The security week: Security Excellence Awards nominees announced!

It’s time for some monster security news today, as we reveal the nominees for the prestigious 2009 Security Excellence Awards! In order to find out if your company is among the contenders; or to bitterly discover your competitor has been listed; or if you’re a fan of a particular company, to see if they’re a [...]

ID card images, and MoD jobs

Hello! Welcome to a big day of security news excitement. Let’s dig in.
First up is the images of the somewhat reviled UK ID cards, which have been unveiled by Home Secretary Alan Johnson. Will anyone ever actually use one?
We’ve also got a very interesting piece on how to go about getting work from the UK’s [...]

Perimeters and analytics

Greetings, on this most Wednesday of afternoons. Time flies, huh? Let’s crack on!
Today we’ve got some expert advice – it comes from Julie Hartley of ADI Global and it concerns perimeter detection. Lovely!
Honeywell is making a song and dance about its new video analytics product, Active Alert v4.7, being given UK Home Office approval. Nice [...]

Having a Housego at in-house

We’ve matched the author’s surname to the story today, as lawyer Paul Housego puts the boot in to the SIA’s decision not to license in-house security officers. It’s precision stuff.
Security Installer editor Alan Hyder has donned his metaphorical dancing shoes and hat and bootscooted all over the security opinion dancefloor in his SI Editor’s View. [...]

Illegal dumpers; and Butler does it

Hello, and welcome to the first of this week’s I4S highlights missives, crammed full of delicious security news morsels.
It’s the day that Bill Butler takes over the reins at the UK’s Security Industry Authority. Tuck in!
There are also some concealed cameras catching illegal dumpers. Of rubbish!
Controlware are encouraging you to have your say in the [...]

The security week: In-house inaction, and HD CCTV

Yo yo yo yo yo yo yo. Hi there. It’s been another week of high octane security news excitement, so let’s dive right in.
First up is old pal Wilson Chowdhry with his take on the licensing – or lack of licensing – of in-house security officers. He thinks it’s a missed opportunity. Yourself?
This morning myself [...]

Access reports and editor’s views

Here’s an optimistic prediction for those of an access control persuasion – a new report says the market will pick up next year. That’s a relief!
Intrepid SMT Online editor Brian Sims has stuck his metaphorical oar deep into the security news rapids and emerged with a glistening, opinion-soaked SMT Online Editor’s View. This time around [...]

School surveillance and access control

Greetings! It’s Wednesday, which is always nice. Here are some security news stories!
First up is a piece on a new school surveillance system which aims to improve safety throughout the school. Edumacational!
Those mystical CCTV types, Genie, have decided to get involved in access control – a trend which is on the increase, if this year’s [...]

Voice alarms and Gurkha funds

Hello all! I’m back in the hot seat today. It’s rather warm.
Today’s succulent security smorgasbord includes this juicy morsel: the British Standards Institute has issued some guidelines on the use of voice alarm systems. Oh yeah.
And those helpful folks at G4S have gone and raised some funds for the Gurkha Welfare Trust. That’s delightful!
Do you [...]

The security week: The BSIA, MITIE, and winners and losers

Ahoy there, security pals! It’s yet another one of those weekly inbox ticklers where I pretend I am in the office when in actual fact I am away on holiday. Sneaky!
So this bit of invaluable waffle is unavoidably brief. Apologies. Normal service will resume next week.
In the meantime, here’s BSIA chairman Stuart Lowden; a big [...]