International Reports

News: International Code of Conduct: Private Security Service Providers

22nd February, 2011
In June of 2009 at a conference in Nyon, Switzerland, industry representatives committed to pursuing an international code of conduct built on the success of the 'Montreux Document'. The result is an International Code of Conduct which already has a significant number of signatories. By Judy Hinz, Online Editor
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News: From The Financial Times of London: Spotting Corporate Espionage

22nd December, 2010
Freelance writer Rhymer Rigby writes this week in The Financial Times about an undetected electronic device in the Gherkin Building in London's CBD.
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News: UK infrastructure faces cyber attack threat, says GCHQ chief

13th October, 2010
The UK's critical infrastructure faces a 'real and credible' threat of cyber attack, the head of GCHQ, Iain Lobban, says. Speaking to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London on 12 October 2010, Mr Lobban said he did not want to go into detail about the threat to the UK's critical national infrastructure.
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News: UK: MI5 head warns of 'serious risk' of terrorist attack

17th September, 2010
The UK faces a continuing serious risk of a lethal terrorist attack taking place, the head of MI5 has warned. Security Service Director-General Jonathan Evans made these rare public remarks to the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals in London on 16 September.
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Occupational Fraud: Major report released by US Association

7th June, 2010 by Judy Hinz | Online Editor
The US-based Association of Certified Fraud Examiners has released its latest report titled Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse into the growing problem of occupational fraud. For the first time, the report includes an analysis of fraud cases from more than 100 countries worldwide.
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Protecting Airliners From Missile Attack

26th January, 2009 by Justin Grey, Associate Editor | ASM | Nov-Dec 08
A new system that aims to protect jetliners against missile attack has just completed a successful first flight on a scheduled American Airlines airliner travelling from New York to Los Angeles.
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Nuclear security case study: earthquake in Sichuan Province, China

14th October, 2008 by Geoff Swan | ASM | Sep/Oct 2008
One of the factors resulting from the recent earthquake in Western China was the presence of radioactivity in the disaster area. Geoff Swan, of the Security Research Centre at Edith Cowan University, considers the specific importance of nuclear security.
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