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Response to misrepresentations regarding Mangaung prison

We note with concern recent media coverage regarding our contract to operate the Mangaung Correctional Centre (MCC) in South Africa and would like to set the record straight.

G4S has operated the MCC since 2000. In that time, the MCC has come to be regarded as a benchmark in correctional services in South Africa and we have maintained a strong, open relationship with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). On the 18th of September 2013 we were placed in a difficult position after 331 G4S employees working at Mangaung were dismissed following an illegal strike. In order to manage this staffing matter and maintain order at the MCC, we put in place a number of short term plans which included requesting support from the Department of Correctional Services and we welcomed the decision by the Acting National Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Ms NJ Jolingana, to appoint a temporary manager to the MCC. In the interim we have hired 334 new recruits who are being trained and inducted in accordance with our contract with DCS and we believe that full management control of the MCC will return to G4S in due course.

: G4S; Industry News; Posted On Saturday, 02 November 2013 23:21

BSIA event demonstrates commitment to CCTV best practice

A new event hosted by the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) has helped CCTV users in Scotland to navigate the latest regulatory and technological developments in the CCTV sector.

: THE EDITORIAL TEAM; The BSIA Page; Posted On Friday, 01 November 2013 08:14

Survey: Majority of retail sector does not meet new PCI standards

The survey, conducted in April 2013 with the Ponemon Institute®, evaluates the attitudes of 1,320 respondents from IT security, IT operations, IT risk management, business operations, compliance/internal audit and enterprise risk management. One hundred sixty-two retail sector respondents from the U.S. and U.K. participated in the retail portion of the survey.

: LUCY HARVEY; Case Studies; Posted On Friday, 01 November 2013 08:09

Varonis integration with EMC Isilon enables new levels of business critical compliance

New York: Varonis Systems, Inc., a provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data, today announced integration with EMC Corporation’s Isilon® scale-out NAS storage, enabling organizations to achieve new levels of visibility, intelligence and control of their rapidly growing volumes of unstructured data. The integration utilizes Varonis software with the Isilon family of storage systems to deliver enterprise-class features in a cost-effective package.