Command and Control

Johnson Controls has announced the release of CEM Systems AC2000 v10.2, which offers new features such as an enhanced Time and Attendance application, improved Pass Design, advanced room booking with access control and additional features that increase the performance and scope of the access control…

Skillsoft, the organisation focused on corporate learning, has just published ‘Tech Learning Consumption Trends: A Skillsoft Signals Research Report’. The document reveals that networking and operating systems, security and programming training are in the highest demand among technology and developer professionals. The Skillsoft Signals report…

The West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) will host two realistic and interactive Road Traffic Collision (RTC) rescue challenges at The Emergency Services Show, which takes place at the NEC in Birmingham from 18 to 19 September. The Extrication and First Aid and Trauma Challenge will…

Since upgrading to a new Borough-wide surveillance solution from Synectics, operators based in Ealing Council’s new Public Safety CCTV Control Centre have doubled detection rates. The team now logs over 11,000 incidents of criminal or anti-social activity each year. According to CCTV manager Oliver Martin,…

Barracuda Networks researchers have uncovered an alarming new rise in the use of document-based malware. A recent e-mail analysis revealed that 48% of all malicious files detected in the last 12 months were some kind of document. More than 300,000 unique malicious documents were identified.…

The Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM) has been established in order to create a global centre where practitioners, academics and policy-makers can come together to share information, help progress and promote the underlying understanding and capabilities associated with strategic risk and crisis management and…

Botnets have been a major issue in the cyber security industry. As techniques to stop them have come into play, so the bots have evolved ways of navigating their way around these solutions. Leonidas Plagakis explains why machine learning may be the industry’s best chance…

The built environment is changing to an ever-greater degree. New and innovative technologies now offer increasingly clearer insights into how workplaces are used. We’re poised on the threshold of new methodologies that will transform how we work, protect people and control our environment. Here, Chris…

Cyber security was one of the current hot topics up for discussion at Tyco’s C•CURE end user event, which recently took place at the Crown Plaza Hotel in London. Risk Xtra reports. “With C•CURE 9000 at the heart of so many high security solutions, it’s not…

The ability to share timely and accurate data is extremely valuable. It’s even more critical for security operations and the Emergency Services, who need to work closely together to manage often challenging and dangerous situations. Simon Hall examines the importance of data accuracy in such…