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Actual for You - What’s Happening in Security & What You Need to Know
Thanks to the "Fair And Accurate Credit Transactions Act" that went into effect in June of 2005, law now mandates that any business with one or more employees must have document disposal equipment. This is to ensure that all business and personal documents that need to be discarded are handled in a way that reduces and hopefully eliminates the threat of identity theft.To comply with this law, most businesses will choose to purchase a paper shredder and put it into use, as it is one of the most effective means of destroying documents containing personal and sensitive data. Paper shredders are available with various levels of security ratings though, depending on the particular needs of your company. Here's how to decide if a high security paper sh
The issue of new security staff being un-licenced for a period may be resolved with the introduction later of the SIA’s “Approved Contractors Scheme” (ACS), which will be a voluntary scheme for security contractors to achieve SIA approval. The final details of this are yet to be confirmed; however it will allow a dispensation for new staff in ACS approved companies to work without a licence whilst waiting for them to be processed.
When the ACS is finally launched, NSI is likely to be one of a number of organisations conducting the verification of applications on behalf of the SIA. All NSI approved Guarding companies will meet the requirements of the ACS. NSI’s own standards generally exceed those of the ACS, so rest assured that when selecting NSI approved companies, you know they meet the highest industry standards.
NSI is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that inspects and certificates companies installing electronic security, fire protection syst
Most of us small business owners don’t have the luxury of having a secretary or office manager to screen our calls for us. It can become overwhelming when answering sales call after sales call from telemarketers prevent us from doing what makes us money. To top it off, we can sometimes be talked into spending our hard earned money on products or services that are often overpriced and/or not needed in the first place.Each time we add a new business telephone number or change the business location of the ones we currently have, our telephone numbers are placed on a telemarketing list as a “new business.” Our business phone lines are then overrun by harassing telemarketers that want to be the first to sell a new business what they don’t need. You se
Confusing enough for myself, but much more of an issue for people like yourselves involved in facilities management. For most of you, security is just one of many areas you are involved with and keeping abreast with the pertinent issues that impact upon your organisation is not easy.
There are a couple of current issues that you need to be aware of. Firstly, new European Standards have recently been introduced for intruder alarm installation and secondly, there is the impact of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 on the manned security sector.
Euro Standards for Intruder and Hold-up Alarms Are Here
Security is no exception to Europeanisation of Standards being negotiated into a pan-European role, EU members anyway, where ultimately everything will be the same in member states. But not quite yet.
As from October last year, the British Standard (BS 4737) for the installation of intruder alarms is no more, having been replaced with the European Standard EN 50131-1. Well it’s not quite that simple. We like to be a little different in the UK and therefore new installations should be specified against a scheme document known as BSI PD 6662:2004, which is the UK version for implementing EN 50131, retaining some aspects of BS 4737 because EN 50131 is incomplete.
Considered by many to be the largest transformation of the UK intruder alarms industry in 30 years, what does this mean for you? A fundamental change is that PD 6662 alarms need to be given a security grading, with Grade 1 for the lowest and Grade 4 for the highest risk. Insurers generally state that Grade 3 equates in most respects to the majority of systems that are currently installed in commercial premises in the UK. Grade 2 systems are likely to be acceptable for most household risks and some low risk commercial premises. However, your insurer should be consulted as they are underwriting your risk and they will determine what grade of system is necessary. (When preparing tender documents, reference should be made to PD 6662 and not specifically EN 50131. To help avoid confusion, NSI recommends that its approved companies quote for PD 6662:2004 alarm systems and put additional explanatory words such as “which is the UK implementation of EN 50131”.)
On a separate issue, you should be aware that there are only two ways of receiving police response to newly installed remotely monitored electronic security systems. For intruder and hold-up alarms installed after October 2005, PD 6662 is the only way a new system can be issued with a police unique reference number (URN) in order to receive police response to confirmed alarm activations. Secondly, URN’s can also be issued for Detector Activated CCTV systems complying with BS 8418.
