Now landed on desks and in email in-boxes is the June 2025 edition of Professional Security Magazine – the premier read for private security people in the UK and Ireland.
We return to Westminster Abbey to marvel once again at the sheer amount of history inside the 1000-year-old building (pictured), yet hear that it never stands still, whether carrying out ceremonies such as the coronation of King Charles III, or as a tourist attraction, or as a working place of worship, and all the while evolving – passers-by should be able to note that the Abbey is having work done to alter where and how visitors enter and have their bags searched.
Plus updates about ECHO (short for Electronic Call Handling Operations, the project to automate intruder alarm handling, to speed police response – police forces’ IT departments are the ones holding up nationwide adoption, we hear); and the Security Industry Authority, as the SIA begins work to make itself the regulator and inspector for Martyn’s Law and the counter-terrorism security of premises, besides the licensing of security individuals.
We focus on retail, such as how information and cyber security people at a retailer have to prioritise what they do; the threat to cargo in transit from organised thieving; and how car boot sales are among markets for thieves seeking to sell the goods they steal.
Plus ransomware case studies; what ‘zero tolerance’ of violence might mean for the National Health Service; Mike Gillespie of Advent IM on Martyn’s Law; the latest books reviewed; and regular features such as Magazine MD Roy Cooper’s page of gossip about and for installers, distributors and manufacturers of security products; four pages of new products; and four pages of ‘spending the budget’.
Next month
The July edition of the magazine will consider the first year of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour in power; and feature control rooms, training and women’s safety. You can freely read the digital version of the monthly magazine via the website, or subscribe to the magazine, from ยฃ40 a year. If you’d like a look at a print copy with a view to subscribing, email [email protected].
