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Kentec protects the Mary Rose museum

Kentec fire control panels are at the heart of a fire system that’s designed to protect the stunning and unique £27m new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard where King Henry VIII’s flagship will be housed.   The Mary Rose, built in 1509, sank in 1545 in the Solent near Portsmouth during a battle [...]

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QSG Sails to Success with ‘Security Project of the Year’ Win at IFSEC

A large scale, wholly temporary CCTV solution, developed by Quadrant Security Group (QSG) for Dorset Police, has been named ‘Security Project of the Year’ at this year’s IFSEC Awards. The unusual project saw the independent integrator design, install, maintain and decommission an entire networked surveillance solution, to help Dorset Police achieve maximum coverage and control [...]

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Unlicensed door supervisors found working illegally in Northern Ireland

Checks carried out by the Police Service Northern Ireland and Security Industry Authority investigators on Saturday11th of May, found five security personnel working illegally. The PSNI and SIA investigators carried out inspections at 19 venues, checking 80 security personnel in Lurgan, Newry and Portadown. The venues included pubs, bars and nightclubs. In Lurgan, warnings were [...]

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IFSEC : IDIS HAS LAUNCHED BUNDLED VIDEO MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

By bundling IDIS Center™ as part of the offering, DirectIP™ provides genuine single source high-definition surveillance solutions IDIS has announced, during IFSEC International, that it will bundle IDIS Center™ video management software (VMS) at no extra cost, as part of its DirectIP™ high-definition (HD) video surveillance solutions. The bundled offering provides customers with a complete [...]

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Whats on at Infosecurity Europe 2013

Tuesday 23rd April Opening Keynote: The UK Cyber Security Strategy: Opportunities and challenges for the Cyber Security Sector 10:00 – 10:25 Chloe Smith, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, Cabinet Office will give the opening keynote on UK Cyber Security Strategy and the opportunities and challenges for the Cyber Security Sector. Panel discussion: Risk: Fostering [...]

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Frost & Sullivan: Open areas with large congregations of people vulnerable to terrorism threats

Ensuring public safety 24/7 not always possible The horrific bombings that occurred at the Boston Marathon that claimed at least 3 lives and caused injury to more than 180 people was an extremely tragic event which has once again shown that at any event and/or location at which a large crowd of people gather at [...]

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Dual bombing prompts urgent security review

World’s oldest annual marathon targeted in potential terror attack, By CHRIS YATES for COUNTER TERROR EXPO UK authorities will conduct an urgent review of security arrangements for the upcoming London Marathon, following a dual bombing that killed three people and injured over a hundred others at the finishing line for the Boston Marathon. The explosions, [...]

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GameDuell uses tyntec’s high-quality messaging network to implement verification via SMS

GameDuell, a leading casual games developer and publisher, has selected tyntec, a mobile interaction specialist,  to power SMS verification for its 80 million users globally. The internationally successful online gaming company based in Berlin chose tyntec because of its proven track record of offering enterprise level security as well as SMS delivery guarantees. “SMS is a convenient [...]

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Eurosport Standardises its Network Security on Fortinet

Fortinet’s Solutions Enable Wired and Wireless Network Security to the Pan-European Sport TV Channel across 17 countries Yesterday, Fortinet – a world leader in high-performance network security – has announced that Eurosport, the number one pan-European TV sport network, has deployed the company’s FortiGate network security appliances to protect a network of 1,000 employees across [...]

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