Blog – security and risk insights
Introduction
Welcome to the SIRV blog. Here we share expert insights on security, resilience, and AI in risk management. From incident reporting best practices to compliance guidance and real-world case studies, explore articles designed to help teams operate safely and confidently.
From paper to AI in security at Manchester Arndale
From paper to AI in security Key stats 46 million visits per year 28% reduction in violent...
AI in Risk Management: From ChatGPT to Governed Intelligence – RSMF, Goodwood 2025
AI in risk management: From ChatGPT to governed intelligence - RSMF, Goodwood 2025 Introduction On...
Why generic AI stalls and how governed agents like Cal move enterprises forward
Why generic AI stalls and how governed agents like Cal move enterprises forward Introduction On 14...
SIRV shortlisted for two categories at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2025
SIRV shortlisted for two categories at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2025 Event: 1...
Reducing workplace violence with data science on Elizabeth Line
Reducing workplace violence with data science Key stats 700k daily passengers 45 day faster...
Safe AI is trusted AI: why ChatGPT needs a library service
Safe AI is trusted AI: why ChatGPT needs a library service Placing large language models in the...
Enhancing workplace safety and journey confidence
Case study: UCB Enhances workplace safety and journey confidence
Aon reducing compliance risk
Reducing compliance risk at Aon with purpose built applications Key results 50% reduction in...
Improving operations at DLR
Improving operations at DLR with real-time reports Key results 1.5M events + 1M incidents recorded...
The rise of ambient agents | AI for security teams UK
The rise of ambient agents: Quiet, capable and always on Large Language Models (LLMs) have...
The AI co-pilot for the control room – Governable AI UK
The AI co-pilot for the control room “The AI agent is the new control room co-pilot.” Control...
SOPs to AI Agents
From SOPs to AI agents: The evolution of risk decision-making In 2011, my brother and I built SIRV...
AI reshapes security industry – insights from SJUK conference
AI reshapes the security industry - lesson from SJUK Leaders in security conference Association of...
AI model rise
AI model rise - The incredible rise of the AI model Food and Drink Security Association 📍Online 📆...
Master the unexpected: why attention depends on violated expectations
Master the unexpected: Why attention depends on violated expectations Amazon knowledge sharing...
AI update at AUCSO
AI update AUCSO: Association of University Chief Security Officers Conference 2025 📍University of...
AI Chief Security Officers
Chief Security Officers - where are we headed? Association of University Chief Security Officers...
How AI helps security practitioners
How AI helps security practitioners? Association of Security Consultants 📍Online 📆 28 January...
How to build business resilience during a ‘polycrisis’
How to build business resilience during a 'polycrisis' Chartered Institute of Management...
Climate change and property security
Climate change and property security 📍Anticipate London Exhibition, UK 📆 3 December 2024Overview...
Reframing Security
Reframing security In this article SIRV CEO, Andrew Tollinton and the team at Toro Solutions look...
Why is security a grudge purchase?
Why is security a grudge purchase? In this article SIRV CEO, Andrew Tollinton and the team at Toro...
SIRV Property & FM Awards Party 2024
Property and FM Awards 2024 SIRV Awards 2024: The team at SIRV are delighted to announce our...
SIRV Awards 2024 – Social impact
SIRV Awards 2024 - Social impact SIRV Awards 2024: The team at SIRV are delighted to announce our...
Cost of Martyn’s Law
The cost of Martyn’s Law: What large public venues should budget Martyn's Law is due to come into...
Key AI terms for risk professionals
Key AI Terms for risk professionals The deployment of new AI technologies and solutions is rapidly...
Resilience amid global risks webinar
Resilience amid global risk — Anticipate London Webinar (Highlights & Transcript) 📍Online 📆 21...
AI in Risk Management SiG Launch Webinar
AI in Risk Management - Special Interest Group launch Webinar 📍Online 📆 July 2024Co-founder, SIRV,...
How heat will change how we work
How heat will impact our workplace: 2024 Report Introduction Heat is already changing the way we...
4 Ways AI helps Terrorist Propaganda
4 Ways AI helps Terrorist Propaganda 4 Ways AI helps Terrorist Propaganda shows: AI improves...
7 Ways Terrorists can Exploit AI
7 Ways Terrorists can Exploit AI 7 ways terrorists can exploit AI shows the real-world impact AI...
Will risk management drive AI adoption
Will risk management drive AI adoption? 📍Online 📆 June 2024Andrew Tollinton, CEO of SIRV was...
