you could point an exceptionally angry cat at. As I believe the saying goes.
So. SMT Online’s indefatigable editor, Brian Sims, has gone conference crazy in recent times. Here’s his SMT Online Editor’s View about ACS [...]

Delicious security news smorgasbord

A genuine imaginary mouthwatering smorgasbord of security news tastiness today. There’s a little bit of everything, to moisten the tastebuds of security gourmands around the globe. Exciting!
SMT Online’s Brian Sims spoke exclusively to Security Institute president Lord Carlile on issues including CCTV, counter-terrorism and policing. Hard-hitting stuff.
Cooperation is lovely. In that spirit, ONVIF has released [...]

The ACS and Bench Tests

Top notch security news excitement galore today. As you’d expect. Absolutely!
First up is venerable SMT Online editor Brian Sims, who reports on the Approved Contractor Scheme developments at last week’s SIA Stakeholder Conference, in his SMT Online Editor’s View. Topical and delicious.
Brian has also provided us with an exclusive interview with Mike Bluestone, new chairman [...]

Vulnerabilities and regulations

We’re back. It’s been a delightful extended weekend break, but now it’s time to turn our noses to the grindstone, and really grind some security news nostril. Or something like that.
So. Today we’ve got a story about the security vulnerability of large utility sites. They’re so innocent and vulnerable.
And there are a couple of pieces [...]

The security week: New chief at the SIA, and IFSEC assessment

If you’re a fan of Government regulators – and really, who isn’t? – then you will be overjoyed by the news that Bill Butler has been given the chief executive’s job at the Security Industry Authority. Bill’s got regulator chops – he’s moving from the Gambling Commission, and previously worked for the Healthcare and Audit [...]

New chief for the SIA

An I4S breaking news live-from-the-scene extravaganza today. SMT Online journalistic El Jefe, Brian Sims, gave us the news of Bill Butler’s appointment as chief executive of the Security Industry Authority – and we were live with the story even before the SIA had released the news itself. Scooparama!
That other great pillar of the UK security [...]

Fragmented police – and robots!

Wahey! That’s the enthusiastic start to this very missive. Yes, this one here. Let’s go!
First up is robots. We’re big fans of robots here at I4S, and get very excited when we hear about things like Samsung Techwin’s killing robot, because it feels like we are living in the future. So today’s piece on the [...]

Analysing IFSEC – and swine flu

Greetings, security news fans! It strikes me as almost the perfect day to discuss the latest security industry issues, topics, and thingos. So let’s do just that!
Today Security Installer’s garrulous editor Alan Hyder unsheathed his analysis syringe and plunged it deep into the opinion zone of IFSEC 2009 – metaphorically, of course – in his [...]

Olivia Newton-John wins!

Back in the office after a hectic week of IFSEC excitement, and the question on everyone’s lips is – which Song About Security was voted most popular by IFSEC visitors? The second question is – who won the iPod? Was it me? Did I win it?
The answer to the first question is Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Let’s [...]

The security week: IFSEC 2009 special

Hello. I am sitting in bed as I type this. Truly. It’s not because the powers that be at I4S Towers have installed bunks and have us working around the clock in some kind of prison-camp style arrangement. No, it’s because security shindig IFSEC 2009 finished up yesterday, and I’m knackered.
As a consequence, our theme [...]