Manned Security & the Private Security Industry Act 2001
Voluntary regulation led by NSI and supported by the likes of insurers and police, has had a major impact in driving up standards in the electronic security sector. NSI has also achieved much success in the manned guarding sector with the majority of UK contracts, in terms of value, being provided by NSI Guarding Gold and Silver approved companies. Outside voluntary regulation however, there remains a core of non-regulated companies, in many cases providing customers contracting security personnel with a sub-standard service sometimes operating at a criminal level.
The Private Security Industry Act provided for the creation of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) which is empowered to introduce regulation (mandatory or voluntary as it deems fit) aimed at raising standards in manned security and associated areas. The first impact of this legislation on many businesses is that externally-contracted security guards must have an SIA license to operate as from 20 March 2006, otherwise, it will be illegal for them to operate and companies supplying such personnel may liable to prosecution.
For various reasons, including delays in processing applications (about 20 weeks) and companies leaving it late to send in staff applications, it seems likely that thousands of contract security staff will be un-licensed from that date. This could lead to many organisations that use contract manned security being disrupted as suppliers are forced to withdraw their staff until such time as the employee receives a licence.
The SIA have threatened to prosecute companies who do not immediately comply. But whether they follow-up this threat or offer leniency to companies who are obviously trying to comply remains to be seen.
The issue of new security staff being un-licenced for a period may be resolved with the introduction later of the SIA’s “Approved Contractors Scheme” (ACS), which will be a voluntary scheme for security contractors to achieve SIA approval. The final details of this are yet to be confirmed; however it will allow a dispensation for new staff in ACS approved companies to work without a licence whilst waiting for them to be processed.
When the ACS is finally launched, NSI is likely to be one of a number of organisations conducting the verification of applications on behalf of the SIA. All NSI approved Guarding companies will meet the requirements of the ACS. NSI’s own standards generally exceed those of the ACS, so rest assured that when selecting NSI approved companies, you know they meet the highest industry standards.
NSI is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that inspects and certificates companies installing electronic security, fire protection syste
Today, Information technology (IT) plays a vital role in the field of textile industry. Any manufacturing unit employs four Ms that is, Men, Material, Machine and of course Money. To get organizational success, managers need to focus on synchronizing all these factors and developing synergies with in and outside organizational operations. With the increased competition, companies are taking support of IT to enhance its Supply Chain Management (SCM) and using it as a competitive edge. In short, many textile companies are leveraging the technological power to adding value to their business.Supply Chain Management includes: sourcing, procuring, converting, and all the logistic activities. It seeks to increase the transaction speed by exchanging data
Considered by many to be the largest transformation of the UK intruder alarms industry in 30 years, what does this mean for you? A fundamental change is that PD 6662 alarms need to be given a security grading, with Grade 1 for the lowest and Grade 4 for the highest risk. Insurers generally state that Grade 3 equates in most respects to the majority of systems that are currently installed in commercial premises in the UK. Grade 2 systems are likely to be acceptable for most household risks and some low risk commercial premises. However, your insurer should be consulted as they are underwriting your risk and they will determine what grade of system is necessary. (When preparing tender documents, reference should be made to PD 6662 and not specifically EN 50131. To help avoid confusion, NSI recommends that its approved companies quote for PD 6662:2004 alarm systems and put additional explanatory words such as “which is the UK implementation of EN 50131”.)
On a separate issue, you should be aware that there are only two ways of receiving police response to newly installed remotely monitored electronic security systems. For intruder and hold-up alarms installed after October 2005, PD 6662 is the only way a new system can be issued with a police unique reference number (URN) in order to receive police response to confirmed alarm activations. Secondly, URN’s can also be issued for Detector Activated CCTV systems complying with BS 8418.
Manned Security & the Private Security Industry Act 2001
Voluntary regulation led by NSI and supported by the likes of insurers and police, has had a major impact in driving up standards in the electronic security sector. NSI has also achieved much success in the manned guarding sector with the majority of UK contracts, in terms of value, being provided by NSI Guarding Gold and Silver approved companies. Outside voluntary regulation however, there remains a core of non-regulated companies, in many cases providing customers contracting security personnel with a sub-standard service sometimes operating at a criminal level.
