http://www.professionalsecurity.co.uk/ A service for the security professional to access security news, views and information. en-us Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:28:42 +0000 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:28:42 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/computer-systems-and-it-security-news/shadow-it-in-the-light/ ... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:05:31 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/computer-systems-and-it-security-news/shadow-it-in-the-light/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cyber/better-prepare-for-a-cyber-breach/ Despite headline-grabbing breaches at global enterprises, such as Jaguar Land Rover and M&S making the daily news towards the end of last year, Mid-Market firms remain dangerously under-prepared for the domino effect of cyberattacks, says Jason Revill, Global Security Practice Technology Lead at Avanade. Blue Yonder is one such example, where a breach in the supply chain software exposed va... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:56:28 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cyber/better-prepare-for-a-cyber-breach/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cctv/appliances-for-hybrid-video-management/ The video surveillance product manufacturer Hanwha Vision announced a new lineup of BLAZE appliances. They're for the deployment and operation of the hybrid video management platform. Optimised for BLAZE VMS, the appliances provide a way to deploy scalable video surveillance systems. BLAZE appliances are engineered to run the BLAZE VMS platform, delivering hardware and software for video survei... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:45:47 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cctv/appliances-for-hybrid-video-management/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/biometrics/suprema-at-isc-west-2026/ Suprema, the access control and security product manufacturer, was among exhibitors at ISC West 2026, the largest security industry trade show in the United States. Under the theme “Face the Future of Security,” Suprema showed its AI-powered facial authentication and security platforms. AI-Powered  The demand for facial recognition technology continues to grow in the States, the Korean firm... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:32:23 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/biometrics/suprema-at-isc-west-2026/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/interviews/rise-of-deepfake-attacks/ Business leaders can’t ignore the rise of deepfake attacks, says Tristan Shortland, pictured, Chief Technology Officer, Infinity Group. Artificial intelligence has transformed the way organisations operate, accelerating decision making and automating work at a remarkable pace. But it has also created a new class of threats that feel personal, convincing and difficult to detect. Deepfake attac... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:23:50 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/interviews/rise-of-deepfake-attacks/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/government/resilience-to-severe-space-weather/ The UK Government has not yet set out how resilient it would like the UK to be to severe space weather nor what level of resilience its spending will provide, according to an official audit. For the 44-page report, visit the National Audit Office (NAO) website. Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, said: “The government has invested in improving the UK's forecasting and is taking steps to increase ... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:14:28 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/government/resilience-to-severe-space-weather/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/call-for-data-analytics-against-fraud/ While the public purse is losing tens of billions a year to fraud and error, UK Government has a lack of ambition and activity to deploy data analytics widely, according to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of MPs. Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the Conservative MP who chairs the committee, said: “Our committee has long identified a failing in digital leadership and fragmented data across gov... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:35 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/call-for-data-analytics-against-fraud/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cyber/leadership-paradox/ Transforming operations to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) is the leading challenge for organisations in every sector, says Leon Ward, Chief Transformation Officer, Securonix. Arguably, urgency is even greater in the technology sector, where leaders are acutely aware of AI’s potential to boost productivity and efficiency. In the cybersecurity subset of technology, the drive is stronger sti... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:57:04 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cyber/leadership-paradox/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cyber/reporting-portal/ UK financial regulators have come up with a single portal for incident and third party reporting. The watchdog the FCA points to high-profile incidents affecting the financial services sector such as Cloudflare and AWS outage. Mark Francis, director of specialists and wholesale sell-side at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said: 'Resilience is being tested like never before, with firms fa... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:53:29 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cyber/reporting-portal/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/government/foreign-disinformation-warfare/ Organised disinformation has become the new warfare and open liberal democracies are sitting ducks, according to a senior MP. The Labour MP Dame Emily Thornberry said: "From pushing provable lies, to planting false seeds of doubt, disinformation is the weapon of choice of hostile states seeking to destabilise democracies. It seeps into societal cracks, seeking out our vulnerabilities to exploit th... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:31:47 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/government/foreign-disinformation-warfare/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/prison-latest/ Prison inspectors have put HMP Woodhill into special measures under an 'Urgent Notification' after an inspection in early March. Meanwhile, Swaleside has become the third prison in the long-term high security estate (LTHSE) to be issued with an Urgent Notification; besides Manchester and Woodhill. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said: "The LTHSE holds dangerous offenders serving ve... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:13:47 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/prison-latest/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cctv/italian-smart-city/ The Municipality of Catania in Sicily is one of Italy’s largest and most complex urban areas. The city of Catania and surrounds have a population of more than one million. As the seventh-most-populated metropolitan city in Italy, Catania seeks to preserve its historic and architectural heritage while modernising urban services. Catania leadership understood that 'smart city' technologies coul... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:39:49 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cctv/italian-smart-city/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/hses-lone-working-reminder/ Health and safety responsibilities apply equally for home working as in the workplace, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Britain’s workplace regulator, is reminding employers. HSE is advising employers to pay attend to three areas as legal duties: stress and mental health, the safe use of display screen equipment (DSE), and the working setting – including accidents, emergencies, and lone ... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:52:53 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/hses-lone-working-reminder/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/mps-on-extremism/ Extremism is evolving rapidly, and becoming more complex, says a report by a committee of MPs. The Home Affairs Select Committee reports of, besides the extreme right wing and Islamism, 'new forms of extremism', notably 'hybridised and conflicted ideological belief systems', a 'toxic mix of anti-semitism, misogyny and conspiracy theories'; which may be taken up by 'those with mental health condit... Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:37:16 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/case-studies/mps-on-extremism/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/guarding/michelin-contract/ A three-year contract to provide security services at Michelin’s factory in Stoke-on-Trent has gone to Corps Security. Some nine security staff will TUPE over to the Corps, led by a site supervisor. The contractor will provide guarding services, including a vehicle for site patrols, front-of-house customer service, and visitor management for Michelin’s manufacturing and storage facility. G... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:28:42 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/guarding/michelin-contract/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/martyns-law-by-sector-pubs-and-clubs/ Just as the weather is never quite right for farmers, so the pub trade will complain about most things as making pubs less profitable. It’s made for a zero-hours workforce that’s asked to slice lemons thinly for drinks. Martyn’s Law, the legal requirement under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act to counter the threat from terrorism, will be greeted, once it comes into force, as a bur... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:07:37 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/martyns-law-by-sector-pubs-and-clubs/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/information-destruction-matters/ Ensuring confidential materials are destroyed securely and in line with legislation is now a critical part of operational risk management, says the BSIA, which has an Information Destruction section. With the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act placing responsibilities on organisations that handle personal or sensitive information, secure destruction should not be an afterthought. Organisations... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:49:05 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/commercial-security/information-destruction-matters/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cctv/now-you-see-campaign/ The video surveillance product manufacturer Hanwha Vision has unveiled a global brand campaign, “Now You See,” starring Hollywood actress Amanda Seyfried, on the value of Proactive Vision Intelligence (PVI). Directed by Michael Gracey (the filmmaker behind The Greatest Showman, pictured) the manufacturer says its campaign shifts away from focusing solely on security hardware to focus on the tr... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:36:20 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/products/cctv/now-you-see-campaign/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/training/skills-for-security-sponsorship/ Asset Intelligence, part of Galliford Try has joined Skills for Security as a Platinum Sponsor and will begin onboarding its engineering workforce onto the Skills On-Demand training platform. Asset Intelligence will use Skills On-Demand to provide learning for its engineers, alongside support for apprenticeships and early-career development within the business. Ben McNally, Sector Director at A... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:30:31 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/training/skills-for-security-sponsorship/ https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/transport/safer-parking-rebrand/ As of April 2026, the Park Mark security accreditation scheme for car parks is rebranding from Park Mark to Safer Parking. The running of the scheme will be brought in-house by its owners, Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (Police CPI). This means all major UK police-backed prevention initiatives are under its direct control, PCPI says. BPA previously Previously, the scheme was run by the ... Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:34:18 +0000 https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/transport/safer-parking-rebrand/