Alumni Feature: Setting Sights on the MSc Work-Based Learning (Corporate Security Management)

Roger Coutain of BP Trinidad and Tobago completed Security Management Stages 1-3 over the period 2007-2009. He is now one of a number of students who have moved onto the optional university distance learning element of the programme, and is firmly on course to achieve his MSc later this year.

Since first attending courses with ARC, Roger has been promoted to Head of Security, Crisis and Continuity Management and Emergency Response in his company, and attributes ARC as “playing a great role with this promotion”.

Staff Travelling Abroad? - Advice on How to Protect Themselves at ATMs

Business Travel Security constitutes one of several whole-day workshops on the very popular Security Management Stage 2 Course, 28 June - 9 July 2010.

Overseas travellers may fall victim to the growing risk of ATM robbery. Most bank ATM robberies occur at night between 7pm and midnight. Bank ATM robbers are usually males under 25 years of age and most work alone. ATM robbers usually position themselves nearby (50 feet) waiting for a victim to approach and withdraw cash. Half of the ATM robberies occur after the cash withdrawal.

Read on at: http://www.crimedoctor.com/atm.htm

How Dependable is GPS in Security Monitoring

Increasingly, advanced asset surveillance systems use GPS to monitor the location and movement of assets. Not so well known, however, are its applications in other areas. GPS devices now form a key part of emergency vehicles' arsenals. They are also used for high-precision surveying, transportation monitoring, just-in-time stock management, farming, docking ships and they may soon be used to automatically land commercial aircraft. In the UK, more and more trains depend on a firm GPS location fix before their doors will open.

But the dependability of GPS is coming under threat from both natural and man-made sources. At risk are not only sat-nav users, but also critical national infrastructure. Earlier in February, the BBC reported an imminent change in solar activity that could corrupt GPS receivers. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8494225.stm . Now, the latest threat is from jammers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8533157.stm, according to experts. Small GPS jamming devices are widely available on the internet.

Criminals Hide Payment-Card Skimmers Inside Gas Station Pumps

Criminals in the US are hiding bank card-skimming devices inside gas pumps -- in at least one case, even completely replacing the front panel of a pump -- in a recent wave of attacks that demonstrate a more sophisticated, insidious method of stealing money from unsuspecting victims filling up their gas tanks. For the full story, go to:

http://www.darkreading.com/database_security/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100233

BTEC Level 4 Security Coordination and Management Course

Security managers from a wide range of sectors are attending the Security Coordination and Management course at ARC’s UK training venue near Reading, and will receive a BTEC Level 4 award. Although most of them are experienced in the security field, they wished to enhance their security knowledge and to exchange best practices with their colleagues. With representatives from both business sectors and government, the lively discussions saw a wide range solutions being offered to various problems posed. On the last day the final syndicate exercise, culminating in a management level presentation, will allow them to practice the skills that they have learned.

Security Surveying Toolkit

Excellent awareness package from the UK Government, advising you how to carry out a domestic security survey. Go to:

http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/burglary/burglary46.htm

But if your role involves you having to conduct surveys of commercial premises, you should consider underscoring your experience by gaining a BTEC Level 4 qualification in security surveying, by attending the Security Surveying and Design Course, 19-23 April.

Contact Janet for details.

360 Degree Thermal Imaging for Long-Range Perimeter Protection

On display at the ASIS Middle East Security Conference in Dubai, December 2009, was an interesting 360 degree thermal imaging camera:

http://www.hgh.fr/surveillance-panoramique-infrarouge-infrared-panoramic-vision-en.php