The Private Security Industry Act provided for the creation of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) which is empowered to introduce regulation (mandatory or voluntary as it deems fit) aimed at raising standards in manned security and associated areas. The first impact of this legislation on many businesses is that externally-contracted security guards must have an SIA license to operate as from 20 March 2006, otherwise, it will be illegal for them to operate and companies supplying such personnel may liable to prosecution.
For various reasons, including delays in processing applications (about 20 weeks) and companies leaving it late to send in staff applications, it seems likely that thousands of contract security staff will be un-licensed from that date. This could lead to many organisations that use contract manned security being disrupted as suppliers are forced to withdraw their staff until such time as the employee receives a licence.
The SIA have threatened to prosecute companies who do not immediately comply. But whether they follow-up this threat or offer leniency to companies who are obviously trying to comply remains to be seen.
The issue of new security staff being un-licenced for a period may be resolved with the introduction later of the SIA’s “Approved Contractors Scheme” (ACS), which will be a voluntary scheme for security contractors to achieve SIA approval. The final details of this are yet to be confirmed; however it will allow a dispensation for new staff in ACS approved companies to work without a licence whilst waiting for them to be processed.
When the ACS is finally launched, NSI is likely to be one of a number of organisations conducting the verification of applications on behalf of the SIA. All NSI approved Guarding companies will meet the requirements of the ACS. NSI’s own standards generally exceed those of the ACS, so rest assured that when selecting NSI approved companies, you know they meet the highest industry standards.
NSI is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that inspects and certificates companies installing electronic security, fire protection syst
To answer this question properly you must realise that starting your own business can be a time consuming and stressful job, especially in the early years. You need to balance your own needs with that of your families. If you analyse all the facts in a methodical manner you will be able to truly answer the question.Listed below are a few points to consider if you decide to take the plunge and buy a business.Individual qualities – Successful people are fully aware of their own strengths and weaknesses, by understanding this they are able to identify what tasks are suited to them and which ones are not. A good place to start is for you to analyse your own strengths and weaknesses. Here are some individual qualities that are a pre-requisite f
On a separate issue, you should be aware that there are only two ways of receiving police response to newly installed remotely monitored electronic security systems. For intruder and hold-up alarms installed after October 2005, PD 6662 is the only way a new system can be issued with a police unique reference number (URN) in order to receive police response to confirmed alarm activations. Secondly, URN’s can also be issued for Detector Activated CCTV systems complying with BS 8418.
Manned Security & the Private Security Industry Act 2001
Voluntary regulation led by NSI and supported by the likes of insurers and police, has had a major impact in driving up standards in the electronic security sector. NSI has also achieved much success in the manned guarding sector with the majority of UK contracts, in terms of value, being provided by NSI Guarding Gold and Silver approved companies. Outside voluntary regulation however, there remains a core of non-regulated companies, in many cases providing customers contracting security personnel with a sub-standard service sometimes operating at a criminal level.
The Private Security Industry Act provided for the creation of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) which is empowered to introduce regulation (mandatory or voluntary as it deems fit) aimed at raising standards in manned security and associated areas. The first impact of this legislation on many businesses is that externally-contracted security guards must have an SIA license to operate as from 20 March 2006, otherwise, it will be illegal for them to operate and companies supplying such personnel may liable to prosecution.
For various reasons, including delays in processing applications (about 20 weeks) and companies leaving it late to send in staff applications, it seems likely that thousands of contract security staff will be un-licensed from that date. This could lead to many organisations that use contract manned security being disrupted as suppliers are forced to withdraw their staff until such time as the employee receives a licence.
The SIA have threatened to prosecute companies who do not immediately comply. But whether they follow-up this threat or offer leniency to companies who are obviously trying to comply remains to be seen.
The issue of new security staff being un-licenced for a period may be resolved with the introduction later of the SIA’s “Approved Contractors Scheme” (ACS), which will be a voluntary scheme for security contractors to achieve SIA approval. The final details of this are yet to be confirmed; however it will allow a dispensation for new staff in ACS approved companies to work without a licence whilst waiting for them to be processed.
