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Compliance with BS 8484 ensures a lone worker device service is fit for purpose
The pool of lone working employees is increasing and together with their employers they face diverse and challenging working environments. It is the duty of an employer and employee to take all reasonable steps to ensure they remain safe. Choosing a lone worker device supplier, who is compliant with BS 8484, is the first crucial step to identifyin......
4iSecurity's software protects Sleepmasters' headquarters
4iSecurity have installed their software at Sleepmasters’ Accrington headquarters to protect their 89,000 sq ft warehouse and more than £15m worth of stock. The system they have installed communicates and reports using broadband technology. The whole system is engineered around safety, protection and client convenience and 4iSecurity’s developer......
Stolen forklift recoved in less than four hours by activating its TRACKER device
With 95 per cent of stolen plant vehicles remaining unrecovered every year, the demand for effective plant security is higher than ever. TRACKER played a key role in finding a forklift after it was stolen from Thurrock Hospital in Essex and left at a nearby farm. Hertfordshire Police worked in conjunction with TRACKER to identify the location......
IndigoVision's IP video security technology remotely monitors automated gas facilities in the Amazon Rain Forest
A major oil and gas company based in Brazil is using IndigoVision’s complete IP video security technology to remotely monitor high-tech automated gas facilities in the Amazon Rain Forest. The 12 compounds, many of which are unmanned, contain millions of dollars of process automation, telemetry and telecoms equipment and are spread across many thous......
Norbain secures exclusive agreement with Geoquip
Norbain has now secured an exclusive agreement with Geoquip. The company offers a wide range of intruder detection systems, including the industry-leading Guardwire and Defensor products. With their patented magnetic sensor cable, Guardwire and Defensor can dramatically reduce any false alarm rate and provide an early warning of attack, which can b......
SALTO Systems's offline access control readers combine with Siemens' SiPass security management system
SALTO Systems's offline access control readers now integrate with Siemens' SiPass integrated security management system. The combined SALTO-Siemens solution offers customers the opportunity to control access to doors using SALTO’s range of powerful offline solutions together with Siemens’ online access control system SiPass integrated – all with......
LILIN introduces AirLive product range to provide a cost effective wireless outdoor network for IP cameras
LILIN have extended their IP Video range with the availability of AirLive wireless network devices. A new generation of all-in-one products, these are provided with everything needed to create cost effective links for IP cameras. Recognising that a significant advantage of the transition to IP Video is the accessibility to good wireless transmi......
W32 Stuxnet-B rootkit can install itself automatically from a USB memory stick onto a fully-patched PC
Sophos has detected a rootkit that can install itself automatically from a USB memory stick onto a fully-patched PC, even if the user has disabled the Windows AutoRun and AutoPlay feature. The W32/Stuxnet-B rootkit exploits a vulnerability in the way Windows handles .LNK shortcut files, that allows them to execute automatically if the USB stick ......
35 percent of companies believe their Intellectual Property has been handed over to competitors
According to Cyber-Ark® Software's fourth annual “Trust, Security and Passwords” global survey, 35 percent of respondents believe their company’s highly-sensitive information has been handed over to competitors. Thirty-seven percent of the IT professionals surveyed cited ex-employees as the most likely source of this abuse of trust. While per......
The use of wireless networks leaves information at greater risk for interception
According to the Ponemon Institute’s Global 2009 Annual Study on Cost of a Data Breach, 32 percent of all data breach cases in the study involved lost or stolen laptop computers or other mobile data-bearing devices. While the average organizational cost of a data breach was US $3.4 million, all countries in the study reported noticeably higher data......
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