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Paxton launch Building Intelligence System, net10

Paxton launch Building Intelligence System, net10

Paxton’s building intelligence system, net10 is now available to buy. Bringing the company’s 30 years’ experience in the security industry to the building management sector, net10 delivers out of the box access control, IP video management and building automation. Built with elegance and simplicity in mind, net10 is suitable for projects of all sizes…

Credit cards: the fraudsters’ faithful friend

Credit cards: the fraudsters’ faithful friend

Before the birth of the credit card and advent of online shopping, transaction fraud was rare. Fast forward to today and “plastic fraud” is rife and moreover expected by merchants, many of whom skip straight to damage limitation rather than trying to fight it. As the most popular payment method after cash, fraud figures involving credit cards have skyrocketed since the e-commerce boom of the 1990’s with fraud losses from UK-issued cards in 2014 alone, amounting to £479 million.

Indian security sector predicts strong growth

Indian security sector predicts strong growth

With the Times of India reporting in December 2014 that, according to the Central Association of the Private Security Industry (CAPSI), the market size for private security services in India is set to double by 2020, we investigate what is driving the unprecedented growth across the country’s security sector. We also speak to security experts on the ground, overseas vendors, and researchers – like IHS – to see how this positive prediction tallies with their own views and experiences of India.

Shedding light on the murky world of Shadow IT

Shedding light on the murky world of Shadow IT

Shadow IT has become an increasing problem for IT departments across the world. While most CIOs have an inkling that employees in their enterprise have managed to sneak a few personal applications past the IT department, the problem could be far more prevalent than originally thought. Research conducted by Frost & Sullivan suggests that over 80 per cent of employees use non-approved Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications in their jobs.

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Consumer advice on malware is misguided

Advice issued by Symantec last week following the discovery of a new strain of malware called Android. Bankosy mistakenly puts the onus on end-users to protect themselves – when unfortunately they are mostly ignorant about malware and least able from a technology point of view to protect themselves.

Building barriers to hostile vehicles

Building barriers to hostile vehicles

Tim Compston finds out more about the solutions that are putting the brakes on the ever present hostile vehicle threat, considering the way that the design of bollards, blockers, and barriers has changed in the wake of incidents like the Glasgow airport attack of 2007 to cope with the demands of an increasingly uncertain world.

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