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UNITED KINGDOM CHAPTER 208
WINTER 2013
ASIS NEWSLETTER OF THE YEAR – WINNER 2012, 2008 & 2003 – HONOURABLE MENTION 2011, 2006.
The ASIS UK
Chapter has
recently had is
application to
become a
supporter of
the Industry and Parliament Trust approved by
its Management Board.
its Board of Trustees, and through the
patronage of its industry supporters.
The IPT is an independent, non-lobbying, nonpartisan charity that provides a
trusted platform of engagement between
Parliament and UK business.
ASIS UK is proud and pleased to support the
work of the IPT which we hope will foster a
better understanding of the security profession
with Parliamentarians.
The IPT is dually supported by cross-party
representation of senior parliamentarians on
We have a number of plans being developed
currently.
The IPT is non-party political and works with all
parliamentarians and businesses of any sector
or size.
Information about the IPT can be found on
their web site www.ipt.org.uk.
THE ‘SHADOW’ POPULATION OF FORCES’ VETERANS
WHO SUFFER PTSD WITHOUT HELP
Many UK armed forces’ veterans are suffering
from the effects of military trauma but are going
without any official diagnosis or help, according to
a new survey released to ASIS.
Unknown and untreated, this ‘shadow’ population
receives no appropriate medical or counselling
support, says charity PTSD Resolution www.ptsdgive.co.uk. These veterans may number
as many as are diagnosed with PTSD through the
NHS and healthcare organisations for former
servicemen and women.
The latest findings are from a new survey by
charity PTSD Resolution, and are a major concern
for security industry and other employers.
The charity has a national network of 200
counsellors to help forces’ veterans suffering
from military trauma. Resolution successfully
treats eight out of ten veterans who complete its
programme of counselling, it says, but has been
turned down for support by Government, NHS
and the established forces’ charities and is
running out of funds from voluntary donations,
says Piers Bishop, director of counselling.
Key findings of the survey are:Half of respondents suffering from the symptoms
of military trauma – which include nightmares,
flashbacks and episodes of anger or terror – have
no diagnosis of PTSD, whilst the other half do.
The distribution of symptoms is the same in the
diagnosed and undiagnosed groups: they
appear to be suffering to the same degree. So in
the case of those with a diagnosis, treatment
has either not been provided or has not worked
effectively.
The undiagnosed group have suffered symptoms
for an average of 15 years. Many have had
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CHAIRMAN’S NOTES
Chairman’s notes
To those of us with a few years under our belts, the
very early images of security bring back memories
of a night watchman huddled around a blazing
brazier of coke (the fossil fuel variety) and supping
from an old tin mug while roasting a few chestnuts.
Then there was the introduction of the earliest
form of early warning equipment: the security
guard dog attached to a chain that seemed to go
on forever.
In one form or another, the security has been
around for a pretty long time. When asked at
school by the careers master: “What do you want
to be when you leave school?” did anyone ever
say: “A security officer, Sir”? Individuals may have
mentioned wanting to be a train driver or a
footballer, maybe, but never a security officer.
When it was discovered there was a need for
organised bodies of security employees, and the
fact that companies (especially those in the private
sector) were prepared to pay for these services, a
new industry was born. An industry which – preSecurity Industry Authority (SIA) – wasn’t regulated
and in which anyone, irrespective of background or
integrity, could start up and run a contract
guarding company.
For many years, the image of security and the
perception of those that work in the industry was
tainted by poor-to-zero management, a lack of
regulation and legislation, rogue traders and poor
working practises and guidelines. “Thugs in suits”.
Even now there’s little recognition outside the
industry that security is a profession that can lead
to a career. Those working within the industry can
have a good career path developed through
training, and clearly defined managed
development and education.
Nowadays, client organisations demand
management individuals with good business
acumen and those that can understand today’s
requirements in what is an ever-evolving market. In
essence, individuals who can validate their
experience with formal academic qualifications.
While the career path may differ from company to
company depending on the service provided, the
ultimate aim and ideal situation for many would be
for a contract guarding officer/manager to be
taken in-house by the client and work their way
through the company’s own development
programme to (possibly) attain a senior
management role.
Whichever path is chosen, there’s a recognised
need for the individual to have formal academic
qualifications and demonstrate the capacity to be
able to communicate at all levels and network
extensively.
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There are numerous
organisations and associations
a security practitioner can apply
to join and extend their
networking capabilities. ASIS,
the Security Institute, the
Worshipful Company and IPSA to
name the main players.
Mike Alexander
There’s a number of training courses, certificates,
diplomas, degree and doctorate programmes now
relating to and focusing on ‘security’. Each
individual must decide what is best suited to them
should they attempt entry to the ‘new world’ of
security academia.
The recognition of the ASIS CPP & PSP certificate
by leading Universities as a prequalification for a
Master’s degree is but one example. ASIS UK
Chapter support and endorse qualifications and as
of 2014 we will be tendering, short listing and
nominating a new approved training supplier to the
chapter.
New duties at Board level mean many security
practitioners now have to stand their ground with
the Board. That means understanding business
drivers from the quite different perspectives of
finance or marketing, sales or governance and so
on.
