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Take part in our Wireless Access Control Survey

If you are involved in decisions about choosing, buying or upgrading your organisation’s access control system we’d be grateful if you could complete the following short survey about Wireless Access Control.   1. Does your organisation/business already operate an electronic access control system?*Yes, a traditional wired system using access cards/tagsYes, a combined system of wired [...]

Let’s Rebrand Fire-Safety Management and Add Value to Our Employers

Dr Kathryn O’Brien, NHS Health and Safety and Fire Safety Manager, is speaking at FIREX International, which takes place between 17-19 June at ExCel London. Register now to hear Kathryn speak about fire-safety management and talks and demonstrations about fire prevention and safety technology and processes As a result of working in the particularly complex, [...]

About to Start Installing Fire Alarms? Then Read On…

If you’re expanding your business into the fire industry there are two key things you need to think about and get up to speed on: getting the right training and getting Third Party Certification. Let’s start with training: Why should we do it? Bram Stoker wrote: “We learn from failure, not from success!” and for engineers [...]

Big Companies Neglect Physical Security and Over-Rely on Surveillance

CCTV was first launched in 1942, when Siemens AG installed a system to observe the launch of V-2 rockets (the world’s first long-range missile), although the first commercial closed circuit television system became available in the US in 1949. Since its original roll-out, the technology has advanced and in 2013, The British Security Industry Authority [...]

Intelligent Buildings: a Blueprint for Adoption

An entirely new class of service is changing workplace environments, the use of space within buildings, and the development of working environments to incorporate technology, leading to Intelligent Buildings. Current technologies are also modernizing building operations, design and build processes, and the environmental performance of buildings. Taken together, these Intelligent Building transformations will enhance user [...]

Vote for the Security 40 and Fire 20

In 2014 we are once again looking to identify the most influential people in the Security and Fire worlds. Last year we asked you for your help identifying the top people in the industry, and you responded in the hundreds, so thank you for your help. This year, we need your help again. With your [...]

Most Security Managers Aren’t Suitably Qualified – this Must Change

It became clear recently that only about 36% of security leaders have qualifications that would satisfy a chartered status. If security leaders want to be taken seriously by the board, this needs to change. To argue that academic qualifications don’t make any practical difference when it comes to security threats is to ignore the views [...]

Harnessing PSIM to Handle Railway Incidents

On the railways incidents are a daily occurrence and how they are managed has a huge impact on the network operator, train companies, emergency services, staff and of course passengers. By improving how incidents are handled you can meet your primary objective of ensuring the safety and security of all, but also make a huge [...]

Fire Safety in the Workplace for Small Businesses

Safety in the workplace should always be a high priority for all businesses no matter their size to ensure a safe working environment for all. Failure to do so can give your employees the wrong message as it reflects to them that their well-being while at work is not always being considered and in some [...]