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Last month we were all shocked to learn of the heist at Brussels Airport, in which an armed gang breached the perimeter fence and stole £30 million in diamonds from the runway, as the cargo was being transported from a Swiss bound Helvetic Airways plane. Thankfully no one was hurt, but the longer term damage to the reputation of the airport remains to be seen.
Secretary Hammond and his Afghan counterpart during the visit. Photo: MoD
Vigilance can report that Afghanistan’s Defence Minister, Bismillah Mohammadi, last week visited the British Army’s prestigious Royal Military Academy Sandhurst as part of a three-day trip to the UK.
Every admin knows it - written policies aren’t worth the paper they are written on.
The PC desktop is changing, so fast that what used to confidently be called the 'desktop' is undergoing the sort of rapid evolution bound to throw up new and unfamiliar security challenges.
Technological developments such as smartphones, tablets and mobile operating systems can be wheeled out to partly explain this change. However, it is to the humble user rather than computer architectures of network topologies we must pay the closest attention if we are to understand how the business desktop will be reshaped from the ground up over the next decade.
Vigilance can report that leading security solutions and personnel provider, The Cardinal Group has appointed Colin Barton as Sales Manager of its Amberstone Technology Merchandising Solutions division and C-Instore businesses.
Mr Barton joins the Cardinal Group following over 20 years in the industry specialising in a wide range of anti-theft devices for retail outlets. Notably, he was instrumental in the launch of spider wraps, often used to protect high value merchandise such as computer software, as well as the first CombiClip ink tag, which releases an ink onto a garment when illegally manipulated or removed.
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