Wednesday, 21 January 2026

The festive spirit has arrived onboard HMS Protector, the Royal Navy’s 5,000 tonne Ice Patrol Ship. After breaking ice for the first time this Austral Summer, 20 members of HMS Protector’s Ship’s Company took to the ice dressed as Santa Claus in support of the Ship’s affiliated charity, East Anglian Children’s Hospice. The Santas, accompanied by Rudolph, were gathered at 10am for a gentle warm up led by the Executive Officer, Commander Don Mackinnon, currently in command for this Antarctic Patrol, before it was “on your marks, get set, ….ho ho ho”.

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As we approach 2013, it’s a good time to take note of some of the trends in Video Surveillance that will likely gain traction in the New Year. Fortunately for organisations, many of these trends eliminate expensive rip and replace costs that in the past have prohibited the adoption of new technologies. Instead, the market in 2013 is shifting towards solutions for cost-effective migration that leverage and boost the capabilities of existing infrastructure. Here’s what’s in store:

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London: IT risk management is a critical component of enterprises’ overall business risk profiles. Reflective of this, ISACA’s Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) credential is growing rapidly and is recognized as one of the highest-paying IT certifications in the Foote Partners’ IT Skills and Certifications Pay IndexTM (ITSCPI).

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The threat posed by kidnappers is still acute with other 20,000 reported kidnappings worldwide each year, according to Willis in its latest Resilience publication.

But even this could be under estimating the true scale of the problem. The official figure for Mexico alone is 2,000 kidnappings in 2011, for example, but the Council for Law and Human Rights says that the true figure is more like 17,000 – almost nine times the official estimate.

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  1. Case study: GASA BØG GROUP Grows With SecurEnvoy
  2. More than 1 in 4 workers unaware of phishing threat
  3. Counter Terror Expo confirms 2013 conference programme
  4. Napatech predicts 100G Ethernet and Software Defined Networking
  5. Avecto plants firm roots in Europe and invests in channel expansion
  6. Analysis of BatchWiper: Another data wiping malware
  7. Survey: 61% of security professionals say businesses vulnerable during holidays
  8. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our numerous readers worldwide
  9. FESTIVE CHEER FOR FRONTLINE TROOPS
  10. Hurlingham Club to host Counter Terror Expo Excellence Awards
  11. Venafi urges energy companies to increase their defences as ENISA releases security guidance for smart grids
  12. ArcSight Co-founder Hugh Njemanze joins AlienVault as Senior Industry Advisor
  13. AlienVault dabbles in the Dark Arts
  14. MoD launches new Skynet into space
  15. Hurray! Hundreds of jobs under way as MoD agrees £258 million contract to support Sea King helicopters



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