While you probably already hold security
qualifications and are an acknowledged ‘security
expert’, perhaps what may suit you is some form of
executive management training or a qualification:
an MBA is the recognised ‘gold standard’. In 2013,
ASIS UK were awarded their own licence by the
Worshipful Company and now candidates can
apply and complete the charter process under the
steerage of the Chapter and if successful, be
entered onto the register as a Chartered Security
Professional. We as a chapter wholly endorse this
process and encourage our members to apply.
Contact our own representative, Sharon Williams,
for further information.
Armed with their new found educational
qualification, it’s possible for those security
personnel who have plenty of drive and ambition
to work their way up through the ranks to a very
senior management position within the company
who employs them (even as far as the Boardroom
with its corporate perks and handsome salary
package).
Yes indeed. Security has come a long way.
Importantly, the potential to take it further now
rests in the hands of you, today’s security
practitioners. Good luck.
Mike Alexander
Your Chairman
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DIARY
Diary of Events 2013
October
1st
3rd
9th
13th–14th
17th
17th–18th
21st–22nd
28th–31st
BRC Retail Crime Conference
ASC CONSEC, London
TINYg London
Transport Security Expo
SASIG
ASIS European Conference Programme
Committee meeting, The Hague
Total Security Summit, Northampton
Security in Challenging Environments week
November
15th
15th
29th
December
3rd–5th
4th–6th
11th
17th
Security Institute Remembrance Lecture
ASC Masterclass
National Association for Healthcare Security
Brunch Briefing, Guys Hospital London
ASC House of Lords Dinner
ASIS Asia-Pac Conference, Macau, China
Chief Security Officer Summit and Roundtable,
Lisbon, Portugal
ASIS UK Chapter 208 Winter Meeting and AGM
Security Institute Curry Night
March
13th–14th
20th
April
1st–3rd
3
Infrastructures
4
Transport security Expo
5
Security Twenty 13
6
Autumn Meeting
8
CSO Summit
9
Books
10
Resolution
11
Member News
12
BSIA
13
Supporting Organisations
14
CSyP
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ESSENTIAL
INFORMATION
JOINT EDITOR – Helene Carlsson
(07802 864485).
[email protected]
JOINT EDITOR – Mike Hurst
(0845 644 6893)
[email protected]
5th Middle East Security Conference and
Exhibition, Dubai
Chapter Executive Officer – Jude Awdry,
ASIS UK Chapter 208, PO Box 208,
Princes Risborough, HP27 0YR.
Tel: 01494 488599;
Fax: 01494 488590;
[email protected]
ASIS New York City Security Conference and Expo
ASIS UK Spring Meeting
MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES –
Nigel Flower, CPP (01276 684709 [email protected])
29th–30th
13th ASIS European Security Conference and
Exhibition, The Hague
Counter Terror Expo, London
May
13th–15th
Security Technology Live
June
14th ASIS
17th–19th
UK Summer Meeting
IFSEC, London
September
11th
ASIS UK Autumn Meeting
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(07961 123763);
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16th–18th
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Chairman’s Notes
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INFRASTRUCTURE
PROTECTION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES
ALESSANDRO LEGA CPP
At the University Campus Bio-Medico
of Rome, innovation is a day-to-day
reality. It’s the framework in which
they like to operate, especially when
considering their legacy aspect of
security. With its master in Homeland
Security, the University is proposing a
didactic offer which is extremely broad
and forward-thinking.
Last June I was contacted by
professor Roberto Setola from the
University Campus Bio-Medico to
evaluate a proposal for an EU project
focused on better defining the profile
of the Security Liaison Officer (LO). It
was the first time, after the EU
directive 2008/114/EC, someone
was trying to shape the role of the
Security Liaison Officer (SLO). This
was a prime example of how the
University is being innovative in their
approach to security issues.
The project was submitted to the EU
Commission in July 2012 and the
approval process took roughly six
months. In January 2013, when the
Commission gave its positive
endorsement, there was an
enthusiastic reaction from the
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submitters. All of the partners were
immediately informed that the project
was approved and invited to attend a
kick-off meeting in Rome on June 5th.
In the short term, the goal of “SLO”
project is to create awareness about
the crucial LO profile.
Currently, there is not enough
attention on such professional profiles
(in the SWD/2012/190 document by
EU Commission for the review of the
Directive, no specific analyses have
been performed on LO’s).
In the medium term, we expect that
the output of the project, and the
awareness that the SLO project shall
create on LO profiles, will promote the
definition of a better detailed and
standardized profile for the LO.
In the long term, the most important
impact will be represented by the
number of LO’s nominated by ECI’s
and CI’s. Clarification of the LO profile
will indubitably increase both
efficiency and value.
In addition, this will facilitate the
identification/nomination process,
reducing internal conflicts and
allowing upper-management to have a
more clear vision of the importance of
such a professional profile to enhance
the resilience of CIs (rather than static
compliance).
The main partners are: The University
Campus Bio-Medico of Rome (UCBM)
and The Romanian Association for the
Protection of Critical Infrastructures
(ARPIC) with the support of, among
others, the Italian Chapter of ASIS
International (ASIS chapter Italy).