Terrorist convictions Q1 2024
Terrorist convictions Q1 2024 Who gets convicted of terrorist offences in England and Wales? Men?...
AI Knowledge Collapse: Diversity under threat
AI Knowledge Collapse: Diversity under threat Introduction AI can help us learn and make sense of...
SIRV Awards 2024
SIRV Awards 2024 SIRV Awards 2024: The team at SIRV are delighted to announce our Artificial...
Best control room software
Best control room software review Best control room software review brings together leading...
Major incident press release template
Major incident press release template Major incident press release template helps you prepare your...
Terrorism convictions 2023
Terrorism convictions 2023, Q4 The below visualisations show terrorism convictions in England...
Buyer vs Seller AI in Risk Management
Buyer vs seller: Risk management and artificial intelligence 📆 29 February 2024...
AI, trust and the human factor: rethinking risk and responsibility
AI, trust and the human factor: Rethinking risk and responsibility 📆 22 November 2023 📍OnlineIn...
Security risk assessment – How to guide
Security risk assessment - How to guide Security risk assessment - how to guide - takes you...
Write a security plan – How to guide
Write a security plan: How to guide Write a security plan: How to guide - takes you through how to...
Top 15 most profitable UK security companies
Top 15 most profitable UK security companies ‘Sales are for vanity and profit is for sanity’ and...
Martyn’s Law software key features
Martyn's Law software key features Martyn's Law software key features should help risk managers...
Crime data: Ultimate guide for risk managers – 3 best website displays
Crime data: Ultimate guide for risk managers Crime data ultimate guide for risk managers looks at...
Situation awareness software features
Situation awareness software features Situation awareness software features helps users become...
Civil unrest 2024
Civil unrest: 2024 Friday, 21 July 2023 marked the end of the school year for most children in the...
SIRV Wins Finalist Innovation Award 2023
SIRV Wins Finalist Innovation Award 2023 SIRV wins finalist status for the Security and Fire...
ChatGPT for safety and security Heads
ChatGPT guide for safety and security heads On release ChatGPT broke records for being the fastest...
ChatGPT – Daily Occurrence Book
ChatGPT makes Daily Occurrence Book entries easy ChatGPT makes daily occurrence book entries easy...
Enhanced Terrorism Risk Assessment
Enhanced terrorism risk assessment - Terrorism Protection of Premises Bill Revised September 2024...
Present a daily occurrence – How to guide
Present a daily occurrence - How to guide How to present a daily occurrence: Make it visual....
Build a security dashboard – How to guide
Build a security dashboard - How to guide Build a security dashboard and risk managers can:...
Mass communication systems and Martyn’s Law
Mass communication systems and Martyn's Law Mass communication systems send incident alerts and...
Civil unrest and Martyn’s Law: Award (SFEA 2022 Finalist)
Civil unrest and Martyn's Law: 2022 Awards Scan the horizon and it's clear the security industry...
Hostile Reconnaissance Terrorist Attack
Hostile reconnaissance in a terrorist attack Hostile reconnaissance is a crucial part of a...
Places Martyn’s Law applies to
Places Martyn's Law applies to Revised September 2024 Places Martyn's law applies to: Public...
Protests in London
Protests in London: June 21 - June 22 Protests in London June 2021 to June 2022 uses the...
Access daily occurrence book: Fine grain permission feature release
Access daily occurrence book: Fine grain permission feature release Now you can define which user...
Innovate Daily Occurrence Book
Innovate your daily occurrence book: Prepare for threats To remind a security officer about...
Protest Social Media
Protest social media insights Summary Protest social media is a great source of information to...
Gatwick drone threat real or made up? Do you see a duck or a rabbit?
Gatwick drone threat, real or made up? Do you see a duck or a rabbit? Gatwick drone threat Around...
Protest and Climate change link: does the weather cause civil unrest?
Protest and Climate change link: does the weather cause civil unrest? There's an increase in...
Is a Freedom Convoy protest coming to the UK?
Is a Freedom Convoy protest coming to the UK?How Freedom Convoy protest began On 22 January 2022...
Protest algorithms: Outrageous stuff modern security teams need to know
Protest Algorithms: Outrageous stuff modern security teams need to know Algorithms are rules used...
