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Kidnap and Ransom: Growing Threat, Fluid Risk

The threat posed by kidnappers is still acute with other 20,000 reported kidnappings worldwide each year, according to Willis in its latest Resilience publication.

But even this could be under estimating the true scale of the problem. The official figure for Mexico alone is 2,000 kidnappings in 2011, for example, but the Council for Law and Human Rights says that the true figure is more like 17,000 – almost nine times the official estimate.

: NATHAN HAMBROOK-SKINNER, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, WILLIS GLOBAL; Industry News; Posted On Thursday, 27 December 2012 10:05

Case study: GASA BØG GROUP Grows With SecurEnvoy

Background

GASA BØG GROUP is one of Europe’s leading distributors of flowers and floral products, based in Denmark, with four main disciplines: wholesale, retail, garden centres and young plants. Part of the DLG Group - the 14th largest company in Denmark, GASA BØG GROUP has multiple offices both here, around Europe and the world - including Holland, Germany, England, Poland, Italy and Sweden. It has grown both organically and through acquisition, the most recent being Bøg Madsen in 2012, with the merger expected to be completed by January 2013.

: CATHERINE EYRES; Case Studies; Posted On Thursday, 27 December 2012 09:56

More than 1 in 4 workers unaware of phishing threat

London: Research from PhishMe has uncovered the scale of the phishing problem in UK businesses – with more than a quarter (27%) of office workers not knowing what phishing is, yet more than three quarters (78%) responding said that they had never fallen for a phishing attack. Phishing emails, which are spoofed emails that try to trick recipients into doing something they shouldn’t, let hackers gain access to the corporate network in order to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords or R&D information.

: CATHERINE EYRES; Case Studies; Posted On Thursday, 27 December 2012 09:50

Counter Terror Expo confirms 2013 conference programme

Four major symposia deliver a wealth of strategic and operationally critical real world knowledge vital in countering the international terrorism menace

London: Counter Terror Expo reconvenes at the Olympia Exhibition & Conference Centre in on 24-25 April 2013 against a backdrop of continued strife across various many parts of the globe.

This critically acclaimed annual event brings the world’s leading counter terrorism experts together with professionals across the domain space, to help define operational strategies to contain the terrorist threat often spawned by such strife.