The project aims to collect input from
experts and stakeholders during a set
of Café Workshops that will be
arranged in Italy, Romania and
Belgium in the Q4 2013 and Q1 2014
and also with a public consultation
using a specific questionnaire. The
results will be illustrated during a
workshop in Rome in May 2014.
All the information related to the SLO
project, including the questionnaire, is
available at
www.slo-project.eu
For any queries please email me at
[email protected]
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TRANSPORT SECURITY
TRANSPORT SECURITY EXPO CONVENES IN LONDON AGAINST
A BACKDROP OF RENEWED INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
Transport Security Expo, the
annual gathering of professionals
within the aviation, maritime and
public transport arenas, convenes
again 13-14 November 2013,
against a backdrop of the industry
being at a developmental
crossroads in terms of both its
regulation and ability to respond to
current and emerging threats.
This key event will gather policy
makers, world leading experts,
technologists and industry
operators together in London, to
examine current protective
measures, assess the threat
horizon and determine how best to
maintain traveler safety in a
changing and increasingly hostile
world in austere economic times.
For the first time in its long history
as the premier gathering for
industry professionals, the event
introduces the “Major Threats to
Transport Security” plenary session
this year.
This entirely new addition to an
already extensive programme has
been developed to clearly identify
overarching threats common across
all transport interests and foster
convergence of thought.
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The plenary session will deliver a
‘360° Global Threat Assessment’,
feature extensive debate about
managing the risk to transport
networks from terrorism and other
crimes, discussion as to how best
to protect national and global
transport systems from acts of
terrorism and other security threats
and examine the extent of the cyber
threat to transport industries.
Transport Security Expo has
identified that the industry wide
problem of cyber security is
becoming acute, thus the
prominence being afforded this
issue during the forthcoming event.
The transport industries depend on
information technology and would
likely grind to a halt without ready
access to data required for day-today operations. This imposes a
requirement that the systems
deployed across the transport networks are both robust and secure.
Cyber security is a particular vexed
issue for the airline sector given the
emergence of next generation eenabled aircraft into commercial
service. Building in adequate
protective measures to ensure
malicious code cannot migrate from
terrestrial to airborne systems may
present significant challenges.
The maritime industries continue
to face up to acts of piracy, but
the ability to contain the issue
may be challenged by widespread
underreporting of attacks. It is
thought that for every two
reported pirate attacks twelve or
more go unreported. This has a
direct impact on the ability to
gather accurate intelligence
regarding pirate movements and
impacts on the provision of
meaningful protection. Transport
Security Expo will examine this
issue and debate whether a
recent upswing in jihadist inspired
terrorist activity across the Middle
East & North Africa may have
implication on the free flow of
energy and other supplies
traditionally shipped by sea.
Delegates attending the
forthcoming Transport Security
Expo will gather detailed insight on
the challenges faced through indepth aviation, maritime and
public transport conferences. An
extensive programme of
workshops delivers valuable
learning opportunities. The event
is supported by a world-class
exhibition of software and
hardware by leading vendors from
across the globe.
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ST13
Roy Cooper, the
Managing Director
of Professional
Security Magazine,
updates us about
the magazine’s
new venture Security TWENTY
13 (ST13) events.
ASIS were among the exhibitors at ST13
London in July.
A conference-exhibition is something
that I have been thinking about doing
for some time, as another string to our
bow. In a previous life with the
distributor MVD I ran a little exhibition,
RoySec, at Woburn Abbey. The
ingredients for a good event sound
simple enough - good venue, good
company, good food for lunch. It’s all
about giving busy people good reasons
for taking a day to learn about the
industry. We’ve been careful to make
sure that ST13 has something for
everyone to do with security, so that
Security Twenty 13 –
Newcastle
I don’t want to give anyone the
impression that as the managing
director of a magazine for UK private
security people that I am the head of a
vast network of surveillance, but I
have been informed that the ASIS UK
man on the spot at the event, Mike
Hurst who was manning the ASIS
stand at the exhibition, was tucking
into a good English breakfast on the
Tuesday morning. Also he was in the
bar before the networking dinner on
the Monday evening, discussing I am
told, matters of security interest to
himself and the gentlemen also
holding pint glasses around him. (Note
from editor: This is not entirely true:
we had moved on to shorts by then!) In
fairness I have to add that Mike did
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visitors come away having learned
something. Or had an update about
CCTV or the SIA, to name two.
Organising
One thing I hadn’t expected was how
much work it is to put on an event. It’s
easy in life to take things for granted, I
know, but I would urge ASIS members
and indeed everyone to thank Mike
Hurst and the other stalwarts at ASIS
UK chapter and indeed other industry
bodies who arrange things for you – yes,
you! The events don’t just happen by
magic wand! We recruited Liz Lloyd as
event co-ordinator who many of you will
know. We run not just the conference on
the day - we run a networking dinner
beforehand, a sit-down meal, but
informal, no need to wear a tie. So far
the format has gone down well. At the
Forest of Arden Hotel near Coventry at
the end of March, there was snow on
the ground and a few flakes on the day
and the golf afternoon had to be
cancelled. Thank goodness it was
warmer on July 3 at the West London
Novotel at Hammersmith. At each of the
networking dinners we’ve raised £2100
for leukaemia charities. I say we, but it’s
the diners, as all I do is present the
cheque to the charity. They are certainly
glad to receive the money and assure
me it makes a difference. I know it’s
corny, but that makes it worthwhile. So
let me thank all the people who donate
prizes, and bid for them – it is
appreciated.