When the ACS is finally launched, NSI is likely to be one of a number of organisations conducting the verification of applications on behalf of the SIA. All NSI approved Guarding companies will meet the requirements of the ACS. NSI’s own standards generally exceed those of the ACS, so rest assured that when selecting NSI approved companies, you know they meet the highest industry standards.
NSI is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that inspects and certificates companies installing electronic security, fire protection syst
Every healthcare organization/hospital accepting payment for Medicare and Medicaid patients is required to meet certain Federal standards called “Conditions of Participation” (CoPs).These Federal requirements are promulgated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to improve quality and protect the health and safety of patients. Compliance is based on surveys conducted by state agencies on behalf of the CMS. Conditions of Participation are regulatory standards hospitals agree to follow as a condition for receiving federal funding through the Medicare program.Under an agreement with CMS, State healthcare licensure agencies conduct surveys of hospitals and enforce compliance with CoPs and ensure that Conditions of Participation are being pr
The Private Security Industry Act provided for the creation of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) which is empowered to introduce regulation (mandatory or voluntary as it deems fit) aimed at raising standards in manned security and associated areas. The first impact of this legislation on many businesses is that externally-contracted security guards must have an SIA license to operate as from 20 March 2006, otherwise, it will be illegal for them to operate and companies supplying such personnel may liable to prosecution.
For various reasons, including delays in processing applications (about 20 weeks) and companies leaving it late to send in staff applications, it seems likely that thousands of contract security staff will be un-licensed from that date. This could lead to many organisations that use contract manned security being disrupted as suppliers are forced to withdraw their staff until such time as the employee receives a licence.
The SIA have threatened to prosecute companies who do not immediately comply. But whether they follow-up this threat or offer leniency to companies who are obviously trying to comply remains to be seen.
The issue of new security staff being un-licenced for a period may be resolved with the introduction later of the SIA’s “Approved Contractors Scheme” (ACS), which will be a voluntary scheme for security contractors to achieve SIA approval. The final details of this are yet to be confirmed; however it will allow a dispensation for new staff in ACS approved companies to work without a licence whilst waiting for them to be processed.
When the ACS is finally launched, NSI is likely to be one of a number of organisations conducting the verification of applications on behalf of the SIA. All NSI approved Guarding companies will meet the requirements of the ACS. NSI’s own standards generally exceed those of the ACS, so rest assured that when selecting NSI approved companies, you know they meet the highest industry standards.
NSI is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that inspects and certificates companies installing electronic security, fire protection syst
It is important to show your appreciation to your customers and employees to maintain good business relations. Cheap corporate gift baskets are apt to let your business clients know that you are grateful for their business or to convey a message to your employees that their hard work is valued. Cheap corporate gift baskets are also a simple, economical way to convey greetings, be it for the holidays or for other corporate occasions. These affordable corporate gift baskets will convey your sentiment with style and grace. You can make your selection from the numerous superb choices of cheap corporate gift baskets. These corporate gift baskets can be chosen online and a bulk purchase is suggested as the company can often avail a discount.Cheap gour
The issue of new security staff being un-licenced for a period may be resolved with the introduction later of the SIA’s “Approved Contractors Scheme” (ACS), which will be a voluntary scheme for security contractors to achieve SIA approval. The final details of this are yet to be confirmed; however it will allow a dispensation for new staff in ACS approved companies to work without a licence whilst waiting for them to be processed.
When the ACS is finally launched, NSI is likely to be one of a number of organisations conducting the verification of applications on behalf of the SIA. All NSI approved Guarding companies will meet the requirements of the ACS. NSI’s own standards generally exceed those of the ACS, so rest assured that when selecting NSI approved companies, you know they meet the highest industry standards.
NSI is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that inspects and certificates companies installing electronic security, fire protection systems and those that provide contract manned security. For advice on issues covered in this article or if you would like further information about NSI, contact 0845 006 3003 or visit www.nsi.org.uk
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