This is the seventeenth instalment in a series of articles for the readers of Risk Xtra where we shine the spotlight on NSI-approved businesses for the benefit of risk and security managers who purchase security guarding as well as systems-focused solutions. Answering our questions on…
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Institute of Strategic Risk Management formed to “understand complex threats of modern world”
by Brian SimsThe 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…
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Police and Security Group Initiative launches Best Practice Guide for effective private sector collaboration
by Brian SimsThe Police and Security (PaS) Group Initiative has launched a document focused on effective collaboration which aims to help the police service and the private security industry in working together on a common purpose. The ‘Best Practice Guide for Private Security and Police Crime Reduction Collaboration’ covers the key…
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The Security Institute unveils all-new format for Annual Conference entitled: ‘The State of Security 2016’
by Brian SimsNow in its ninth year, The Security Institute’s Annual Conference and Exhibition is the premier educational event for the organisation, its members and specially invited guests. This year’s gathering will, with the aid of several high profile speakers, explore the security issues that have arisen in 2016, not to mention…
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Buckinghamshire New University academic draws on sector experience for The Security Consultant’s Handbook
by Brian SimsRichard Bingley PGCLTHE, senior lecturer in security and organisational resilience at Buckinghamshire New University, has written (and now had published) an excellent tome entitled The Security Consultant’s Handbook. The modern security practitioner has shifted from being a predominantly protective site and assets manager to become a leading…
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“Hostile activity by Iranian-linked group reflects threat from social engineering” warns CSARN
by Brian SimsCSARN (City Security and Resilience Networks) reports that Iranian cyber espionage groups have been linked to a large-scale and sophisticated campaign targeting members of the nation’s diaspora and at least one Western-based activist, with the tactics used reflecting the threat to UK businesses posed by…
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Police and Security Group consultation highlights routes towards more effective collaboration
by Brian SimsThe Police and Security Group (PaS) initiative has now published the detailed conclusions arising from its consultation exercise conducted earlier this year. The consultation’s aims were to identify capabilities within the private security sector that could work to a greater degree alongside those within the Metropolitan Police Service, assess the…
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On Friday 6 February in a valedictory letter addressed to all members of the organisation, The Security Institute’s Chairman Emma Shaw CSyP FSyI MBA FCMI announced that a new Chairman will be unveiled at the Annual General Meeting, which takes place on Tuesday 24 March…