On 29 October, Jacqueline Taggart, of Sheffield, was found guilty at Sheffield Magistrates' Court of working while her Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence was suspended.
Taggart who was prosecuted by South Yorkshire Police, was sentenced to a 60 hours' community service order to be completed within 12 months. She was also required to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £85.
16 November 2020: While Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) has played a key role in the public sector for many years, growing demand from the private sector is making CTI one of the fastest growing cyber security markets. But this means that a shortage of experienced CTI professionals is not only driving up salaries but also forcing end-user companies, consultancies and vendors to recruit from more diverse backgrounds with less clearly defined entry points.
London, 11 November, 2020: Academics at UCL and other institutions have collaborated to develop a machine learning tool that identifies new domains created to promote false information so that they can be stopped before the ‘fake news’ can be spread through social media and online channels. “Real-Time Prediction of Online False Information Purveyors and their Characteristics,” is a working paper co-authored by Anil R. Doshi (UCL School of Management), Sharat Raghavan (University of California, Berkley) and William Schmidt (Cornell University).
On Friday 23 October, John Westwood, a Poole security boss was prosecuted at Poole Magistrates' Court for supplying an unlicensed door supervisor to a ‘pop-up bar' at an event at Bournemouth's The Square on 05 August 2019.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) prosecuted both John Westwood and his business, One 2 One Security Ltd, for deception and for deploying an unlicensed door supervisor. This prosecution is the culmination of the investigation of John Westwood, One 2 One Security Ltd and the unlicensed door supervisor, Lloyd Biggs who worked for him on that night.
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