Preventing Burglary in Commercial and Institutional Settings

In this ASIS report Tim Prenzler, PhD, looks at how to assess, manage, and respond to burglaries that occur at commercial and industrial sites. While there is a considerable amount written about domestic burglary, research is less in evidence when the locale is non-residential. His report looks at the context in which burglaries occur, and includes a consideration of the burglar's approach. He examines a range of solutions, which aim to make it more difficult for would be offenders particularly in the workplace, and he shows where security managers can have an impact.To download the report, go to:

http://www.asisonline.org/foundation/noframe/research/crisp.html

Develop Your Expertise in Security Management

For the full-time security manager ARC offers two options: university-accredited, interactive and highly-participatory security management courses (which can lead into an optional MSc programme), or ASIS CPP certification.

Forthcoming university-accredited (postgraduate NQF Level 7) courses include (clickable links):

Security Management Stage 1, 2-13 August
Security Management Stage 2, 28 June – 9 July
Security Management Stage 3, 10-21 May

CPP certification can be achieved by following the ARC/Chapter 208 combined distance-learning/residential programme, or by attending the two-week intensive CPP crammer programme, 12 -23 July.

If you have a particular interest in terrorism, the Countering Hostile Reconnaissance and Counter Terrorism Course, 24-28 May, led by two UK police-trained counter terrorism security specialists, is highly recommended.

For those who are required to conduct investigations, ARC has three options:

Investigating and Interviewing Skills, 25-28 October
Advanced Investigations Techniques, 7-11 June
ASIS Professional Certified Investigator (PCI), 23-27 August (distance learning beginning May)

If your work requires you to survey, the very practical (site-based) Security Surveying and Design Course, 19-23 April, is recommended, and you will receive a BTEC level 4 award upon successful completion.

If you have to specify and procure technical security systems, then you should consider the ASIS PSP certification, for which distance learning begins in July.

If you are specifically interested in security risk mitigation in the oil and gas sector, then you should consider the Managing Security Risks in the Oil and Gas Sector Course, 16-20 August.

Those with a crisis management and business continuity remit should consider the Crisis and Business Continuity Management Course, 22-24 June, delivered by Barry Vincent, who was the lead in this area for one of the UK’s biggest and most successful companies.

Finally, if you have reached the pinnacle of security management, or have completed Security Management Stages 1-3, have a security management degree, or CPP, challenge yourself to participate in the very practical one-week BurrillGreen Masterclass in Strategic Security Management, 4-8 October, where you will be put through your paces across a range of “board engagement” scenarios under the guidance of two former multinational corporate heads of security. A unique opportunity – a unique challenge.

As always, Janet will be happy to provide all the details of any of ther above pogrammes.

The World’s Most Popular Security Management Experience

A truly international experience is promised on the forthcoming Security Management Stage 1 course, 15-26 March, with participants from Afghanistan, Angola, Germany, Hong Kong, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania, Sudan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Yemen.

With 20 participants, this event is now sold out, but registrations are already being accepted for the following two Security Management Stage 1 courses:

2-13 August 2010
15-26 November 2010

This is ARC’s flagship course, covering the core skills areas of security management, and has been attended by hundreds of delegates from literally hundreds of companies, worldwide.

For details go to http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm1

Or contact Janet.

CCTV Glossary

A useful CCTV glossary can be found at

http://www.iviewcameras.co.uk/content/glossary.asp#h

CCTV is one of the topics of the advanced-level Security Management Stage 2 Course, 28 June-9 July 2010, details at

http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm2 or contact Janet.

Scam Update

Telemarketing scams, Advance Fee Frauds, Phishing, Lottery Scams, False Billing........they’re all explained on the following pages, with useful advice:

Australian Government Site

http://www.fido.asic.gov.au/fido/fido.nsf/byHeadline/Scams%20-%20types%20of%20scams

UK Government Site

http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/Commonscams/

Can a PDA Cause a Malfunction of Critical National Infrastructure?

Traditionally, critical process management in national infrastructure, such as oil and gas facilities, chemical plants, utilities, power generation etc, was carried out manually. Now, in many cases, such processes are managed automatically by SCADA – IT-based supervisory control and data acquisition systems.

At a recent summit on the vulnerability of IT systems to cyberattack, Mary Ann Davidson, chief security officer at Oracle, warned of the dangers of linking SCADA systems for monitoring and controlling critical infrastructure with the Internet.

"We know the SCADA protocols used in control systems were not designed to be attack resistant. They were originally used in electro-mechanical systems where you had to physically access the system, turn the knob, and so on," she said. "Now we are increasingly moving to the IP-based control systems and connecting them to corporate networks that are in turn connected to the Internet.

"We know some smart grid devices are hackable," she said. "We know there are PDAs, digital assistants, that talk SCADA because it's just so expensive to send a technician to the plant. Dare I say move the control rods in and out of the reactor? There's an app for that."

For background documents on SCADA security, contact David.

For more on this story, click on:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10458759-245.html

Handling Telephone Bomb Threats

Most bomb threats are made over the phone. The overwhelming majority are hoaxes, often the work of malicious pranksters, although in the UK Irish republican terrorists have also made genuine calls. To date those involved in so-called "international terrorism" have not issued bomb threats. Any bomb threat is a crime and, no matter how ridiculous or unconvincing, should be reported to the police.

Telephoned bomb threats are frequently inaccurate with regard to where and when a bomb might explode, and staff receiving a bomb threat may not always be those trained and prepared for it. But although they may be unable to assess a threat's accuracy or origin, their impressions of the caller could be important.

More at: http://www.cpni.gov.uk/SecurityPlanning/bombThreats.aspx

How to deal with bomb threat calls is dealt with in the Protection against Explosive Devices one-day workshop of Security Management Stage 1, 2-13 August 2010. For details click here.