ChatGPT for safety and security Heads
ChatGPT guide for safety and security heads On release ChatGPT broke records for being the fastest growing product in history; its probably responsible for making Artificial Intelligence (AI) an everyday term. The popularity of GhatGPT and its promise to save time and...
ChatGPT – Daily Occurrence Book
ChatGPT makes Daily Occurrence Book entries easy ChatGPT makes daily occurrence book entries easy because it gives: Excellent prompt headings to ensure necessary information is recorded Structure with a good logic flow Help to write a better quality report Contents...
Enhanced Terrorism Risk Assessment
Enhanced terrorism risk assessment - Terrorism Protection of Premises BillEnhanced terrorism risk assessment is required by draft legislation 'Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill', otherwise known as Martyn's Law. Places Martyn's Law applies to include public...
How to present daily occurrence book
How to present a daily occurrence book How to present a daily occurrence book: Make it visual. Because everyone gets visuals.In this article learn: Different ways to present a daily occurrence book Which visuals to avoid Why the bar chart is your friend The security...
How to specify a security dashboard
Heads of security need a dashboard: How to specify yours In this article learn: How to present threats, statistics, patrols and incidents Five things to specify in your dashboard Visuals to avoid Heads of security need a dashboard because they: Measure performance in...
Mass communication systems and Martyn’s Law
Mass communication systems and Martyn's LawMass communication systems send incident alerts and updates to people. Heads of security will likely view them as one way to meet Martyn's Law (Protect Duty) requirements. Lets review their use case and features. Martyn's...
Martyn’s Law Award
Civil unrest and Martyn's Law: Award Scan the horizon and it's clear the security industry face two challenges: civil unrest and Martyn's Law (Protect Duty). SIRV's contextual threat assessment tool helps security aware organisations address this challenge, as...
Hostile Reconnaissance Terrorist Attack
Hostile reconnaissance in a terrorist attack Hostile reconnaissance is a crucial part of a terrorist attack.Define hostile reconnaissance in a terrorist attack There are many hostile actors that wish organisations harm. For example, criminals, activists and terrorists...
Places Martyn’s Law applies to
Places Martyn's Law applies to Places Martyn's law applies to: public premises with a public capacity of 100 or more. For example, shops, night clubs, hotels, and universities to name but a few. It also applies to 'qualifying events'; spaces that aren't public...
Incident email repeat: New feature release
Incident email button - New feature release Incident emails are very useful. Because they inform a lot of people about an incident. However, often a report needs an update. Therefore, we need a quick and easy way to communicate this update. As a result, we've built a...
Protests in London
Protests in London: June 21 - June 22 Protests in London June 2021 to June 2022 uses the Metropolitan Police Service (Twitter) and Metro news service to visualise demonstrations and protests over a 12 month period. The analysis helps answer two common questions: When...
Access daily occurrence book: Fine grain permission feature release
Access daily occurrence book: Fine grain permission feature release Access daily occurrence book with fine grain permission feature Now you can define which user has access to which daily occurrence book. Because the new fine grain permissions feature uses the concept...
Innovate Daily Occurrence Book
Innovate your daily occurrence book: Prepare for threats To remind a security officer about threats and report them is difficult. Therefore, why not innovate your daily occurrence book (DOB) and change all that? Importance of the occurrence book More than any...
Protest Social Media
Protest social media insights Summary Protest social media is a great source of information to learn about where and when protest may occur For people to individually gather, analyse and sort this information is expensive and slow New technologies offer are a fast and...
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 9pm, 19 December 2018, a security officer at London's Gatwick airport, reports a drone threat. One unmanned aerial aircraft (UAV) flying outside the airport perimeter and...
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 climate change and protest. But what drives these protests and gives them such power? Introduction A new, impulsive climate change policy emerged in the U.S. under the Trump...
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 Canadian truckers began protesting against Canada’s Covid19 rules by occupying roads in Ottawa. Three weeks later it extended to vital bridges between US and Canada. Is it...
Protest algorithms: Outrageous stuff modern security teams need to know
Protest Algorithms: Outrageous stuff modern security teams need to knowProtest algorithms summary Algorithms are rules used by social media to determine the value of posts A post 'liked' by algorithms may go viral and reach lots of people. Most people, including...
SIRV Security Excellence: Innovation of the Year 2021
SIRV Security Excellence Awards: Innovation of the Year 2021 SIRV Security excellence: Seven years in a row Over seven years SIRV has either won or made the shortlist for innovation awards. We're proud to again reach the shortlist for our latest technology innovation....
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 question. Whether you’re new to occurrence books, log books or uncertain, this is the ultimate guide (check out what ChatGPT says) on how to write a daily occurrence book....
Why people protest: Motivations of a serial protestor
Why people protest: Motivations of a serial protestor Why people protest is a mystery to many. Protestors may have a cause that attracts the sympathy of some. But few people actively participate in the protest itself. Put off by the discomfort of large crowds and the...
Improving Operations at KeolisAmey Docklands: Case Study
Improving operations at KeolisAmey Docklands: Case StudyIntroduction Improving operations: A joint venture between Keolis and Amey operates and maintains the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). In common with all railways, it occupies a vast area of land which makes staff...
New Dashboard – Software Version Release
New Dashboard - Software Version ReleaseA new version of SIRV is now available, version 1.09. Why produce a new version of SIRV? Software developers produce a new software version for two reasons: 1. Compliance and Security Security vulnerabilities as well as changes...
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
Jeff Bezos' 5 tips to grow your security company Do you want to be the fastest growing security company? What would Jeff Bezos do to grow your security company? If you want to grow back strong after the pandemic perhaps the Amazon founder and the world's richest...