We’ve gone to Newcastle on September
23-24, and watch this space for 2014
dates and venues. Whether you are a
head of security, or an installer, or
specifier and consultant, just sign up on
the ‘events’ part of our website for a VIP
invite. It’s interesting and heartening
that in the days of internet and smart
working, people still want sometimes to
meet up and chat and pick up some
piece of knowledge from someone they
bump into, that there’s no way they
could pick up from surfing the web.
Maybe it’s precisely because we can be
so mobile and work from home, that we
relish a proper gathering with fellow
professionals. Just to sign off, I would
urge you to attend more ST13s (or
rather ST14 next year) as we announce
them, naturally, but also do take
advantage of any meetings or other
offerings from ASIS or your other
associations, whatever and wherever
they are. It’s the same story – if you
don’t use it, it’s no good grumbling if it
stops!?
depart the breakfast
room at 8.10am to make
final preparations for
ST13, which opened
officially at 8.30am. For a
fuller report on Mike’s
movements during ST13,
please apply.
Seriously, I can
appreciate the sheer time
and work that goes into
making any event such as
the ASIS UK quarterly
meetings, now the
magazine is running its
own. That said, there is a
huge amount of
enjoyment, some of it
hard to judge or put down on paper,
such as the good relationships made
and renewed and the good
conversation. ST13 is about a mix -
first, the golf on the day before, for the
outdoor types. Someone played the
course twice! Then the dinner to get to
know people, and the proper
conference-exhibition. How the sun
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ST13
shone on the golfers, like the south of
France! It was overcast on the
Tuesday, but we were indoors, by then,
so what did it matter? Some of the
gain is practical. At each ST13 so far,
Birmingham in March and west
London in July, we try to raise money
for some local good cause. A cheque
for £1340 was presented to ME North
East, the charity for sufferers from ME
and their carers. That cash was raised
by diners the evening before the
conference, in donations, a raffle and
from the by now traditional heads and
tails game. To recap briefly, everyone
in the room stands, and decides
before the toss of a coin whether they
will ‘bet’ heads or tails, by putting their
hands on their head or their rear. If
the coin comes up heads and they
have guessed heads, they stay in the
game. If they guess wrong, they have
to sit down - they’re out! The last few
still in the game get to go to the front
and in no time there’s a winner. May I
thank all the sponsors, exhibitors
including Mike, and those who took
the time out from busy jobs to attend
the conference - and the speakers for
giving their views and case studies. To
name only a few people, Danie
Adendorff of the University of
Loughborough scared us with the
prospects for the future, Trevor Elliott
of the BSIA updated us on SIA
business licensing, and the consultant
Rod MacKinnon was an able and
amusing chairman for the day. If I have
missed anyone out, apologies, and you
know I am looking forward to seeing
you at ST14 events next year.
Roy Cooper
CPP PROFILES – ANDY WILLIAMS CPP
manager. Clearly, having been in the
Police for more than a week, I was
eminently qualified to do so.
Starting off my new career as a
contract guarding site manager for an
NHS hospital trust, I then moved inhouse into the NHS, where I learned
how to secure a wide open, public
building with little or no budget, whilst
being reminded that every security
officer I employed, meant one less
nurse to look after sick and injured
patients.
An injury on duty in 1994 ended my
brief, but illustrious police career
where, after significant effort on my
part, I reached the rank of PC.
Before joining the police, I worked with
computers, not the wonderful desktops,
laptops and tablets that every three
year old in the world knows how to use,
but massive, cumbersome, antiquated
monstrosities that had less storage
memory than a £5 USB memory stick.
Not a career that I wanted to return to.
Having given it considerable thought
over a cup of tea, I decided that I would
use my experience, not to mention
expertise and become a security
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Given their manifesto commitment to
reduce the number of non-clinical
managers in the health service, the
election of the Labour party in 1997
put an end to that role, and I moved
into an Operations Management role
with a national manned guarding
company.
Promotion in the industry came fairly
quickly and by 2003, I was Operations
Director at a small privately owned
security company, where I really learned
how to be a manager, with
responsibility and involvement in all
aspects of running the company. After
almost four years there I was
headhunted to become a Regional
Director at an international FM
company with a large security division.
Not the biggest mistake I’ve ever made,
but certainly in the top two.
Fate was on my side the day I was
made redundant from that job; after
almost a year of job hunting, I was
fortunate enough to be offered the role
of Head of Security at Nomura. My role
includes international responsibility for
investigations, manned security,
technical security systems and security
strategy.
Because of this international
responsibility, I decided to study for my
CPP qualification, which I passed last
year. Having the CPP gave me
immediate credibility among my
international network of peers and I
thoroughly recommend it to anybody
with ambitions to develop their security
management career.
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ASIS UK AUTUMN MEETING
Here’s what you
missed at the
September meeting.
