As ever covering all the news and views you need to know about the private security industry in the British Isles, the August edition of Professional Security Magazine is on desks and free to read online, like past months’ editions.
August’s majors on protection of venues and events – the latest UK official NPSA (National Protective Security Authority) guidance on ‘mitigation of terrorist threats at venues during ingress and egress; the story of a dog handler and detection dog; and what a senior counter-terror cop had to tell the Counter Terror Expo in London.
As ever, we pride ourselves on getting out and about, to see and hear what’s going on in the wider private security world; hence we attended the evening midsummer do by the risk forecast consultancy Sibylline, and enjoyed the hospitality (including a pair of socks!); and round up what was aired at the Infosecurity Europe show in London. For one thing, nudging employees towards safe behaviours online (that they can use equally in their work and home lives online) is the way to go, rather than force people to take training once a year that only gets forgotten, we heard.
Also featured: Labour’s first acts in Government; bus patrols in Manchester, workplace investigations and forensic video evidence. Plus the regulars such as magazine MD Roy Cooper’s page of gossip for installers, manufacturers and distributors of security products; four pages of ‘spending the budget’; and among the pages of new products and services, the trainer Steve Collins of PS5 on suicide prevention. On the cyber side, Matthew Holliday of the NSI inspectorate gives a reminder about the PSTI (Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure) law that came into force in April, covering internet-connected devices, whether security cameras or indeed consumer products such as baby monitors, fridges and ‘smart’ TVs and smart devices generally.
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Photo by Mark Rowe; Sophia Gardens, the home of Glamorgan cricket club; stewards and SIA-badged officers, anticipating the end of a Friday night T20 match.
