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Hampshire-based Viper Maritime Security (VMS) has won its biggest contract to date with a programme to provide enhanced passenger security for Brittany Ferries’ vessels at ports throughout the UK South Coast. VMS will ensure the security of passengers boarding the cross-Channel services sailing from Portsmouth, Poole and Plymouth on a daily round-the-clock basis. Teams of […]

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is due to come into force from May 25; unifying data protection for all member states within the EU, including the UK regardless of the 2016 Brexit vote. Sanctions for data breaches will become as much as 20million euros or up to 4pc of a company’s annual worldwide turnover. […]

Serious and organised crime costs the UK an estimated £24 billion every year. Money laundering not only allows criminals to hide the proceeds of their crimes, but also helps to fund further criminal activity. In its latest report, the Government has set out the threats posed by money laundering and is now re-launching the ‘Flag […]

The Security Institute has announced the appointments of Peter Lavery FSyI as deputy chairman and Paul Drury MSyI in the role of vice-chairman. Lavery and Drury were voted on to the Board of Directors in April last year having previously served on the Validation Board for several years and commence their new roles with immediate effect. […]

The BRE’s National Security Survey has revealed that personal security is becoming an increasing worry across the UK, with two out of every three respondents questioned now more concerned about crime today than they were five years ago. The Top Three issues raised as causing the greatest concern are cyber crime, terrorism and property crime. […]

BSI, the business standards company, has launched a new smart cities specification for safeguarding data and information security in cities. PAS 185 Smart Cities – Specification for Establishing and Implementing a Security-Minded Approach lists the requirements for creating a framework designed to address the security-minded management of a city. The PAS was commissioned by the Centre for […]

Six British former soldiers have been released from an Indian prison four years after being arrested and detained on weapons charges. The so-called Chennai Six, who had been guards on a ship to combat piracy in the Indian Ocean, won an appeal against their convictions on Monday. They have now been escorted out of Chennai Central Prison […]