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Why is security a grudge purchase?
Why is security a grudge purchase? In this article SIRV CEO, Andrew Tollinton and the team at Toro Solutions examine security’s grudge purchase label and ask what could be done to change the buyer’s perception of security. Security has long been regarded as a...
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 force around 2025/2026. Publicly accessible premises that fall within scope of the law and have a capacity of 800 or more are assumed to be more attractive to terrorists...
How heat will change how we work
How heat will impact our workplace: 2024 Report Introduction Heat is already changing the way we work, from productivity and safety to how we plan commutes and schedule tasks. This 2024 report summarises what rising UK temperatures mean for organisations and the...
4 Ways AI helps Terrorist Propaganda
4 Ways AI helps Terrorist Propaganda 4 Ways AI helps Terrorist Propaganda shows: AI improves terrorist propaganda capability Tactics used to hack moderator checks Dissemination across languages made easier Click on the slideshow to view the SIRV visualisation → All...
7 Ways Terrorists can Exploit AI
7 Ways Terrorists can Exploit AI 7 ways terrorists can exploit AI shows the real-world impact AI may have on terrorist's ability. Changes include: Spoken passcodes for safety and security critical instructions to counter AI imposters Security vulnerability for risk...
Terrorist convictions Q1 2024
Terrorist convictions Q1 2024 Who gets convicted of terrorist offences in England and Wales? Men? Youngsters? Londoners? Click on the slideshow to view the SIRV visualisation → All information is publicly available, head to counter terrorism police. Analysis in text...
AI Knowledge Collapse: Diversity under threat
AI Knowledge Collapse: Diversity under threat Introduction AI can help us learn and make sense of the world — but it also risks narrowing what we know. Large language models (LLMs) rely on patterns in their training data. That means the knowledge they reproduce is...
Best control room software
Best control room software review Best control room software review brings together leading products for control rooms. Some of the solutions are also listed under other product categories such as, incident management and critical event software. All the products...
Terrorism convictions 2023
Terrorism convictions 2023, Q4 The below visualisations show terrorism convictions in England between October 2023 and December 2023. It illustrates: Total number of convictions Convictions by cause When the convictions took place The sentences for each conviction...
Top 15 most profitable UK security companies
Top 15 most profitable UK security companies ‘Sales are for vanity and profit is for sanity’ and although a security company’s sales numbers tell us who is the biggest security company, they don’t tell us if they’re going bust. After all, the most profitable security...
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 why crime data is available and, when and where to get it. Importantly, we also look closely at the publicly available data found on the Police.uk website and assess its...
Situation awareness software features
Situation awareness software features Situation awareness software features helps users become more aware of their situation and therefore, make better decisions. Conceptualised by military leaders, situation awareness software first became available in military...
Civil unrest 2024
Civil unrest: 2024 Friday, 21 July 2023 marked the end of the school year for most children in the UK. In the city of Manchester, hundreds of kids celebrated not by joining a school ball or local disco, rather they headed to the city centre and ran riot, forcing...
Present a daily occurrence – How to guide
Present a daily occurrence - How to guide How to present a daily occurrence: Make it visual. Because everyone gets visuals.In this article learn about which visuals to use: How to get data to visualise a daily occurrence Pie chart Bubble graph Bar chart Map Teams...
Hostile Reconnaissance Terrorist Attack
Hostile reconnaissance in a terrorist attack Hostile reconnaissance is a crucial part of a terrorist attack, nearly always preceding it. Define hostile reconnaissance in a terrorist attack There are many hostile actors that wish organisations harm. For example,...
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...
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...