13 February 2018 - Security Buyer Magazine

Securitas Sponsors the OSPAs Thought Leadership Summit

Event News, UK Exclusives / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Securitas is proud to sponsor the Thought Leadership Summit, on 1st March, at this year’s OSPAs (Outstanding Security Performance Awards). New for 2018, the Summit will invite debate and discussion from a leading line-up of speakers on the best way to take the security industry forward, confirmed speakers include: The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Ian Dyson QPM, Commissioner, City of London Police Andrew Thomson, Director of Property Services, The Shard Craig Robb, Chief Commercial Officer, Securitas UK Craig Robb, Chief Commercial Officer at Securitas UK comments: “I look forward to joining the speaker panel at this year’s Thought Leadership Summit – it’s a great opportunity to bring together different thought leaders and influencers, to encourage a wider debate on security. The audience in attendance will also have an opportunity to contribute to the discussions and ask questions of the panel. “The security industry is going through a period of transformation – moving away from a traditional guarding and transactional commodity approach, to value driven, predictive total security solutions. Investment in new technologies will be essential as will a change in perception of the security officer role and the security industry as a whole.” For more information on the Thought Leadership Summit and to book your place at this year’s OSPAs visit www.uk.ospas.com/summit2018 Professor Martin Gill, founder and director of the OSPAs comments: “The OSPAs are about recognising excellence. The aim of this summit is to bring different thought leaders together – people who can offer their own insights for debate. It will provide the opportunity to listen to what opinion formers think, while contributing to the discussion around what security does and how it is perceived. The quality of what we have in the future will depend on the quality of debate we have now.”

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Adam Bridge to Head up Response at Context

UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Adam Bridge has been appointed Head of Response at leading cyber security consultancy, Context Information Security. Bridge brings a breadth and depth of technical understanding across a wide-range of incident response specialisms, developed in both academia and professional roles. He will be responsible for ensuring the Context Response team delivers on helping clients to recover from major breaches and put in place effective network security capabilities to detect and respond to sophisticated cyber attacks. Bridge first joined Context in December 2014 as a Lead Intrusion Analyst within Response department, to carry out analysis of network traffic and digital media to identify malicious or suspicious activity. He applies his incident response and incident management experience to deliver an intelligence-led, co-ordinated and comprehensive customer engagement. Academically, Bridge has a Master’s Degree in Forensic Computing and is now working in his own time, towards his PhD in Computing, focusing on memory forensics. “It is great to have someone with Adam’s passion and knowledge of cyber security to head up our Response team,” said Mark Raeburn, CEO at Context Information Security. “There is growing demand for response services and under his leadership we plan to expand our resources to address the rapidly changing threat landscape.” “With the threat of sophisticated and damaging cyber attacks on the rise, all organisations are beginning to realise that they must be prepared to face the challenges of responding to a cyber-incident. From recognising an incident, we can then rapidly plan a highly effective approach to remediate the issue and avoid further damage and cost,” said Adam Bridge.

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Redvision launches the ground-breaking, VEGA™ 2010, rugged housing range

Surveillance, UK News Desk / Ghyslaine Cordrey

Redvision has launched the Redvision VEGA™ 2010, rugged camera housing for tough, hazardous or corrosive, outdoor surveillance applications. The VEGA™ 2010 will house fixed camera and lens combinations, up to 290mm in length, offering protection from dirt, moisture and dust ingress. It is cable-managed, with a built-in junction box, making it simple to install and vandal-resistant. It is also symmetrical, so it can be pendent or pedestal mounted, to ceilings, walls and soffits. Paul Hucker, director at Redvision, explains, “The VEGA™ 2010 housing is like a fixed camera version of our well-established, VOLANT and X-SERIES rugged, PTZ cameras. It includes identical features, like an optically-correct, toughened glass, camera window; a wiper to remove dirt and moisture; and rugged, die-cast aluminum construction. It will be closely followed by the VEGA 2050 range, where 2MP, 4MP and thermal cameras options will be built in. The Redvision VEGA™ camera window has an optional Tru-park, silicon wiper to remove dirt and water which, when not in use, is concealed behind the housing’s front bezel. The VEGA™ includes a CHAT™ interface board for power, audio, washer and wiper control, using the universal, Pelco telemetry protocol. If telemetry is not available, wiper and washer activation intervals can be automated using dip-switches on the CHAT™ board. The VEGA™ is finished with a marine-grade plating, followed by a tough powder-coating. It is available in a light grey (RAL 7035), as standard, but can be ordered in any other RAL colour, if required. The housing is both IP67 weather-proof rated and IK10 shock and vandal-resistance rated, making it amongst the toughest, fixed housings in the security industry.

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