Michael Jackson Chairman &
CEO, VidSys – What Organisations
Can Learn from Sept 11th
David Reubens CSyP - Syria
Update
Lord Alex Carlile CBE QC—
Professionalising Security
Mark Corder and Rob Hoblin
The Active Shooter and
Radicalisation
Plus the unrivalled, peer to peer
networking and the fraternal /
sororal company of fellow security
professionals.
On behalf of the chapter I would
like to give a massive show of
appreciation for all our speakers,
to
Charles Langlands Pearse for
hosting us at Bank of America;
our sponsors
Frontline Security Solutions and
Fortune West;
Chapter Sponsor, Elle Security
and our exhibitors
Esoteric Ltd,
Fortune West,
Frontline Security Solutions,
ISARR,
Nedap,
Optimal Risk,
QCC and
VidSys.
The Winter meeting and AGM is
on December 11th at Nomura.
Hope to see you there!
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CSO SUMMIT, LISBON
CSO SUMMIT, LISBON
Ray Stanton, Executive Vice
President, BT
Eduard Emde, Corporate
Security, Shell & Chairman of
the Board, ASIS International
MIS has brought together
senior corporate security
directors to share experiences
and achievements with peers
globally. The focus is on how to
drive leadership for holistic
security to protect people,
intellectual and physical
assets, operations and
reputation.
Programme threads run
across:
Global Security – Threat
Horizon; Strategic Planning &
Leadership
Business Security – Policy;
Metrics; Awareness;
Intelligence Gathering;
Investigations
Protecting Assets & Human
Security – Mitigation; Risk
Assessments; Personnel
Security; Physical Security
Strategic Surprise – Building
Resilience; Crisis Management
& Emergency Response
Chaired by:
Simon Scales, Fraud &
Misconduct Investigations, BP
Plc.
Special Interview with:
Peter Shaw, Former Hostage
and Author of the Book 'Hole Kidnapped in Georgia'
To name a few, the
international speaker panel
includes:
Poul Nielsen, Chief Compliance
Officer, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc.
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Nigel J. Carpenter FSyI,
Director, Group Security &
Emergency Preparedness,
AMEC plc.
Klaus Høj Tipsmark, Vice
President Group Security, CSO
& CISO, Carlsberg Breweries
A/S, Denmark
Paul Kelly, Director, Security Europe, Middle East and
Africa, The Walt Disney
Company
Rod McLeod, Director of
Security, EMEA, Pfizer, Inc
Lt. C (R) William Godbout,
Head, Security Unit, The
African Development Bank
Michael Couzens, VP & CSO
Enterprise Security, Baker
Hughes
Jan Persson, Head of Group
Security, SEB, Sweden
Martin Molloy, Deputy Director,
Serious Organised Crime
Agency, UK
Hank Siemers, CFI, Group
Director of Security, Retail
Branches Worldwide, Tiffany &
Co., USA
Mike Croll, Head of Field,
European External Action
Service
José António Meneses, Safety
& Security Manager, IKEA
Portugal (Secretário-Geral,
ADSP – Associação dos
Diretores de Segurança de
Portugal)
Richard Bell, FSyI, General
Counsel, Internal Audit (Fraud
& Security), Transport for
London (& Director, The
Security Institute)
A Truly Unique SummitThe
Chief Security Officer Summit
prides itself on being different
from other events. The focus is
on interactivity and providing
tangible takeaways via ‘think
tanks’, scenario planning,
roundtables, panels. Last year
we interviewed two former
hostages. You can view a
snippet of their story online.
This year, David Burrill,
Chairman & CEO, Burrill Green
Ltd, will be interviewing Peter
Shaw, Former Hostage and
Author of the Book 'Hole Kidnapped in Georgia'.
The Chief Security Officers'
Roundtable – Input directly
into the Peer Outcome Report!
Benchmark proven strategies,
share new ideas and action
points learned. A collective
Peer Outcome Report will be
written up as a useful tool for
attendees to solidify tangible
commitment to actionable
points back in the office – the
summit is not an ‘end in itself’!
The Chatham House Rule
applies. No press permitted.
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BOOKS
Body Cavity Bombers
The New Martyrs
A Terrorism Research Center Book
Robert J. Bunker and Christopher Flaherty
Primary Authors iUniverse, Inc. Bloomington (2013)
Dr. Robert J. Bunker is adjunct
faculty with the School of Politics
and Economics at the Claremont
Graduate University.
Dr. Christopher Flaherty is an active
contributor on security, terrorism
early warning and related
international intelligence issues.
In January 2013, explosive devices
were surgically placed in two
corpses belonging to slain police
officers in Latehar, India, one of
which detonated and killed four
civilians, making this technique an
ongoing security concern. These
incidents and many others like them
over the last five years highlight the
increasing importance of the trends
and themes highlighted and
analyzed in this work. In sum, Body
Cavity Bombers: The New Martyrs
represents the first serious
analytical book focusing on an
extreme and still emerging form of
terrorism utilizing body cavity
bombers.
If someone had suggested
intentionally creating a book on body
cavity bombs (BCB) ten years ago,
the suggestion would have been
considered ludicrous and bordering
on paranoia. At best, it might have
been considered one of those
thousands of terrorism ‘what if’
questions that counter-terrorism
professionals beat themselves up
over but ultimately recognize that
available public resources cannot
defend against all such
contingencies. It would have been
likely filed as a long shot and wild
card scenario.