SIRV shortlisted: Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2021
SIRV shortlisted: Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2021 Category: Security Software Product...
How to write a daily occurrence book
How to write a daily occurrence book How to write a daily occurrence book is a frequently asked...
Why people protest: Motivations of a serial protestor
Why people protest: Motivations of a serial protestor Why people protest is a mystery to many. A...
New Dashboard – Software Version Release
New Dashboard - Software Version ReleaseA new version of SIRV is now available, version 1.09. Why...
Daily occurrence book business case
Paper daily occurrence books are a thing of the past. You know this. However, you also know to invest in an alternative needs a business case.
Here is a super powerful digital daily occurrence book business case.
Jeff Bezos’ 5 tips to grow your security company
Grow a security company - Jeff Bezos' 5 tips Do you want to be one of the most profitable security...
Security Guard Profit Margin – 3 Ways to Stop Clients Killing Your profit margin
Security Guard Profit Margin: 3 Ways to Stop Your Client Killing Yours Security guard profit...
Paper occurrence book: 11 ways to persuade your company to ditch them
Paper occurrence book: 11 ways to persuade your company to ditch them Paper occurrence books,...
How to security patrol – Ultimate guide
How to security patrol - Ultimate guide How to security patrol is the ultimate guide for security...
Security Daily Occurrence Book Template
Security Daily Occurrence Book Template Security daily occurrence book template download. The book...
SIRV shortlisted at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2020
SIRV shortlisted at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2020 Category: Security Software...
Daily Occurrence Book Record Top 10
Daily Occurrence Book Record Top 10 Our daily occurrence book record top 10 brings you the most...
Fire risk assessment software
Fire risk assessment software: Get corrective actions done Fire risk assessment software is a...
Daily Occurrence Book Report: A Guide on what to Record
Daily Occurrence Book Report: A Guide on what to Record You have a daily occurrence book (DOB) and...
Security incident report – Ultimate how to guide
Security incident report - How to guide in 6 steps Security incident reports - how to guide in 6...
Security Guard App Guide
Security Guard App Guide Security Guard app guide - what should you look for? Android or Apple? Is...
Best NFC Tags
Best NFC tags Best NFC tags for Android, best NFC Tags for iPhone: Our customers use thousands...
Assignment Instructions Tutorial
Assignment Instructions Tutorial Welcome to the assignment instructions tutorial. In this article...
Patrol Route Design in 3 Steps
Ever wondered why you need a guard patrol? Is it insider threat, safety, asset protection, hostile reconnaissance? Why do you need proof of presence? Discover different proof of presence technologies. Learn about NFC tags, where to put them and where not to put them. Find out what a security guard should report during a patrol.
Security Guard Phone – Best Buy Guide
Security guard phone - Best buy guide UPDATED: 1 February 2024 Security guard phones are not an...
Event and Incident Report Software (Tutorial)
Event and incident report software (tutorial) There's a famous phrase in business, "what gets...
Electronic Daily Occurrence Book (DOB) Tutorial
Electronic Daily Occurrence Book (DOB) Tutorial Welcome to the electronic daily occurrence book...
Media Release Procedure
Media Release Template Welcome to a series of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), by SIRV...
Lift Entrapment Procedure
Lift entrapment procedure Lift entrapment procedure is an easy to follow guide for risk managers....
Eject people procedure
Eject people procedure Eject people procedure is an easy to follow guide for risk managers. The...
SIRV shortlisted at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2019
SIRV shortlisted at the Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2019 Category: Security Technology...
Bomb threat procedure
Bomb Threat Procedures
Business continuity procedure
Business Continuity Procedures SIRV Enterprise security software
SIRV shortlisted: Security Manufacturer of the Year 2018
Security & Fire Excellence Awards 2018: SIRV shortlisted for Security Software Manufacturer of...
SIRV shortlisted at NCE TechFest Awards 2017
SIRV shortlisted at New Civil Engineer TechFest Awards 2017 Category: Start-Up of the YearEvent:...
SIRV wins Communication product of the year | Security Excellence Awards 2016
Security Excellence Awards 2016: SIRV wins Communication Product of the YearIntroduction We are...
"SIRV helped us move beyond basic reporting into a system that actively supports decision-making". Les O'Gorman, Director of Facilities, UCB - Pharma and Life Sciences
