It’s time again for our monthly look at security news brought to you by info4security.com
If you are flying to the UK for IFSEC International next week, you may like to know that expenditure on airport security is due to double, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. Investment in surveillance, access control, perimeter security, integration, screening, command and control, and personnel was $19.1bn in 2011, and is set to rise to $45bn by 2018.
The UK is set for a new code of practice for CCTV and ANPR after the Protection of Freedoms Bill became law last week. There will also be guidance on the types of surveillance systems available, technical standards and standards applicable to people using or maintaining them.
Partial regulation of CCTV surveillance already exists in the UK in the form of the Data Protection Act and the Information Commissioner, as Oxford City Council found out when it was asked to justify putting audio and video recording into its taxis.
Onto licensing, with the news that a security officer has been found guilty of working without an SIA licence and fined £300. The conviction was part of a wider investigation in which a company director was fined more than £1,500 in February for working as an unlicensed security director.
Integrated systems
Integration is the theme of this newsletter, so let’s have some! Video surveillance, perimeter protection, fire detection and more – it’s all part of an integrated system installed at Global Renewables.
Meanwhile in the US, software from CNL allows the Louisiana National Guard to manage access alarms, intruder alarms, associated CCTV images and computer aided dispatch from a central command centre.
And in Sweden, 21st Century has been awarded a £3.3m contract to supply on-board CCTV and passenger counting for a substantial part of Arriva’s Stockholm transport fleet.
Back in the UK, a new app was launched to allow people to view and share CCTV images of police suspects simply by typing in their postcode on a smartphone.
Showtime!
Have you noticed that there’s only days to go before what is probably the greatest security show on Earth? If you’re still considering whether to come along to IFSEC International 2012 – or you need to justify it to your boss/spouse/partner – here are our Top 5 reasons for attending. Alternatively, register your place here.
Another good reason to come along to the event is to get up to speed with IP technology – or risk getting left behind.
Until next month,
Ron Alalouff
Editor
info4security.com
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