While 9/11 changed many of our
perceptions concerning terrorism
and viable threats to U.S. homeland
security —placing bombs inside live
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human beings was still definitely not
on the radar. The concept smacks of
children’s science fiction from the
late 1960s— such as the explosive
devices implanted in enemy
operatives in the Johnny Sokko and
His Giant Robot television series.. It
is argued in the Conclusion to this
book that the concept of the BCB
has been regularly used as a
theatrical–plot device in many
popular TV shows and movies since
at least the late 1960s, developing a
cogent terrorist TTP (tactics,
techniques, and procedures).
Notional precedent notwithstanding,
it was not until the first use of a BCB
was recorded—by Al-Qaeda of the
Arabian Peninsula in August 2009.
This book on the BCB seeks to
portray the fact that terrorism is
evolving far quicker and more rapidly
than most of us ever expected.
The creation of this book is, in many
ways, a saga in itself. As early as
2003, Robert Bunker’s suicide
bomber research leading to counterterrorism solutions represented a
considerable component of his then
professional law enforcement
support duties with the CounterOPFOR Program, National Law
Enforcement and Corrections
Technology Center—West and the
Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning
Group. These duties included the
coordination of the data basing of
suicide bomber incidents, threat
group suicide bombing pattern
analysis, playbook construction, red
teaming, and response guidance.
The author recognized early on the
iterated offensive and defensive
dynamic of suicide bomber and
security force countermeasures and
saw the offensive potentials inherent
in an explosive device carried by a
suicide bomber secreted inside the
human body. This resulted in a nonpublic disclosure series of
presentations on projected BCB
employment that took place
between September 2006 and
August 2008 in the United States
and later in the United Kingdom.
These presentations were resumed
between October 2009 and
February 2010 as a by-product of
the first recorded use of a BCB
device by Al-Qaeda of the Arabian
Peninsula in August 2009.
As an outcome of this incident and
the previous and subsequent
presentations, a decision was made
to create a manuscript that
systematically discussed the
analytical approach undertaken in
making the initial projection
regarding BCB use. By this time,
discussions were openly taking
place on the internet concerning
BCB —the ‘cat was out of the bag’ so
to speak as a result of the heavy
media reporting of the incident in
question which allowed the nonpublic disclosure ban regarding this
specialized suicide bomber TTP to
be lifted. As a result, the BCB
projected use document was
finalized in May 2010 and
published, with an addendum
written in November 2010, in March
2011.
Chris Flaherty’s May 2012
revaluation of Bunker’s original
document resulted in their
collaboration as the primary authors
behind this present book.
Conceptualized in June 2012, a
number of subject matter experts
helped provide additional expertise
concerning explosive blast effects
and sensor and scanning systems
utilized to detect explosive devices.
This small research group,
coordinated principally by Chris
Flaherty who also contributed quite a
bit of new material analyzing various
aspects of BCB, led to the creation of
this book over the last year.
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CRIME PREVENTION
CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH HOUSING DESIGN:
POLICY AND PRACTICE RACHEL ARMITAGE
Published 23rd August 2013
New in the Crime Prevention and
Security Management series, edited by
Martin Gill
"This book is essential reading for
anyone concerned with crime and
disorder in the built environment. It
combines an encyclopaedic knowledge
of relevant research with clear advice to
practitioners and policy-makers.
Planners and politicians whose
decisions shape our towns and cities
must heed Rachel Armitage's sensible
and well-founded recommendations
about simple ways to make us all
safer." -Ken Pease, Visiting Professor of
Crime Science, UCL, UK This
book reviews the impact of residential
design on crime and considers the
current, and historic, importance placed
upon crime prevention within the
planning system. Armitage provides a
comprehensive review of policy and
practice in planning crime prevention
both nationally and
internationally.Bridging the gap
between design and criminology,
Armitage uses opportunity theories to
provide practical recommendations for
the implementation of design.
Enhanced by extensive visual examples,
the book promotes a collaborative,
long-term approach of designing out
crime, conveying the positive impact of
design upon the environment and crime
prevention.Recommended for scholars
in criminology, policing, urban studies
and architecture as well as
practitioners in the role of planning,
developing andmanaging residential
housing.Palgrave Macmillan’s Crime
Prevention and Security Management
series looks at topics such as crime
control, policing, security, theft,
workplace violence and crime, fear of
crime, civil disorder, white collar crime
and anti-social behaviour. International
in perspective and providing critically
and theoretically-informed work, this
series advances new understandings of
crime prevention and security
management. http://www.palgrave.com/products/
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symptoms with alcohol.”
There is a population of veterans that
are desperate for help with the effects
of trauma, concludes Bishop:
disturbingly, even the help that is
available is often inadequate
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level of post-traumatic stress.
meetings with medical practitioners
but still never received a diagnosis or
an offer of treatment. They are more
likely to drink above guideline levels,
and to have a diagnosis of alcohol
dependency.
Piers Bishop assesses the results of
the survey:
The PTSD diagnosed group are highly
likely to have other diagnoses,
generally for depression and other
anxiety disorders.
