Chris Cully, the Managing Director of risk & security management company, Dilitas writes exclusively for Infologue.com on protecting rights and freedoms: John Patrick O'Neill was the FBI Special Agent who, following extensive investigations into the original attack on the World Trade Centre in 1993 and the arrest of the lead bomber, Ramsi Yousef, the attack on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia and the attack on the USS Cole, identified the presence of Al Qaeda and their connection with Bin Laden He and his team relentlessly pursued the AQ terrorists whom he believed would, one day...

Bob Forsyth, the Managing Director of MITIE Total Security Management (TSM) introduces his fifth blog on Infologue.com by asking, security: job or career? Bob writes; "Security is one of the fastest-growing professional careers worldwide. A career in the security field can provide a multitude of opportunities across several levels but is this how everyone sees it? "If you took a straw poll amongst the general public on how they viewed a typical security officer they would probably say that they don’t have much opportunity for career progression "My own personal experience of career...

Maybo’s Bill Fox spoke exclusively to Infologue.com after the launch of the Conflict Incident Response Training (CIRT), a new training programme from the industry leaders in conflict management training, Maybo, and their partners and events industry stakeholders. Infologue.com asked Fox what had changed to necessitate the development of this new programme; Fox said; “Pressure; Police resources are stretched and this combined with the high cost paid for police officers at events is resulting in fewer police numbers (and Police free events - or at least inside) and greater expectations ...

Infologue.com editor, Bobby Logue, recently interviewed exclusively Hazel Russell, Transition Director of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) who is retiring from the SIA at the end of January 2012. Russell, who is generally credited for the planned re-engineering of the regulatory regime, spoke about the decision to make strategic changes long before the so-called “Bonfire of the Quangos” announcement: “We had been doing our strategic planning and had recognised that whilst the regulatory regime that had been put in place over those six years was fairly widely acknowledged as both...

I was pleased that we were able to start the New Year with the announcement of licence and ACS fee reductions from 1 January. We had held fee levels since 2007 and, through continuing improvements to working practices, we have been able to reduce our costs further and pass the benefits on to individuals and ACS companies. This will save the industry £3m over the next year and, I hope, gives an indication of our commitment to developing and improving the way we work. As an accountant I have to keep my training up to date and, as a part of this, in December I attended the CIPFA Central Gover...

With the regulator of the private security industry, the Security Industry Authority, having demonstrated its willingness to listen to the views of the industry’s stakeholder it is vital that everyone has their say. Prof Martin Gill, the Director of Perpetuity Research & Consultancy International (PRCI) Ltd, writes exclusively for Infologue.com stressing the importance of participation in the latest SRI Survey. Martin writes; arguably, there has never been a more critical time for the security sector to make its voice heard. The regulator is seeking to understand security sector views,...

Bob Forsyth, the Managing Director of MITIE Total Security Management (TSM) introduces his fourth blog on Infologue.com by asking if we have come to expect public disorder? Bob writes; Happy New Year to you all, here’s to a prosperous 2012. As I made my way down to the River Thames on New Year’s Eve along with 250,000 others I thought about what would happen if the mood weren’t so positive; how vulnerable are we if a crowd turns violent and what does it take these days for a hostile situation to occur? Thankfully everyone was in good spirits, but it is a sign of our times that we a...

The Government has announced some very far reaching changes to the rights of workers... writes Infologue.com Workplace contributor and labour lawyer of Beers Solicitors, Paul Housego as he examines the issue of the right to claim unfair dismissal. The Government has announced some very far reaching changes to the rights of workers. On the face of it these appear very good news for employers, and may choke off a lot of vexatious claims (along with a lot of meritorious ones). A move back to a 2 year qualifying period for the right to claim unfair dismissal will make it possible to dismis...

So, another year has come and gone and I have been looking back at my blogs to remind myself what I have been up to, as well as looking forward to next year. Unsurprisingly, a lot of my time this year was spent working on the plans for a new regulatory regime. This has given me the opportunity to speak to a lot of people around the country and in Scotland and Northern Ireland at a range of events and conferences including our own conferences in London and Sheffield, our ACS forums and industry events including those organised by Doorwatch where I have had the opportunity to debate regulatio...

Infologue.com special and regular features were the most popular reads during 2011 with the much respected Infologue.com UK Top 20 regulated sector security companies being read over 35,000 times. Regular Infologue.com columnists, such as Bob Forsyth, Paul Housego and Chris Cully have attracted high interest with their thought leadership articles. The hard news story that grabbed your attention was the Geoff Zeidler led acquisition of Chubb Security Personnel by Securitas. The Infologue.com Terrorism News Section  is designed to keep security professionals updated on global terrorism ac...