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Anchor Security Solutions gains Chirons Vaccines contract
posted on 12/01/2004

Anchor Security Solutions continue to expand their pharmaceutical contract portfolio with the award of the contract for Chiron Vaccines, Liverpool site. The two-year contract will see Anchor fulfilling a demanding brief from Chiron Vaccines due to the large scale of the operational facility at Liverpool. They will be providing a team of 20 staff to the facility who will undergo rigorous specialist training regimes. 'We are extremely pleased to have won the contract to supply security services to Chiron Vaccines after the procurement team evaluated potential suppliers from across the region. As one of the UK's leading security companies, we look forward to working closely with the operational site team to help secure the facility and provide a welcoming and safe environment' commented Andrew Harper, Chief Executive of Anchor Security Solutions. ... [more]

AlertsUSA Provides Increased Terrorism Threat Awareness and Safety Information to America's Cellular Telephone Users
posted on 07/01/2004

As threats of terrorism against the U.S. continue to grow in scope and severity, law enforcement, first responders and counterterrorism professionals nationwide are flocking to a small North Carolina firm in order to receive the most accurate, breaking information on domestic terror alerts, threat warnings and other crucial homeland security information, all via their cellular telephones. AlertsUSA, LLC specializes in the collection and delivery of terrorism-related threat and event response information via live and on-demand wireless audio streaming and SMS alerts to America's cellular telephone users. The AlertsUSA service leverages the existing National Wireless Infrastructure to provide subscribers near-instant notification of domestic terror alerts, warnings, terrorism events, changes in the national threat level, as well as weekly homeland security news summaries, official response guidance and other information crucial during a national emergency. The service also reports on ... [more]

USProtect Awarded U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Contract
posted on 15/12/2003

USProtect has been awarded a contract under the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Service Schedule to provide, operate, and maintain an armed, uniformed security force for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Year-round, 24-hour protection will be provided to USDA’s National Plant Germplasm & Biotechnology Laboratory, located in Beltsville, Maryland. USProtect will supply security services such as visitor access control, crime and theft prevention, maintenance of entry/exit logs, roving armed security patrols, and emergency response. “The transition was executed without flaw and we received praise from our client. The USProtect team worked hard to avoid potential problems in a timely manner,” said Les Kaciban, Vice President, Operations. As a federal contractor, USProtect will furnish all labor, technically trained security professionals, management and supervisory personnel, occupational health screening, training, and all equipment and supplies. ... [more]

Inforenz extends academic links by teaming up with Bristol University
posted on 12/12/2003

Information forensics investigators Inforenz Ltd is developing its links with top academic specialists in information security and cryptography by becoming an industrial partner of the University of Bristol Computer Science Department. The partnership with Bristol University extends Inforenz's global network of collaborative links with academic computer scientists at the forefront of cryptography and information security research. Earlier this year, Inforenz established partnerships with academics at the University of Otago in New Zealand and at Royal Holloway, University of London. At the Bristol Computer Science Department Inforenz is sponsoring annual student prizes and working with the department as an industry associate, offering students the opportunity to work on commercially-significant projects as part of their studies. The inaugural Inforenz Security Prize at Bristol was awarded to Antoine Muzereau, from Grenoble, France. Muzereau's research, which examined a particula... [more]

Launch of new GPS-based fleet management solutions
posted on 09/12/2003

Sentinel Live and Sentinel, two new telematics systems from 2020 Fleet Management, have just been launched. The result of 18 months of research and development, these innovative GPS-based fleet management solutions are set to save valuable time and money, for businesses with vehicles on the road, as well as offering real security benefits. Sentinel Live is aimed at owners of large fleets and enables companies to track an unlimited number of vehicles simultaneously, in real-time. And because it works via Internet protocol, Sentinel Live incurs none of the call charges which are associated with many of the tracking systems currently on the market. 2020 recognises that any large fleet operator investing a sizeable amount of time and money will not want an off-the-shelf product that is probably able to accommodate only about 25% of their fleet management requirements. Thus, with this in mind 2020 will assess how best Sentinel Live and its numerous applications can be utilised by interes... [more]

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