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UK’s ‘Public Realm Design Guide Hostile Mitigation’

The UK’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has recently published their 3rd edition of the ‘Public Realm Design Guide for Hostile Vehicle Mitigation’.  We recommend this guide…

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Report of the Public Inquiry into the Attack on Manchester Arena

Protective security practitioners should refresh themselves of the Manchester Arena Inquiry Report, Volume One.  This Volume addresses the security arrangements at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester (UK) associated with…

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Safety and Security: The need for Information and Communication

When a natural or human sourced threat occurs, it is essential that people in emergency decision-making roles have reliable and relevant information available to enable effective situational awareness. This group…

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International Travel – Reorientate Your Security Thinking & Training

Should you be heading to overseas destinations, or be responsible for personnel travelling or posted overseas, it is vitally important to understand and identify how to ‘best manage’ the unique…

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Publicly Accessible Locations Guidance (UK) Updated

The (UK) National Counter Terrorism Security Office published an update (1 March 2022) of this comprehensive and very useful guidance. The publication provides protective security advice for various sectors and…

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New Terrorist Risk Management Handbook

Standards Australia has published Handbook HB 188:2021 ‘Physical Protective Security Controls for Buildings’.   The intention of the Handbook is the reduction of physical damage potential to buildings from deliberate…

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Current Threat Assessment for the USA: Australia Should Listen

The Secretary of the (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin regarding the curren heightened threat environment across the United States.   The…

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Latest Annual Cyber Threat Report From Australian Government

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released its annual Cyber Threat Report for 2020-21. The report made it clear that no sector of the Australian economy was immune from…

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The unfolding Afghanistan situation: International security impacts

The unfolding situation in Afghanistan is extremely sad, highly volatile and extraordinarily dangerous to the citizens in that country. Our thoughts are with the innocent citizens and the people who…

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International Security Officers’ Day – 24 July

Terrorism and the pandemic have very much highlighted the important and often risky work that security officers perform around the clock. Internationally security officers have sadly suffered injuries, health issues…

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New Australian Standard – Security for Healthcare Facilities

The recently published Australian Standard AS 4485: 2021 ‘Security for healthcare facilities’ is now available. This (revised) Standard should be the ‘go to’ for anyone responsible for, or involved in,…

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New British Security Publication – Commercially Operated Vehicles

The British Standards Institution (BSI) recently published – PAS 2900:2021 ‘Commercially Operated Vehicles – Framework for Mitigating Security Risks from Malicious Use – Specification’ (May 2021). This publication has strong…