Securitas acquires New York-based aviation security company Global Elite Group
Securitas Transport Aviation Services USA has acquired Global Elite Group, a leading security services provider to the aviation industry in the US. The purchase price is approximately US$22 million...
View ArticlePool Re returns contingency cover against terrorist acts to commercial...
As a direct result of sufficient capacity now existing within the commercial insurance and reinsurance markets to cover contingency losses arising from acts of terrorism, Pool Re has announced that it...
View ArticlePKF Littlejohn appoints Robert Brooker as co-head of specialist Forensic and...
PKF Littlejohn has appointed Robert Brooker as co-head of the company’s Forensic and Fraud team. Brooker joins the firm after over ten years at Transport for London (TfL), where he was head of fraud....
View ArticleLooking Over The Horizon: What Does Cyber Security Have in Store for 2019?
In every intelligence industry there’s often a central aim: predicting the future. We collect and analyse, dissect and interpret, looking for that essential nugget that will give us the edge over our...
View ArticleFraudsters who stole £800,000-plus sentenced in wake of Action Fraud and...
Seven fraudsters have been sentenced in the wake of investigative work undertaken by Action Fraud and Surrey Police. The group, who stole more than £800,000 after targeting elderly and vulnerable...
View ArticleHome Secretary and Chancellor to chair Task Force aimed at tackling economic...
Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Chancellor Philip Hammond are jointly chairing a new Government-led Task Force which will work with senior figures from the UK’s financial sector to tackle economic...
View ArticleRoyal United Services Institute outlines detail behind “busy research agenda”...
The various centres of research within the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) have looked back on the many achievements made in 2018 and also taken the opportunity to preview the “busy agenda” that...
View ArticleThales details all-new “cyber and digital security powerhouse” in heart of...
Security, defence, aerospace and transport sector solutions specialist Thales’ bold plan to establish a new world-class Centre of Excellence for digital and cyber security in Wales, first mooted early...
View Article“Almost half of companies still unable to detect IoT device breaches” reveals...
Gemalto, the digital security specialist, has revealed that only around half (48%) of businesses can detect whether or not any of their Internet of Things (IoT) devices suffers a breach. This news...
View ArticleSIA launches new consultation exercise focused on licence-linked qualifications
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has just launched a new consultation to help determine the content of the next generation of compulsory qualifications for licensed operatives in the private...
View ArticleIRM and ITI EdVest sign MoU to deliver risk management education and research...
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ITI EdVest – an education-focused initiative developed by the Investment Trust of India Limited (ITI) – with...
View ArticleEconomies of Scale: Switching on to Low-Light Surveillance Cameras
According to a recent report produced by IHS Markit, which specialises in providing insight on the areas which are shaping the business landscape, the number of video surveillance cameras equipped with...
View ArticleIconic British brand BAE Systems extends partnership with Zurich UK to fight...
BAE Systems has secured an extension to its eight-year partnership with Zurich UK, the UK subsidiary of the global insurance group. From this month, BAE Systems will provide Zurich UK with its...
View Article3M extends range of privacy filters “to fit many popular touch-screen devices”
3M, the science-based technology company, has announced that its range of Gold and Black Privacy Filters is now extended to fit a variety of popular touch-screen laptops and mobile tablets, from 11.6...
View ArticlePolicing Minister Nick Hurd chairs Government’s new vehicle crime Task Force
Policing Minister Nick Hurd has chaired the first meeting of a Task Force whose members aimed to tackle vehicle theft. The new Task Force replicates the successful model used to reduce moped-related...
View ArticleInstitute of Risk Management professionals identify key risks on horizon for...
Cyber security, Brexit, geopolitics and financial market fluctuations are among the chief concerns for businesses voiced by some of the UK’s leading risk experts as they look ahead to 2019. Senior...
View Article“Extended enterprise risk management set to be keen focus in 2019” asserts...
Recognising that the greatest risk to the enterprise may come from outside the organisation, a recent online poll conducted by Deloitte has revealed that 70% of respondents indicated a moderate to high...
View ArticleInsurance scammers and rogue tradesmen underpin £1.2 billion UK fraud volume
The number of fraud cases reaching courts in the UK rose by 78% in 2018 according to research conducted by KPMG Forensic. KPMG’s Fraud Barometer, which records cases of alleged fraud with a value of...
View ArticleFIA Technical Briefing
Becoming qualified is a vital process in demonstrating competence in the fire industry, writes Ian Moore. Fire safety has to be taken seriously, as we’ve seen from the many devastating fires in the...
View ArticleBotnets and Machine Learning: A Story of ‘Hide and Seek’
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...
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