Posts By: Jacob Charles

Border warning

Rupert Swinhoe-Standen considers the use of 360-degree pulse radar in advanced surveillance, security and detection systems for border security and critical infrastructure protection   Area or line surveillance has typically been achieved using a range of techniques and sensors which may promise a great deal but which all have limitations in one way or another…. Read more »

Terror in the family

Dean C Alexander highlights the threat of radicalisation within families, and calls for greater surveillance to detect would-be terrorists and protect those at risk   The participation of brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings is a recent example of the phenomenon of family-affiliated extremist and terrorist activities globally. This… Read more »

PSIM city

As demand for PSIM-based security solutions gathers pace, Darren Chalmers-Stevens examines what is driving the growth in CNI projects and asks what makes a gold standard for assuring resilience and interoperability   There are a variety of electronic security vendors – from video management and access control to perimeter fencing systems that today leverage the… Read more »

Incubators of Jihad – Part 1

Following the trial of three Royal Marines accused of murder, Anthony Tucker-Jones reports on the emergent terror threat to members of the British armed forces living – and serving time – in the UK   In a landmark legal case, a member of the Royal Marines was sentenced to a minimum of ten years in… Read more »

The cyber review

Seth Berman argues that effective cyber resilience requires regular preparedness reviews, and warns that robust IT security is only part of the solution A survey by the UK Department for Business, Innovation & Skills has reinforced the perception that many UK businesses are woefully unprepared to combat cyber threats. The cyber governance health check tracker,… Read more »

City-wide security

Jimmy Palatsoukas discusses how unifying access control systems can strengthen surveillance initiatives across entire cities   The days when public organisations relied solely on video surveillance to protect their facilities and citizens are almost entirely behind us. Today, both large and small cities are looking for more sophisticated platforms which centralise data from many sources… Read more »

Digital hide and seek

Yuval Ben-Moshe looks at the part played by mobile digital forensics in identifying criminals, arresting them and bringing them to justice, and argues there is now nowhere to hide for terrorists and criminals   Mobile digital forensics is changing the way police forces and security agencies are approaching investigative processes. But criminals are evolving as… Read more »

Unstable cradle

As instability continues to spread across the African continent, John Chisholm explores the growing security threats which threaten to undermine its development   We are all Africans. This is a fact of human development, and something that, as a race, it would be wrong for us to forget. But Africa as a continent has been… Read more »

The Mumbai menace

Following the recent dramatic anti-terror arrests in London Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses the militant tactic of “seize, kill and die” first seen in Mumbai in 2008   Over the last few years terrorist and militant organisations have been using ever-more ambitious and sophisticated tactics that are extremely difficult to safeguard against. This was exemplified by the… Read more »

Securing the Olympic legacy

Eighteen months after the close of the 2012 London Olympic Games, the Home Office’s Stephen Phipson and Simon Everest from UKTI DSO tell Robert de la Poer why the UK security industry is still benefiting from the Olympic legacy   RP: Promotion of the UK’s security industry overseas is a key part of the Home… Read more »