Our Free 'UK Ethical Security Procurement' Briefing
Most organisations now have publicly stated organisational values. With customers, stakeholders and the general public expecting high standards of ethicality. Whether this is how the service provider or manufacturer or their supply-chain, treat their employees, develops their products, or sources the materials and impacts on the environment. This briefing focuses on the current concerns expressed by the UK's Biometrics and Camera Surveillance Commissioner's, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Select Committee's, concerns about some manufacturers and suppliers ethical practices and association with oppressive regimes; along with the possible access to devices by such regimes leading to the potential compromise of those devices data security and integrity.
Free UK Counter-Terrorism Training
'ACT Awareness' eLearning is a FREE Counter-Terrorism (CT) awareness programme designed for all UK based companies and organisations and available to the public. Public Realm Protection Limited can of course help you roll this training out to your organisation if required. However, the training programme is freely available and designed to be self-accessed.
The Intellectual Property and Copyright resides with the UK HM Government and you should not be charged to access its content. We highly recommend that all clients and organisations access and avail themselves to this excellent and FREE online training resource. Available at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/act-awareness-elearning
Devised by Counter-Terrorism (CT) Police Officers and Security Experts, the ACT Awareness eLearning package was originally only available to staff working in crowded places like shopping centres and entertainment venues. However, UK Counter-Terrorism (CT) Policing has since decided to open up the training to anyone who wants to become a 'CT Citizen' so they can learn how to spot the signs of suspicious behaviour and understand what to do in the event of a major incident.
ACT Awareness eLearning provides nationally (UK) recognised corporate Counter-Terrorism guidance to help people better understand, and mitigate against, current terrorist methodology. The eLearning training is modular and includes:
- Introduction to Terrorism Identifying Security Vulnerabilities
- How to Identify and Respond to Suspicious Behaviour
- How to Identify and Deal with a Suspicious Item
- What to do in the Event of a Bomb Threat
- How to Respond to a Firearms or Weapons attack
- Summary and Supporting Materials
April 2022
Our Free '15 Steps to Successful Security Procurement' Briefing
We have recently delivered a free conference workshop at the *CCTV User Group's Annual Conference, Vision 2022, as well as an online webinar for their members.
As part of that presentation and workshop we produced a briefing/guidance notes setting out the 15 Key Steps to consider when procuring the:
- Installation of New System and/or Equipment
- Maintenance of Equipment, Services and Upgrades
- Operation of CCTV Monitoring Services
The briefing also highlights some of the key pitfalls, and how to avoid them.
*The CCTV User Group is a UK based membership organisation, with an international outreach, and acts as the Voice of UK Public Space Surveillance. Focused on supporting managers and organisations engaged with public space video surveillance.
The CCTV User Group can be found at https://www.cctvusergroup.com/
April 2022