THE NATION'S all-new National Cyber Force is going to help “transform” the UK’s cyber capabilities when it comes to disrupting adversaries and keeping the nation safe, Boris Johnson has announced. [Read More]

ECHO (ELECTRONIC Call Handling Operations Ltd) – the not-for-profit, industry-backed alarms handling operator – has completed the first ‘end-to-end’ testing of its new automated alarm signalling transmissions between an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) and the pioneering Essex Police Control Room. [Read More]

MITIE GROUP plc, one of the UK's leading facilities management companies, has announced its financial and operational results for the six-month period that ended on 30 September 2020 (ie H1 2020-2021). [Read More]

DUE TO the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Nineteen Group has taken the decision to reschedule its hugely popular event series at the NEC in Birmingham, which encompasses both The Security Event and The Fire Safety Event (for which Western Business Media titles Security Matters and Fire Safety Matters are, respectively, the official magazines). The shows will now run next September rather than in April. [Read More]

HER MAJESTY’S Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has reported a staggering 367,520 phishing e-mail attacks perpetrated against the Government department during 2020, with data indicating a sharp rise in incidents after the UK went into its first lockdown period back in March. [Read More]

THE SUSPICIOUS Activity Reports (SARs) Annual Report for 2020 has just been published by the National Crime Agency (NCA). It emerges that the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) has seen another record number of SARs, receiving and processing 573,085. That represents a 20% increase on the previous period when the figure was 478,437, with an 81% increase (to 62,408) in requests for a defence against money laundering or terrorist finance. [Read More]

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH has revealed the serious health risks posed to UK firefighters following exposure to toxic fire effluents (ie the chemicals emitted during a fire). That’s the key finding of a report produced by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and commissioned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). [Read More]

A COMBINATION of ROCKWOOL’s non-combustible stone wool insulation and certified FIREPRO products has been specified to ensure the Grange University Hospital, a new specialist healthcare facility in Wales, can achieve the highest levels of fire protection. [Read More]