City Security magazines proudly celebrates its 100th issue
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CONTENTS Contents
Editor’s welcome Security at a crossroads
Protective security in a connected world
9-10 Social Engineering: Latest tactics & defence strategies
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AI: Filtering through the noise
In Focus: geopolitics & security technology
13-14 Why most AI security projects fail in delivery and how we fix it
15-16 Rethinking surveillance for city-wide cybersecurity
17-18 How to secure your most critical documents
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City Police Commissioner Peter O’Doherty speaks at CoLCPA
Smarter security screening that works in the real world
City Security magazine Keeping it Green
At City Security magazine we care about how our magazines are printed and the paper they are printed on.
Our printers are certified members of the World Land Trust and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The World Land Trust initiative invests in preserving environmentally important forests which are under imminent threat of deforestation through carbon balancing. Carbon balancing is a scheme that invests money in offsetting the amount of
CO2 produced during the manufacturing process. The lead patron of this scheme is Sir David Attenborough. The FSC is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting responsible forestry. We believe in making a real statement and a positive contribution towards saving our planet by reducing carbon impact.
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Contacts Editor: Andrea Berkoff Executive Editor: Paul Eskriett MBE Chairman: Don Randall MBE Editorial:
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Advertising: Jacob Holmes, Fellows Media T: 01242 259 244
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Design & Production: David Berkoff Berkoff Design
db@berkoffdesign.co.uk Editorial committee
Graham Bassett, Christine Critchley, Neil Evans CSyP, Jon Felix, Lorraine Mansfield, Rod Stobie.
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Focus on a Chartered Security Professional: Ornela Perera CSyP
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What if the workplace could be part of the solution?
Spotlight on a Security Officer: Antonio Da Silva
The Consortium for the Prevention of Suicide
When someone goes missing in the Square Mile
33-34 CoLCPA Directory
Company Profile: Profile Aware When Safe Havens are
widespread, help is never far away
In 2003 Wood Street, Bishopsgate and Snow Hill CPAs amalgamated to become the City of London Crime
Prevention Association (CoLCPA). Following this, City Security magazine was rebranded with a mission of providing crime prevention advice to a national audience, while continuing to work in partnership with the CoLCPA.
Shortly after this, the magazine launched its own website, which holds an archive of all articles published, creating a valuable resource of security information.
As technology changed, so did City Security magazine, going from just a printed issue to a digital flip book version that enables subscribers to
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Growing up online
Reflections of a CSyP DAR Assessor: Garry Bergin CSyP
ity Security magazine was first published by the City of London Police and Bishopsgate Crime Prevention Association (CPA) to promote community safety in the City of London.
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Sec.Reviews emails with editor’s choice articles and security event updates.
The key to the success of the magazine is the quality of the editorial articles from leading security professionals from across the corporate sector, police, security associations and government, together with its visually striking design, making it unique in the world of security publications.
City Security magazine is now one of the most well-known and highly respected security publications in the UK, which we hope in a small way is helping make it a safer place for everyone.
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