All those with either a diagnosis or
with probable PTSD are significantly
more likely to have suicidal thoughts
than those veterans with a sub-clinical
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“The diagnosed group are persistent
enough, or have social support, or
have sufficiently severe symptoms to
get a diagnosis of PTSD. The second
group may not wish to acknowledge
they have a problem perhaps, or do
not have social support to go through
the pathways to diagnosis: some we
have found do not leave their room, or
just find it easier or less frightening or
humiliating to go to the pub, and
attempt to self-manage their
“Unlike with the PTSD support
generally available to veterans, PTSD
Resolution can offer help that is fast,
with an average of just five
counselling sessions required on an
outpatient basis. No referrals are
needed. We’re a very lean
organisation: there are no salaried
staff or premises. But our funds are
running out and the future is very
uncertain for the charity - and the
veterans we have yet to help.”
The PTSD Resolution survey received
completed replies from 472
respondents. The survey can be found at
www.ptsdresolution.org/survey.html. It
included an IES-E, a self-rating scale
for post-traumatic stress.
For further information:
PTSD Resolution
www.ptsdgive.co.uk.
Tel 0845 021 7873.
e-mail [email protected]
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MEMBER NEWS
MEMBER NEWS
Douglas Alexander MP and Lorraine
Darke of the Business Continuity
Institute opened the new office of
PlanB Consulting in Houston on the
6th of September. PlanB
Consulting’s staff, clients and the
contractors attended the opening.
Lorraine Darke, Executive Director of
the Business Continuity Institute said,
“Business continuity is becoming
increasingly important for
organisations both large and small in
the United Kingdom and worldwide.
The Business Continuity Institute
with circa 8,000 members in more
than 100 countries is in the forefront
of promoting and developing the art
and science of business continuity.
PlanB Consulting has a close
connection with the Business
Continuity Institute contributing to its
key publications the Good Practice
Guidelines 2013, teaching its "Live
on Line" training course, contributing
to its workshops and for the first time
taking a stand at the BCI's World
Conference and Exhibition in London.
I hope as they move into their new
offices the company will go from
strength to strength and continue to
successfully deliver business
continuity consulting to their clients
worldwide.”
Douglas Alexander MP the Shadow
Foreign Secretary and neighbour to
the new offices said, "It was a great
pleasure to be asked to open PlanB
Consulting's new office. It is good to
see a local Renfrewshire company
being successful and providing
consultancy services to major
companies throughout Britain and
into Europe and America. Having
continuity plans is an important part
of protecting organisations from
disasters and is sadly too often
overlooked. We wish the company the
best of luck for the future!"
Charlie Maclean-Bristol one of the
Directors of PlanB Consulting
commented, “We are proud to be a
Scottish company that is expanding,
and we are delighted to open our
new offices in Houston. Most
companies are realising the need for
business continuity planning, and we
have seen a real growth across all
sectors and have managed to expand
beyond the United Kingdom into
Europe and America.”
Fellow Director Kim Maclean-Bristol
said “Our new office will now be able
to house our newly expanded
workforce and will further encourage
our positive teamwork. We look
forward to this new era for PlanB
Consulting”.
About PlanB Consulting
PlanB Consulting is a successful
consultancy which provides Business
Continuity, Crisis Management and
Disaster recovery to its clients in
Scotland, throughout the rest of the
UK and in the USA, Canada and
Europe.
One of their Directors, ASIS UK
Member Charlie Maclean-Bristol has
won the prestigious award "Business
Continuity Consultant of the Year" in
2011 at the Continuity Insurance and
Risk Awards.
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BSIA
BSIA research sheds light on Surveillance
Camera Code of Practice
This figure challenges the public
perception of a ‘big brother’ style state
surveillance culture, drawing attention
to the fact that the majority of cameras
are actually owned by businesses
looking to protect their properties.
August 2013 saw the Home Office
officially introduce the Surveillance
Camera Code of Practice, which
provides guidance on the appropriate
and effective use of surveillance
camera systems by Government-run
authorities.
While the British Security Industry
Association’s (BSIA) CCTV Section
welcomes the new Code, having played
an active part in its early development
and subsequent consultation process,
recently released BSIA research into the
number of surveillance cameras in the
United Kingdom uncovered some
interesting statistics that shed new light
on its scope.
The BSIA’s research was officially
launched in July 2013 and aimed to
discover the indicative ranges for the
number of CCTV cameras within the
United Kingdom, containing a sector by
sector breakdown of where surveillance
is typically found. Such sectors include
healthcare, transport and education,
providing an informed background to
the on-going debate over the use of
CCTV in the UK.
Perhaps one of the most important and
striking findings from the report was
that privately-owned CCTV systems
outnumbered those operated by police
and local authorities by as many as 70
to 1.
Discussing the wider debate over the
use of CCTV in the UK, Pauline
Norstrom, Vice Chair of the BSIA’s CCTV
Section, says: “There is a popular
misconception that the camera
population in the UK is owned by the
Government. The BSIA statistics set the
record straight once and for all. It is
private businesses who own the
material camera population, not the
Government. Day to day, these cameras
are not available to the government and
law enforcement agencies; they are
busy working to protect their owner’s
premises.
