Security Industry Authority UK News
The Private Security Industry Act of 2001 gives the Security Industry Authority (SIA) the function of setting standards of conduct in the United Kingdom’s private security industry. Time is winding down to provide input during the SIA’s six-week consultation on a new draft code of conduct for SIA licence holders and applicants for SIA licences. The authority is inviting the industry, licence holders, and anyone with an interest in private security to have their say on the draft code...
Magenta Security MD Abbey Petkar met with SIA Chief Executive Ian Todd and Tony Holyland (SIA Head of Quality & Standards) at Magenta HQ last month to discuss concerns about the lack of business licenses in the security industry. They also considered other topics focused on making the security industry more professional and more robust in the face of unscrupulous players in the market. This included how the ACS could be made more available to 80% of the industry, which represents approximate...
The Secure Identity Alliance will identify the $50bn savings opportunity government are set to enjoy through On 19th & 20th March 2014 at the Connect:ID conference in Washington and the Cartes Asia conference in Hong Kong, The Secure Identity Alliance will identify the $50bn savings opportunity government are set to enjoy through the implementation of secure eServices by 2020. The report also investigates the wider social and economic benefits of this shift to digital: f...
Napolitano wil receive the Fred. V Morrone 9/11 Memorial AwardThe Security Industry Association (SIA) and the InterPort Police-International Association of Airport & Seaport Police will honor Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano at the Security Week Gala on November 2, 2011 in New York City. Napolitano will receive the Fred V. Morrone 9/11 Memorial Award in recognition of her leadership and efforts to protect the country from threats that range from ter...
