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10 October, 2008

The security week: Security Excellence Awards winners – and a documentary

Please be gentle. I am nursing a fairly virulent, vengeful hangover. It’s all the fault of last night’s impossibly glamorous Security Excellence Awards, where the cream of the security crop in the UK gathered to celebrate, and, inevitably, drink to … Continue reading →

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26 September, 2008

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 … Continue reading →

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25 September, 2008

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 … Continue reading →

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12 September, 2008

The security week: Buses, loaders and Threats Within

There’s a bit of a transportation theme this week. Check out our story about the CCTV system that survived a fire on a bus. It’s quite impressive. We’re also bringing you the tale of the little JCB that could – … Continue reading →

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11 September, 2008

Burning buses and online dangers

You know when you’re waiting ages for a bus, and there’s no bus turning up, and more and more people are gathering at your bus stop, and some of them are lighting cigarettes in an effort to make the bus … Continue reading →

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8 September, 2008

Apprentices and monitoring centres

Today we feature the Support Installer Apprenticeships campaign from Security Installer magazine. Editor Alan Hyder says “the installation sector needs a well trained workforce to tackle a job that is increasing in its technical complexity” – and the new campaign … Continue reading →

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5 September, 2008

The security week: Monsters, unemployment, Beckham, MC Hammer

This, the first week of September, has been a week of firsts here at I4S. It’s certainly the first time we’ve featured a story about a monster in a Swedish lake captured on video analytics-enabled cameras. There’s a link there … Continue reading →

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27 August, 2008

Install and battery

Y’know, sometimes I think that we don’t talk about batteries enough – not just on I4S, but generally. Today we attempt to redress the balance somewhat with a story about the impact of a new EU directive on security installers. … Continue reading →

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26 August, 2008

Ticketing treachery and access assistance

Today I4S takes the ticket touts to task in inimitable fashion via the medium of Brian Sims’ SMT Editor’s View. There’s also a useful guide available from the good folks at the BSIA with information and assistance on access control … Continue reading →

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15 August, 2008

The security week: Guarding debts, pub CCTV, and revolution

It’s been another action-packed week at info4security. Brian Sims reported on a report which suggested some guarding companies could be heading debtwards – and there was a celebrity-endorsed DVD which aims to put CCTV in more pubs and clubs. Brian … Continue reading →

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