“It is only when a major crime occurs,
that the Police ask business owners if
they have captured any footage of
criminals passing through the private
cameras’ field of view. Without the help
of businesses investing into their
privately owned systems, the Police
would only have access to the one
publically owned camera per 1000
head of population, far too few to be
useful.”
As it stands, the Home Office’s Code of
Practice only applies to a tiny
proportion of CCTV systems – those
that are Government owned – and
these systems are already the most
professionally run and tightly controlled
schemes. Other operators and users of
surveillance systems in England and
Wales are merely encouraged to adopt
the code voluntarily. As the BSIA
research reveals, private companies are
actually funding the majority of the
nation’s CCTV and since the Code does
not cover privately-owned cameras,
many of the nation’s surveillance
systems are left unregulated.
Surveillance systems are indispensable
when it comes to crime detection and
CCTV footage can provide vital evidence
for the Police. In 2009, for example,
The Daily Telegraph revealed that
almost seven out of ten murders are
solved using footage captured by CCTV
cameras. The study looked at the
effectiveness of surveillance cameras,
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and revealed that almost every
Scotland Yard murder inquiry used
CCTV footage as evidence. Over a one
year period, 86 out of 90 murder cases
used CCTV in the investigation, with
Senior Officers claiming that 65 cases
were solved by either capturing the
murder itself on film, or using
surveillance to track the movements of
suspects before or after an attack.
Discussing the implications of the Code
of Practice, Simon Adcock, Chairman of
the BSIA’s CCTV Section, comments:
“Effective CCTV systems are an
invaluable source of crime detection
and evidence for the Police, and the
majority of this vital footage is provided
by privately owned cameras. As such,
with privately owned cameras playing
such a crucial role in our society, it is
essential that these cameras are
adhering to quality standards.
“The BSIA believes that further
extension of the Code of Practice to
cover privately-owned cameras would
do much to encourage the adoption of
best practice among installers, while
driving standards of system selection,
installation and operation.”
The BSIA, as an organisation that
represents the professional security
industry, hopes that the debate opened
up by this report, coupled with further
studies, will increase the overall
professionalism and quality of the CCTV
industry and the systems installed.
Copies of the BSIA’s research are
available to purchase from the BSIA
directly, by calling 0845 389 3889.
For more information about the BSIA
and its CCTV section, visit
www.bsia.co.uk/cctv
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SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS
ASIS in the UK is pleased to work with and/or support a
number of security organisations and charities. Some of
these are associations are long standing other are new
and will hopefully become long standing.
If you are involved with an organisation would like to
discuss a mutually beneficial relationship, please
contact ASIS Vice Chairman —Strategy, Mike Hurst
([email protected])
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CSYP
Those individuals who can
demonstrate the strategic reach of
their skills, qualifications and
experience are admitted to the
Register and can use the post
nominal designation CSyP.
We were delighted to have Lord Alex
Carlile CBE QC speak at our Autumn
Conference in September.
Lord Carlile, who is Chairman of the
Chartered Security Professional
Registration Authority (CSPRA),
spoke about the need to put security
professionals on the same footing as
Lawyers, Doctors, Accountants and
other occupations more traditionally
thought of as ‘professions’.
Part of the process, which will take
many years, is the Register of
Chartered Security Professionals, of
which ASIS UK is a licensee.
We see this as very much
complementary to the ASIS
International certification
programme (CPP, PSP and PCI).
Contact [email protected] for details.
There are about 45 Registrants
currently, about one third of whom
are ASIS members, both in the UK
and Internationally.
At the Conference, Lord Carlile
presented Dr Peter Speight CSyP
with his certificate. Peter is the first
Registrant admitted via the ASIS
route.
For information about becoming a
CSyP please contact
[email protected].
Social Media
We now have a Chapter 208 Twitter
account, please follow us at @ASIS_UK
Some others you make like to follow.
ASIS Tweets
@ASIS_Intl
@eduardemde – ASIS President Eduard Emde
@ASIStweets
@ASIS_EMEA
@ASISFrance
@ASIS_Jobs
@ASISWomenSec
@ASISRiyadh
@ASISYoungProf
@CSORoundtable – Head of CSO Roundtable
@_MikeHurst ASIS UK Vice Chairman
@ngargan_npia—Chief Executive National
Policing Improvement Agency
@policesupers—The Police Superintendents’
Association
@CSARN_Updates—City Security and Resilience
Network
@TheSecurityCo
@BBCNews
@metpoliceuk
@Profsecman—Professional Security Magazine
@FrankRGardner—BBC Security Correspondent
@PoliceFedChair - The Police Federation
@1stsecuritynews
@ChatbackSy
@GetSafeOnline
@foreignoffice—Foreign & Commonwealth Office
@SIAuk—The Security Industry Authority
@securityspeak
@TheSecurityLion - Brian Sims, UBM
LinkedIn
There are a number of ASIS Groups on LinkedIn
including one for the UK Chapter
Others
@ISC2
@CEOPUK—Child Expolitation and Online Protection
@Cyberchallenge— Cyber Security Challenge
@bbw1984—Big Brother Watch
@libertyhq—Liberty
www.asis.org.uk
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