Security Thought Leadership: in conversation with Martin Gill

A video and summary of this session is available here. Common themes running through past webinars has been the extent to which the security sector has failed to achieve proper recognition for all it has achieved; that it is consistently under-appreciated for its efforts and achievements; and that it has been poor at broadcasting its benefits. Such a consistent message would suggest that security...

A video and summary of this session is available here. One of the many striking issues that has emerged from previous webinars – from corporate security personnel and security suppliers – has been the changing relationship between security personnel and other professionals. There have been warnings that the security role will be subsumed (to a lesser or greater extent) by safety professionals, or...

A video and summary of this session is available here. It is tempting – and somewhat simplistic – to assess the impact of Covid-19 on security in terms of how it is generating opportunities for security to show its value and importance. However, what is emerging – as panellists to previous webinars have noted – is an undercurrent of public and even employee discontent which in some locales has man...

A video and summary of this session is available here. The working from home mentality has sparked a monumental amount of on-line offerings, in all sorts of areas and security is no exception. In previous webinars we have examined the changing nature of security, its role in strategy, its contribution to protecting profits, operations and reputations. And we have witnessed its potential to operate...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Previous webinars have painted a mixed picture of the performance of corporate security departments during the crisis. On the one hand it has highlighted their value as a key stakeholder in organisational response, underlining why they are important to the business and all its operations. Where this is the case, will it last? For others it has...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Conventional wisdom is that business life wont be quite the same for at least a while. But how does the security world plan for whatever comes next? Some things we cant know but some perhaps we can, and this webinar focusses on these issues. It will explore the relationship between security and strategic initiatives and the pressures on budget...

A video and summary of this session is available here. People in school may often consider a career in some area of policing, or the military, but rarely private security. Yet the breadth of opportunities is enormous, and probably greater than the more ‘attractive’ alternatives. But the private security sector largely operates under the radar: people don’t know about it. Moreover, private security...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Our previous webinars have generated considerable debate around the role of manned guarding. Some have raised concerns at massive cutbacks in personnel and wonder if they will ever be re-engaged in the same way especially, if seems likely, a tough economic climate ensues, worse still a recession. Others have pointed to the enormous opportuniti...

A video and summary of this session is available here. We are all acutely aware that things will be different as we return, gradually, to a state that approaches a new normal. One of the prime concerns of all parties, indeed the main one, is keeping people safe when they are in locales that involve meeting others, this includes public spaces, offices, stores, leisure facilities and so on. Protecti...

A video and summary of this session is available here. In previous webinars the realities of a flourishing environment of opportunities for different types of economic crime offenders was laid bare. We should not be surprised that early statistics on crime patterns are bearing this out. We know many types of offenders seek new opportunities, fraudsters in particular perhaps, and a context where pe...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Special Webinar on India: Private Security Industry and Covid19 – experiences in India In collaboration with CAPSI and ICISSM , and Securitylinkindia as Media Partner These are challenging times. In India businesses are cost cutting. Security is emerging as one of the first groups to bear the brunt of austerity practices. Agencies are being as...

A video and summary of this session is available here. While technologies are changing society dramatically and security too, this is far from an unqualified good. For example, offenders use technology too and exploit users’ vulnerabilities for their own nefarious aims. The ultimate test for technologies – not least in a security context – rests on them performing well in testing environments, so...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Despite its numerical advantage and its role in protecting the national infrastructure very little has been heard from Governments (local and national) around the world about the important role security personnel are playing in this crisis, this area has been silent, or has it? This webinar will exam the perceived lack of interest by local and...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Any period of upheaval presents opportunities for offenders, and what was clear from a previous webinar is that this is true for fraudsters and cyber criminals. Governments have reported seeing a growing use of COVID-19 related themes by offenders, while the move to remote working is facilitating the opportunity for offenders to exploit known...

A video and summary of this session is available here. More people are at home, fewer on the streets, logically crime patterns will change, but how? The role and focus of the police (and in some cases the military) changes as staff shortages and different threats emerge. People are being let out of prison early and offenders might feel justified in believing they have a free run, but for what sort...

A video and summary of this session is available here. How will the current crisis impact on the role of women in security? One study has suggested that more workings from home can close the gender gap and led to a more efficient workforce. Recent research by Perpetuity Research  (free to download - https://perpetuityresearch.com/3291/e... ) has found that some women continue to experience barrier...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Security is in the spotlight. We have heard in previous webinars about the way it is servicing clients’ needs, with varying effects. But what is the role of security in protecting the broader public? To what extent are restrictions on social movements hindering the ability of security to function effectively and in what ways are they providing...

A video and summary of this session is available here. If the security sector is at its most important in times of adversity, then its moment has come, but what messages is it sending out? What images are the security sector presenting to its various stakeholders, and are they the right ones? How can those messages be improved? Will staff have more faith in its security personnel? Will Boards appr...

A video and summary of this session is available here. It is not unusual for security personnel to operate under the radar of public glare, until things go wrong that is. So how is security fairing in this time of crisis? Are security personnel – in their different guises – meeting the challenges? Are they suffering from the need to adapt perhaps, and/or from a lack of skills sets for the new agen...

A video and summary of this session is available here. Working from home is not new, but it is on this scale. There are clear implications for security. On the one hand there is the issue of devices being taken from work, they could be stolen and/or open to fraud, and it is not clear how alert or prepared staff or organisations are for these threats. There may be risks to company data too. There m...

Although some countries don’t want to use the word ‘lockdown’, the reality is that much of the globe is living and working in confined conditions, at home especially, and also in the spheres of education, work and leisure. However justified lockdowns may be in this time of crisis psychologists suggest they can produce anxiety, stress, and cause trauma; economists point to the financial hardship so...