New business management tool will improve locksmith business processes

Secure Assure, the IT Business Services and Project Management specialist has launched a new product for businesses which aims to improve business efficiency.
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UAP TradeLocks Ireland Open Day a great success

UAP TradeLocks opened their doors on Sunday 25th November to welcome customers to their new offices in Dundalk, Ireland.
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Hotel door lock firm Onity offering security fix

The firm that makes door locks with a well-publicised security vulnerability has said it is offering a fix. Onity makes locks for hotel rooms around the world, but a hacker revealed in July that a security flaw meant burglars could easily access the code to unlock them.

The company has been sharply criticised for taking five months to get to even this point.

Securitas USA to provide interactive remote video monitoring security service

Milestone Systems' XProtect video management software (VMS) and Razberi Technologies' storage servers have been chosen as the solution to power a hosted monitoring service offered nationwide by Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. The monitoring centers using these combined technologies will be manned by Iverify Inc.
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Hotel burglars suspected of exploiting lock security bug

Burglars seem to be exploiting a bug in widely used electronic door locks to steal from hotels. The bug was first publicised at a hacker conference in July, showing how a simple electronic device could unlock doors in seconds.

Lockdecoders show in Ireland

Lockdecoders tell us that their one day show in ireland over the weekend proved to be a success despite the last minute change of venue.

"We had 15 visitors on the day who we were able to spend quality time with", says Peter Southern. "And we sold a couple of machines."
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SBD at ESCAR

ESCAR (Embedded Security in Cars) is the world's leading conference on all aspects of IT security in vehicles and has been running since 2003.
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Simple-minded spies: Belgian State Security employees overshare information on Facebook and LinkedIn

You'd never catch James Bond or Jason Bourne doing this, I'm sure: dimwits working for Belgium's State Security Service are reportedly sharing the name of their employer on social networking sites.

A report in local newspaper De Standaard says Belgian State Security officials and politicians charged with overseeing the civilian intelligence agency have already expressed concerns over the LinkedIn and Facebook profiles of certain employees.

UAP TradeLocks Christmas Promotion

The countdown to Christmas has begun and to celebrate the festive season UAP TradeLocks have launched their '12 Days of Christmas' promotion. But you'll have to hurry - there are only two days left!

UAP TradeLocks are offering their customers amazing discounts on their 12 most popular tools. The festive promotion offers huge savings on tools from the Genuine Lishi range, a fantastic price on the RPCP 3 Piece Set Deal and gives customers a saving of over £100 on Pink's EPG2.
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Locksmiths' Exhibition: show update and information

The 2013 Locksmiths Exhibition will be held at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd March 2013.

If you can only attend one show in 2013 THEN THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED - over 60 exhibitors, great venue, easy travel, free parking, great bar and food at sensible prices, clean, light and airy atmosphere. Well laid out exhibition, friendly staff and all welcome - bring your family.
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Glasgow 2014 organisers invite bids for £5m Games security contract

Glasgow 2014 organisers are inviting private firms to bid for a £5m security contract for the Commonwealth Games. The tender includes event stewarding at various Games venues at the competition in less than two years' time.

Turkish Locksmith exhibition Istanbul

Lockdecoders have kindly sent us some photos from the annual Turkish Locksmith exhibition they attended in Istanbul.

Held from the 23rd to the 25th November, Peter Southern says: "What a well turned out exhibition it proved to be! I think about 800 people attended and we were there for the first time with our new Turkish Distributor Severn Security Systems.
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Emerging security trends For 2013

The year saw a huge upsurge in the amount of online hacking. Cyber attacks in some form or another were practically a monthly occurrence. In fact, Venture Beat called 2012 a 'big, bad year for online security breaches', citing high-profile companies such as AOL, LinkedIn, Google and Yahoo as falling victim to hacking attacks that have exploited their customers' private information.

Inquiry call over York CCTV 'security lapse'

YORK'S CCTV network was left unmanned for hours on the day of a major event attended by the Home Secretary and 40 chief constables.

The "damaging" security lapse saw banks of screens in the city's CCTV control room being left un-watched on the morning of September's National Police Memorial Day service.

IT security firm to create 100 jobs

An IT security firm is to create 100 jobs at a new operations centre in Dublin. Mandiant is opening a security and engineering centre to develop products to fight cyber attacks.

Ireland Jobs Minister Richard Bruton said: "Today's announcement that Mandiant, a specialist company in the fast-growing IT security sector, is establishing operations in Ireland with the creation of 100 high-end jobs is great news."

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Event Security Operations NOS out for Consultation

The Standards Development team at Skills for Security has been working with representatives from Event Security companies to develop new National Occupational Standards (NOS) for this growing sector.
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A Career in 8 Weeks: trained and licensed security staff for your company

Mercury Training Services, in partnership with Skills for Security and JobCentre Plus, is offering funded security training for new entrants into the industry who are currently unemployed. It covers security guarding, CCTV, door supervision and conflict management and includes:
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Security Training Malpractice

The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has issued a Press Statement (NR2712) announcing the withdrawal of 1001 training certificates following their investigation into allegations of training malpractice, in partnership with Awarding Organisation HABC.
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Fireco's door solution at University of London

Fireco Ltd. has recently supplied and fitted automatic door operators for use at the University of London's College Hall undergraduate hall of residence to help ease disabled access in a number of locations, including the reception area, dining hall and laundry.
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