Monday 16 May will see the simultaneous start of two of ARC’s most popular two-week, university-accredited (postgraduate) courses.
In the UK, 16 professionals from Brazil, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, and Yemen will be attending the Security Management Stage 3 Course, an advanced programme to prepare managers for senior-level/regional-level security management responsibility. For some, this will also be a crucial step towards achieving their MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management.
Alongside conventional security risk issues such as kidnap, terrorism, malicious contamination and extortion, illicit trade, business espionage, IT threats, security project management and activism, the course will address some of the more complex issues of security management such as widening the remit of the security professional, adding value to the security management programme, corporate social responsibility, external liaison and stakeholder engagement, security considerations in business expansion into new regions, and security intelligence. The course includes a wide range of professionals ranging from South Africa regional government security heads to professionals from the world’s biggest LNG operation.
Meanwhile, in Kenya, 11 professionals from Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa will begin the core-skills Security Management Stage 1 Course. As well as security managers from traditional security operating environments, course delegates will include wardens from some of Tanzania’s world famous parks, including the Serengeti.
Full details of all ARC courses can be found at www.arc-tc.com, or by emailing janetward@arc-tc.com
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
40% of Execs Expect Major Cyber Attack on Electricity Industry in Next 12 Months
Source: InfoSecurity.com
A full 40% of executives from electricity firms think their industry is more vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Close to 30% of respondents believe their company was not prepared for a cyberattack, and more than 40% expect a major cyberattack within the next year, according to a survey of 200 IT security executives from electricity infrastructure enterprises in 14 countries conducted by Vanson Bourne for McAfee and CSIS. The survey results are presented in their new report "In the Dark: Crucial Industries Confront Cyberattacks".
The energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only a single percentage point (51%) compared to last year’s report, and the oil and gas industries increased only by three percentage points (48%).
“Perhaps one of the most frightening findings in the report is the fact that, although the security threat and awareness of the threat have increased exponentially, the energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only one percent”, Phyllis Schneck, chief technology officer for public sector at McAfee, wrote in a blog.
Schneck offered two reasons for this lag in security investment by the energy sector. First, there is a lack of incentive to invest in security when the threats are not tangible. Second, cybersecurity investment decisions are made at the chief information officer level, when they need to be made at the chief executive level. “Cyber security is a business risk – if the lights go out, everyone loses money”, she said.
Full report at: http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/17597/40-of-execs-expect-major-cyber-attack-on-electricity-industry-in-next-12-months/
A full 40% of executives from electricity firms think their industry is more vulnerable to cyber attacks, according to a new report by McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Close to 30% of respondents believe their company was not prepared for a cyberattack, and more than 40% expect a major cyberattack within the next year, according to a survey of 200 IT security executives from electricity infrastructure enterprises in 14 countries conducted by Vanson Bourne for McAfee and CSIS. The survey results are presented in their new report "In the Dark: Crucial Industries Confront Cyberattacks".
The energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only a single percentage point (51%) compared to last year’s report, and the oil and gas industries increased only by three percentage points (48%).
“Perhaps one of the most frightening findings in the report is the fact that, although the security threat and awareness of the threat have increased exponentially, the energy sector increased its adoption of security technologies by only one percent”, Phyllis Schneck, chief technology officer for public sector at McAfee, wrote in a blog.
Schneck offered two reasons for this lag in security investment by the energy sector. First, there is a lack of incentive to invest in security when the threats are not tangible. Second, cybersecurity investment decisions are made at the chief information officer level, when they need to be made at the chief executive level. “Cyber security is a business risk – if the lights go out, everyone loses money”, she said.
Full report at: http://www.infosecurity-us.com/view/17597/40-of-execs-expect-major-cyber-attack-on-electricity-industry-in-next-12-months/
Monday, May 9, 2011
Demonstrating Competence in Advanced Security Management Concepts
14 candidates have this morning begun a week’s intensive study with ARC that will lead them to the ASIS CPP examination next week. Most candidates are from the UK, but the group also includes one Russian, one Irishman and two South Africans. The candidates are hopeful of becoming part of the unique body of just 6,000 security professionals worldwide (of whom about 130 are in the UK) who have earned this prestigious designation in advanced security management.
The week-long course is the culmination of 4 months of distance learning, totalling some 160 hours of hard study, during which they have assimilated the key points from thousands of pages of reference material, covering generic management and leadership principles, organising and managing a security function, personnel security, investigations, crisis management, the law, physical security, and information/IT security.
ARC has a good track record in preparing candidates for this very difficult examination, the pass mark for which is 80%. Typically, about 8 out of every 10 ARC-trained candidates pass first time. But the examination is not for the faint hearted. Each year the questions become more difficult, making it a very hard qualification to achieve. In recent years the exam has changed from a memory-recall challenge into a true competence-assessment test by the clever wording of the questions. Only the most dedicated candidates make it through the distance learning phase into the classroom, and only the top of the profession pass the examination.
The week-long course is the culmination of 4 months of distance learning, totalling some 160 hours of hard study, during which they have assimilated the key points from thousands of pages of reference material, covering generic management and leadership principles, organising and managing a security function, personnel security, investigations, crisis management, the law, physical security, and information/IT security.
ARC has a good track record in preparing candidates for this very difficult examination, the pass mark for which is 80%. Typically, about 8 out of every 10 ARC-trained candidates pass first time. But the examination is not for the faint hearted. Each year the questions become more difficult, making it a very hard qualification to achieve. In recent years the exam has changed from a memory-recall challenge into a true competence-assessment test by the clever wording of the questions. Only the most dedicated candidates make it through the distance learning phase into the classroom, and only the top of the profession pass the examination.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tankers Could be Used for Terror Attacks: Somali Prime Minister
Source: Uganda Daily Monitor
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Tankers Could be Used for Terror Attacks: Somali Prime Minister
Source: Uganda Daily Monitor
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Somalia's prime minister warned Thursday that Al-Qaeda could soon start hijacking super-tankers to stage attacks.
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed told a UN Security Council debate that Osama bin Laden's followers in Somalia were learning from the country's now notorious pirates who seize hundreds of ships and yachts each year.
"It will not surprise us if Al-Qaeda's agents in Somalia start hijacking tankers on the high seas and use them as deadly weapons as they did in September 2001," Mohamed told the Security Council debate on his war-stricken nation.
"Why bother with a small plane when you can capture a tanker?" he added.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Advanced-Level Education in Security Management
14 delegates from a diverse range of countries, including Brazil, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Oman, Poland, Qatar, South Africa and Yemen will be attending the strategic level Security Management Stage 3 Course at the ARC Training International Academy for Security Management during the period 16-27 May.
For many, the course will mark the almost midway point on their way to achieving the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management, a unique collaboration between Middlesex University and ARC. Topics that will be studied can be found at http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3
Recent events in the Middle East are sure to feature prominently in the sessions on strategic risk management and the security challenges of business expansion into new markets
For many, the course will mark the almost midway point on their way to achieving the MSc Professional Practice in Corporate Security Management, a unique collaboration between Middlesex University and ARC. Topics that will be studied can be found at http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3
Recent events in the Middle East are sure to feature prominently in the sessions on strategic risk management and the security challenges of business expansion into new markets
Every 3000th Click on a Website Could Infect Your Computer...Even if the Site is Legitimate and Well-Known!
Here's how....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12539993
IT security is one of 15 essential subjects covered during Security Management Stage 1. The next UK course takes place 8-19 August. Click here for details, or email Janet.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12539993
IT security is one of 15 essential subjects covered during Security Management Stage 1. The next UK course takes place 8-19 August. Click here for details, or email Janet.
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