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The event aims to educate and inform local businesses from across the North West Manchester’s annual security event is set to celebrate its twentieth anniversary with a return to The Bridgewater Hall next week, with delegate places still available to book, free of charge. Organised by the British Security Industry Association – the trade association representing the UK’s private security industry – in partnership with Greater Manchester Police and Manc...

HID Global will highlight its solutions for secure access to Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that it will showcase its healthcare security offerings that solve strong authentication challenges for IT security and patient information privacy at this year’s HIMSS in Orlando, Florida. The company will showcase its layered approach to patient data protection and health record secur...

Organisations purchasing the service via VSG will also have full access to Skyguard’s Customer Service Centre Skyguard, Europe’s premier personal safety service, is pleased to announce a distribution agreement with VSG in providing lone worker protection across the UK and Ireland. Skyguard will supply personal safety devices, mobile phone software and client administration tools to link directly with VSG’s 24 hr. manned alarm receiving centre. VSG is one of...

Guardian24 is delighted to announce that with immediate effect an enhanced, integrated Android lone worker application is now available for Guardian24 users worldwide directly from Guardian24.  Guardian24 has been working for some time to further increase the device choice for user organisations. The company already provides access to its protection services through traditional mobile phones, Blackberry devices, PDA’s and a broad range of specialist personal alarm devices. In 2013 th...

Several BSIA members have developed lone worker devices to connect employees quickly and discreetly with an emergency response system The importance of lone worker protection in the healthcare sector has been reinforced by the latest NHS security figures, which reveal a shocking 5.8% rise in physical assaults against health service staff in the past year. In figures collated from NHS Trusts across the UK, reported physical assaults against NHS staff in England for the year 20...

CSC version 2.0 boasts over 100 new features and improvements over the existing portal Skyguard – Europe’s premier personal safety service for lone workers – are pleased to announce the launch of their new and improved Customer Service Centre (CSC) account management portal – providing clients with an unprecedented range of tools to help protect their lone working employees. The Customer Service Centre is instrumental in providing an efficient and...