Standards

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is launching a six-week consultation on a draft Code of Conduct for SIA licence holders and applicants for SIA licences. The SIA is inviting the industry, licence holders and anyone with an interest in private security to have a say…

Schneider Electric has joined the newly-formed International Society of Automation (ISA) Global Cyber Security Alliance as a Founding Member. The ISA created the Global Cyber Security Alliance to advance cyber security readiness and awareness in worldwide manufacturing and critical infrastructure facilities and processes. Bringing together end…

Abloy UK has introduced a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) training course approved by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and entitled ‘Digital Transformation in Physical Security’. Specifiers and end users of access control systems who complete the course can attain double CPD points by…

The security industry has come a long way from its historical roots and is now focusing heavily on new technology, updated skills, vetting and standards as well as changing perceptions of what the sector actually entails. Mike Reddington discusses the work of the British Security…

The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has issued the results of a Q&A with Mike Reddington to mark his first month as CEO of the Trade Association. The Q&A focuses on the value that membership of the BSIA offers, the current and changing state of the…

The National Security Inspectorate’s (NSI) Annual Summit 2019 will take place on Thursday 21 March at The Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham. Now in its sixth year, this highly popular, informative and free to attend one-day event offers an opportunity for NSI approved companies to…

Whether your business is a fire detection and alarm company, or a security operation looking to expand into fire alarms, becoming third party certified is an extremely worthy consideration. After all, certified companies do help to build trust with potential clients. However, the process to…

Esoteric, the counter espionage and electronic bug sweeping company, has been appointed a Corporate Partner of The Security Institute, Britain’s largest membership body for security professionals. Continually striving to deliver quality to the sector, value to organisations and confidence to society, The Security Institute’s Corporate…

Security and fire safety are very much at the forefront of the public consciousness in 2018. Questions are now being asked more frequently than ever before as to how people, properties and assets can be best protected. All purchasers, from domestic to commercial and community…

The British Standards Institution (BSI) has announced that John Hirst CBE will be appointed as a non-executive director of the organisation with effect from Monday 15 October 2018. From 1 January 2019, Hirst will take over from the BSI’s current chairman, Sir David Brown, who will…