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Police & Security initiative highlights routes to more effective collaboration

The Police and Security Group Initiative (PaS) is publishing the conclusions from its consultation conducted earlier this year. The consultation’s aims were to identify the Capabilities of the Private Security Industry that would be interested in working better with the Metropolitan Police; the effectiveness of existing structures; and the key barriers and enablers to successful collaboration. The PaS Group has analysed the results, established a series of workgroups to address the key areas of opportunity, and is now looking for participants to help develop ideas and recommendations for change in this critical area.

: John Aduma; The BSIA Page; Posted On Tuesday, 16 June 2015 08:43

BSIA achieves UKTI Accredited Trade Organisation status

The British Security Industry Association has successfully achieved UKTI Accredited Trade Organisation status and will lead the way in facilitating UK security companies' attendance at overseas trade shows.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; The BSIA Page; Posted On Tuesday, 16 June 2015 08:39

MIND LEPROSY: THE NATIONAL BLUEPRINT FOR A BROAD-BASED DISSECTION OF AND STRATEGIES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

General Snail whose political barracks is now in disarray with rebellious troopers trying to oustsmart one another has given himself the very impossible task of ridding Nigeria of corruption in a manner of a fool who does not only build his house on sand, but with straws instead of building it on the rock using bricks. What is more, the now General Ajala/the troubadour - the globe-trotter and the world's legendary ideas shopper and hunter, perhaps, needs to be reminded he's living in a glass house!

: JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM; Nigeria Watch International; Posted On Monday, 15 June 2015 13:30

Why PCI's mandatory pen testing is no silver bullet

This week's introduction of the new PCI (Payment Card Industry) 3.0 standard, which makes it mandatory to conduct web penetration testing at least once a year, is a good thing for companies that want to maintain and ensure their PCI DSS compliance. However, while compliance is obligatory this enhanced standard shouldn't breed complacency – annual pen testing should be seen as a minimum, and pen testing itself is only capable of mitigating a specific range of threats.